Double Delight for Paris

Renowned Belgian musicians Glenn Van Looy and Tim De Maeseneer will be joining the Paris Brass Band as Musical Directors. Following the departure of Laurent Douvre a spokesperson for the band stated, "All the musicians welcome Glenn and Tim and we cannot wait to start working alongside them."

In addition to demanding solo careers, the Besson artists also have considerable conducting experience, with Glenn leading the cooperation band to the Scottish title earlier this year. He will also take them at the forthcoming British Open. Tim recently led Mercator Brass Band to the First Section title at the Dutch Open as well as Panta Rhei Ghent to the Belgian Second Section National title in 2023.

Commenting on the new venture Glenn said, "I'm looking forward to going to the French Nationals again with the wonderful Paris Brass Band. Working alongside my best friend Tim will be very cool!" Tim added: "I'm very excited to have started work with the fabulous Paris Brass Band. To do so together with my best friend Glenn Van Looy makes it even better. Be sure to follow out journey together, it will be fun."

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