Brass Bands England (BBE) has announced the appointment of two new trustees.

Max Stannard and Roy Terry will take on the roles with immediate effect and according to BBE Chairman Mike Kilroy, will add strength and experience to the organisation.

Additional strength

He told 4BR: "BBE believes that these appointments will bring additional strength and experience to the board of trustees to assist in driving through delivery of the 2015-18 strategic plan.

I am delighted to welcome them both to our organisation."

Stannard

Max Stannard studied music at Lancaster University and founded the UniBrass contest in 2011, leading a group of Lancaster students to establish an event that has since become a firm fixture in the brass band calendar.

He is still involved with the UniBrass Foundation, and is currently the Head of Music at the Cooperative Academy of Manchester. He is also a published composer and arranger, and has played for a number of brass bands in the North West and Midlands, including Derwent Brass, Freckleton, Eagley and Flixton.

BBE believes that these appointments will bring additional strength and experience to the board of trustees to assist in driving through delivery of the 2015-18 strategic plan. I am delighted to welcome them both to our organisationMike Kilroy

Terry

Meanwhile, the highly respected Roy Terry has had a lifelong involvement with brass bands and was conductor of Upper Norwood Band and Cambridge Heath Brass from 1999 to 2013.

For nearly 20 years Roy has played a leading role in the development of brass banding in France, appearing as guest conductor with Brass Band Normandie, Boulogne-Billancourt, Val de Loire, Gray, Conservatoire de Bordeaux, Borgiacq, Méditerranée and Aeolus.

A leading music education professional, he is a member of the executive of the Music Education Council, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Musicians and a member of its brass band committee.

Over a 12-month period, Roy worked with Angela Smith MP to re-establish the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Brass Bands, serving as BBE's Parliamentary Liaison Officer.