4BR visited the University of Salford this week to find out a little bit more about the pioneering brass band studies courses that have been part of their curriculum for the past 40 years or more.

We caught up with Associate Lecturer Tom Davoren and students Phil Boardman, Ellen Sides, James Atkins and Kyle Lawson who told us why Salford continues to attract under-graduate and masters students from all over the world and what they hope their studies will eventually lead to in the years to come…