Horns

The horns provide the warm sound in the middle of the band. Four places make up the horn section, a Flugel Horn (B-flat) and three Tenor Horns (E-flat).

 

Connie Chadwick - Flugel Horn

Connie started playing the trumpet as a kid but only discovered the niche world of brass bands while at University in York. She moved to London (where the streets are paved with gold) and joined a band in the hope of meeting other northern ex-pats, and then to Brighton. She moved from cornet to flugel in 2021 and won the Most Improved Player in 2023.

Jenny Ireland - Solo Horn

Jenny joined the band back in 1988 on cornet having played for her local band since the age of 8. She started on 2nd cornet and worked her way up to the position of 2nd man down for a number of years, even doing a stint on principal. She joined Horsham band in 2000 as 2nd man down and progressed to principal at Hangleton band in 2002.
 
In 2003 Jenny decided to hang up her cornet after 21 years and take up the tenor horn, taking the position of Solo Horn at Brighton but has also been known to fill spaces on Euphonium, Cornet and Flugel when needed. Jenny has been the band's Secretary since 2023.
 

Jenny Alderton - 1st Horn

Although a horn player now, Jenny started playing Baritone at the age of 11 in her school band and Northamptonshire’s training band. 
 
After a 10 year break, she returned to playing and joined Brighton and Hove City Brass in 2005 on 2nd Horn. A few years later she moved to 1st Horn where she currently resides.
 

Stewart Tunstall - 2nd Horn

Stewart comes from a family of brass players and began learning the tenor horn around the age of 11, expertly taught by his grandad, the bandmaster of the Sailors Chapel Band in Liverpool. He played with the band until he was 18 before moving to Birmingham for university.

While in the Midlands, Stewart joined Halesowen Brass Band on 2nd Horn before moving up to 1st Horn.

In 2023, he relocated to Hove and joined the band in 2024 on 2nd Horn. When he’s not playing, Stewart works as a Spanish and French teacher at a local secondary school.