Hall of Fame

Whitburn Band has a proud of history of individual and ensemble excellence. Here, we celebrate some of the players who have made Whitburn one of the leading brass groups in Scotland for the past 40 years. 

The Hall of Fame is populated by players and conductors who have won individual or sectional awards nationally, UK-wide or internationally, have won a Whitburn Band award, or have won at least five Scottish Brass Band Championships while with the band. This project is a work-in-progress, so if you would like to suggest an amendment or an addition please contact us.

Scottish Solo Champions 

2013 - Iain Fleming
2012 - Rachel Neil
2011 - Iain Fleming
2009 - Chic Cullen
2007 - Graham Fraser
2006 - Graham Fraser
2004 - Katrina Marzella
1998 - Evelyn Bradley
1996 - Evelyn Bradley
1989 - Iain Fleming

Hedley Benson
Cornet
Best Cornet at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 1999

Mark Boyd
Trombone
Best Trombone at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001

Chris Bradley
Cornet/Flugel (1984 – Present)
Best Cornet at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 2008, 2010, 2011
Whitburn Band Player of the Year - 2008, 2010
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.

Evelyn Bradley
Euphonium/Baritone (1987 – Present)
Inaugural female winner of Scottish Solo Championships
Scottish Solo Champion - 1996, 1998
Best Instrumentalist at Scottish Open - 2008
Best Euphonium at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 2013
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.

John Brown
Cornet
Best Cornet at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 1968

Stewart Brynes
Cornet/Percussion/Baritone
Whitburn Band Bandsperson of the Year - 2006, 2012

Jim Chamberlain
Flugel
Best Instrumentalist at Scottish Open - 2007
Whitburn Band Player of the Year - 2005
Best Horn at Scottish Solo Championships - 2004

Anne Crookston
Baritone
Whitburn Band Bandsperson of the Year - 2007

Kenny Crookston
Cornet, Tenor Horn, Flugel
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.

Chic Cullen
Cornet (1986 - Present)
Scottish Solo Champion - 2009
Best Cornet at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 1992, 1993
Best Cornet at Scottish Solo Championships - 2009, 2010
Best Soloist over the age of 40 at Scottish Solo Championships - 2004, 2009, 2010
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.

Brian Deans
Trombone
Best Trombone at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 1986, 1987

Susannah Downs
Cornet (2010-2011)
Best Cornet at Scottish Solo Championships - 2011

Richard Duff
Cornet/Flugel
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.

Eleanor Ferguson
Cornet
Best Cornet at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 2004
Whitburn Band Player of the Year - 2004

Jim Ferguson
Baritone/Euphonium
Scottish Solo Champion
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.

Iain Fleming
Tenor Horn (1984 - Present)
Scottish Solo Champion - 1989, 2011, 2013 (Five Times in Total, other two with Newtongrange Band)
Scottish Slow Melody Champion - 2012, 2013
Best Horn at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 2004, 2006, 2011, 2013
Best Horn at British Open Solo Championships - 2006
Best Horn at Scottish Solo Championships - 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Best Soloist over the age of 40 at Scottish Solo Championships - 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013
Whitburn Band Player of the Year - 2009
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.

Scott Forrest 
Soprano/Cornet (2004 - Present)
Whitburn Band Player of the Year - 2006
 
Graham Fraser
Tuba/Euphonium (2002 - Present)
Scottish Solo Champion - 2006, 2007
European Brass Band Championships Solo Contest, Best Tuba - 2007
Best Tuba at Scottish Solo Championships - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011
Whitburn Band Bandsperson of the Year - 2004
Best Basses at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013

Robert Fraser
Tuba (2004 - 2011)
Whitburn Band Bandsperson of the Year - 2005
Best Basses at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 2007, 2008, 2009

Alan Gourlay
Tuba (1996 - Present)
Whitburn Band Bandsperson of the Year - 2010
Best Basses at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013

Neill Gourlay
Tuba (2006 - Present)
Best Basses at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013

Jimmy Graham
Euphonium
Scottish Solo Champion
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.

Peter Gray
Cornet
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.

Bobby Hendrie
Tuba
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.
SBBA Life Membership Medal

Richard Hunter
Trombone
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.

Gordon Jenkins
Soprano
Best Soloist at British Open - 2003

Colin Kemp
Cornet
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.

Richard Kidd
Euphonium
Best Euphonium at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 2007

Paul Kiernan
Trombone
Best Trombone at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 1990, 1992

Sam Knox
Cornet
Scottish Brass Band Championships Winner - 13 times

John Lambie
Tuba
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.
SBBA Life Membership Medal

Katrina Marzella
Baritone
BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Soloist of the Year - 2004
Scottish Solo Champion - 2004
Best Euphonium/Baritone at Scottish Solo Championships - 2004

Michael Marzella
Tenor Horn
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.

Tom McCrone
Tuba
Best Basses at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 2012

Kathrin McKay
Cornet
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.

Willie McMullan
Trombone
Best Trombone at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 1996

Alex Melville
Cornet
Best Cornet at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 1974
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.

Robert Mill
Percussion
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.

Ray Munday 
Cornet (2010 - Present)
Whitburn Band Bandsperson of the Year - 2011

Rachel Neil
Tenor Horn (2010 - 2012)
Scottish Solo Champion - 2012
Whitburn Band Player of the Year - 2011
Scottish Slow Melody Champion - 2011

Major Peter Parkes
Conductor
Conducted Whitburn to victory at eight Scottish Championships, the 1991 Grand Shield and the runner-up
place at the 1990 European.

Alex Philip
Trombone
Whitburn Band Player of the Year - 2007
Best Trombone at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 2013

Andy Robson
Euphonium
Best Euphonium at Scottish Solo Championships - 2010
Whitburn Band Bandsperson of the Year - 2009

Peter Simon
Trombone
Best Trombone at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 1983

Deborah Simpson
Cornet
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.

Gordon Simpson
Trombone/Percusion
Scottish Brass Band Championships Winner - 6 times.

Archie Sutherland
Cornet
Best Cornet at Scottish Brass Band Championships - 1983, 1986

Lockhart Vidler
Cornet
Multiple Winner of Scottish Brass Band Championships with Whitburn.

Alex Vidler
Tenor Horn
Scottish Brass Band Championships Winner - 15 times (Scottish Record)

2012 Scottish Solo Champion - Rachel Neil

1989, 2011 and 2013 Scottish Solo Champion - Iain Fleming

1991 Grand Shield winners. Conducted by Major Peter Parkes

Jim Ferguson