Sellers International Band

The Sellers International Band is a brass band from Chapel Hill in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire in the UK, sometimes known as the Sellers Engineering Band.

History

It was formed in January 1986 by Phillip McCann as Huddersfield Tecol Band. It changed to Sellers College Brass in November 1987, then the Sellers Engineering Band.

Personnel

The band has within its ranks one of the best and most respected players in the brass band movement, David Root on Eb Tenor Horn, whose playing has brought him admiration from fans and supporters all over the world, as far away as Chad in Africa. David's latest solo CD where he is accompanied by the band features many popular Tenor Horn solos including Solo Seconda and Born Free (with standard top C split). It has made recordings with the Huddersfield Choral Society.

External links

• Sellers International Band
• Sellers Engineers - parent company
• 4 Bars Rest - 2005 review
• Information at Kirklees Council

Audio clips

• Symphony No.2 in E Minor - Adagio - by Sergei Rachmaninoff
• Largo from The New World Symphony by Antonín Dvořák
• Blaydon Races - traditional folk song
• The Ash Grove - traditional Welsh folk song

Video clips

• Festival in 2007 at Delph.