The Tilbury Band are delighted to announce that Tim Vinall has agreed to join the Band on Principal Cornet.

Born and educated in Wales, Tim moved to Kent in 1989, to take up the post of assistant Director of Music at Dane Court Grammar School in Broadstairs. Thereafter, he became Director of Music and then set up the Performing Arts Faculty before moving to Brockhill Park Performing Arts College and then to his current position as Head of Music at Herne Bay High School.

His brass-banding began with the Melin-Grifith Brass Band, formerly the Excelsior Rope Works Band, in Cardiff; he then joined the Lewis Merthyr Colliery Band in the Rhondda Valley, before going away to University where he played for the Aberystwyth Silver Band. At sixteen he gained a place in both the National Youth Orchestra and National Youth Brass Band of Wales. For the past decade or so, Tim has been a member of the Betteshanger Colliery Band – he is nothing if not versatile – having played with the band, at some point, every instrument, with the exception of trombone.

Tim has played in and directed a wide range of musical ensembles over the years and is really looking forward to playing with the Tilbury Band.