Jacob Hickson, is our new trombone section leader and a student with the University of Huddersfield. He will be competing on Saturday with Hammonds Band.

He recently won the Best Soloist award at the UniBrass competition in Cardiff for the second year running and was the first player to win in consecutive years.

He plays euphonium and trombone but began his brass career playing cornet.

Good luck Jacob. Read more about his story here.