About Us
All bands wishing to take part in the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain must be registered with Brass Band Players Ltd (or the Welsh or Scottish Registries, if applicable). In fact, most brass band competitions use our registration service for their event!
The Registry is now "back home", as it was previously part of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain.
The Registry is now "back home", as it was previously part of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain.
STAFF
Registrar: Tim Jones
Tim Jones is the current Registrar for the Brass Band Players Registry.
Tim has been heavily involved in brass banding since the age of 8, having played for the BTM Band Society for the entirety of his banding life. He also held the Contest Secretary position at BTM for a number years, so realises the importance of an efficient & forward-thinking Registry.
He currently plays Solo Euphonium with the BTM Band, and has previously held the Principal Baritone seat on both the National Youth Brass Band of Wales (for 6 years, including a 10-day tour of Canada in 2007) and the European Youth Brass Band. Tim's education has also been based largely in music, having graduated from Cardiff University with both a BMus (Hons) in Music and an MA in Performance Studies.
Tim is also a Director of Kapitol Promotions (the organisers & promoters of the "National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain"), a private music tutor, and a father of two young children in his "spare" time!
Tim Jones is the current Registrar for the Brass Band Players Registry.
Tim has been heavily involved in brass banding since the age of 8, having played for the BTM Band Society for the entirety of his banding life. He also held the Contest Secretary position at BTM for a number years, so realises the importance of an efficient & forward-thinking Registry.
He currently plays Solo Euphonium with the BTM Band, and has previously held the Principal Baritone seat on both the National Youth Brass Band of Wales (for 6 years, including a 10-day tour of Canada in 2007) and the European Youth Brass Band. Tim's education has also been based largely in music, having graduated from Cardiff University with both a BMus (Hons) in Music and an MA in Performance Studies.
Tim is also a Director of Kapitol Promotions (the organisers & promoters of the "National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain"), a private music tutor, and a father of two young children in his "spare" time!
Deputy Registrar: Helen Williams
Helen Williams is the current Deputy Registrar for the Brass Band Players Registry.
Helen began playing the cornet at the age of ten encouraged by her father who played cornet with Poynton Band where she also played for 10 years.
She joined The Marple Band in 1986 as Principal Cornet, performing with the band in many concert and contest successes, culminating in Helen becoming the first and (so far) only female principal cornet to win the 1996 British Open Brass Band Championship title in its 149 year history. She was also awarded the Stanley Wainwright Memorial Trophy as the day’s best soloist.
In December 1999 Helen was appointed as Flugelhorn Soloist with Foden’s Band where she stayed for just over 15 years enjoying many contest and concert performances. Contest successes with Foden’s were many, including 6 successive years as North West Regional Champions, English Nationals Champions, All England Masters Champions, US Open Champions, 3 British Open wins and ofcourse the historic “double” when the band also won the National Championships in October 2012.
In the summer of 2015, Helen was invited to take up the Flugel seat at the Cory Band, subsequently becoming a part of the unprecedented Grand Slam band winning the European, British Open, National and Brass in Concert titles in 2016. She was also awarded the Best Instrumentalist Prize at the Open & the Nationals, Best Flugel Horn at Brass in Concert and earned the accolade of Player of the Year from her peers at Cory. Topping off an incredible year of personal achievements Helen was also named as Player of the Year by 4barsrest.com. Of course history does have a way of repeating itself and in 2019 Cory again achieved the Grand Slam, but this time also added the title of Brass Pass UK Band of the Year to their crown. Her ten years at Cory coincided with the most successful time in the band’s history accruing 3 British Open, 3 National, 3 European and 5 Brass in Concert titles to her tally.
Helen is proud to be a regular tutor at the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, the National Youth Brass Band of Wales, and to have also taught on National Youth Brass Band of Scotland and National Youth Brass Band of Switzerland (where she was guest soloist in 2019) courses.
In 2024 Helen joined the Adams artist family. Speaking about her link to Adams, she: "A few months ago, I visited the Adams factory with my husband Glyn who is already an established Adams endorsee. The Adams team had prepared some flugels for me and I was delighted to test them. What impressed me was the instrument's quality and the way in which the team quickly accommodated my observations for minor adjustments. This included a custom configuration on the FI flugel and minor amendments to trigger placement. It is a beautiful looking and sounding instrument."
Helen Williams is the current Deputy Registrar for the Brass Band Players Registry.
Helen began playing the cornet at the age of ten encouraged by her father who played cornet with Poynton Band where she also played for 10 years.
She joined The Marple Band in 1986 as Principal Cornet, performing with the band in many concert and contest successes, culminating in Helen becoming the first and (so far) only female principal cornet to win the 1996 British Open Brass Band Championship title in its 149 year history. She was also awarded the Stanley Wainwright Memorial Trophy as the day’s best soloist.
In December 1999 Helen was appointed as Flugelhorn Soloist with Foden’s Band where she stayed for just over 15 years enjoying many contest and concert performances. Contest successes with Foden’s were many, including 6 successive years as North West Regional Champions, English Nationals Champions, All England Masters Champions, US Open Champions, 3 British Open wins and ofcourse the historic “double” when the band also won the National Championships in October 2012.
In the summer of 2015, Helen was invited to take up the Flugel seat at the Cory Band, subsequently becoming a part of the unprecedented Grand Slam band winning the European, British Open, National and Brass in Concert titles in 2016. She was also awarded the Best Instrumentalist Prize at the Open & the Nationals, Best Flugel Horn at Brass in Concert and earned the accolade of Player of the Year from her peers at Cory. Topping off an incredible year of personal achievements Helen was also named as Player of the Year by 4barsrest.com. Of course history does have a way of repeating itself and in 2019 Cory again achieved the Grand Slam, but this time also added the title of Brass Pass UK Band of the Year to their crown. Her ten years at Cory coincided with the most successful time in the band’s history accruing 3 British Open, 3 National, 3 European and 5 Brass in Concert titles to her tally.
Helen is proud to be a regular tutor at the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, the National Youth Brass Band of Wales, and to have also taught on National Youth Brass Band of Scotland and National Youth Brass Band of Switzerland (where she was guest soloist in 2019) courses.
In 2024 Helen joined the Adams artist family. Speaking about her link to Adams, she: "A few months ago, I visited the Adams factory with my husband Glyn who is already an established Adams endorsee. The Adams team had prepared some flugels for me and I was delighted to test them. What impressed me was the instrument's quality and the way in which the team quickly accommodated my observations for minor adjustments. This included a custom configuration on the FI flugel and minor amendments to trigger placement. It is a beautiful looking and sounding instrument."