Sarah Johnson
Flugel Horn

Sarah started playing cornet aged 6 in Great Moor Junior School Brass Band under the direction of Mike Greaves

Banding History:
Stockport South Area Brass Band: 1985-1987
Stockport Schools Intermediate: 1987-1989 (Principal)
Stockport Schools Senior Band: 1989-1991
Elmfield Brass Band: 1991-1993 (Principal)
VBSPBB: 1993 to present

Favourite Test Piece: Trittico - James Curnow
Favourite Transciption: Gabriels Oboe - Ennio Morricone.


Helen Moore
Solo Horn

Helen started playing the tenor horn at the age of 10, after threatening to call up the NSPCC and claiming to be a neglected child every time her brother and dad headed off to Downshire Brass Band practice in Northern Ireland.

She progressed to the senior band within a month, and a year later departed to join the ranks of Northern Ireland’s premier brass band, The 1st Old Boys, where she remained for the rest of her time in the country. Here, she moved up the line from 2nd to solo horn, competing at the very highest level in the 2004 ‘Europeans’ and 2005 ‘Masters.’

Helen was a member of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain for three years and, this May, she represented England in the European Youth Brass Band.

Helen is also an established accompanist and fits playing in a brass band around a part-time post teaching piano and completing her A levels.


Jenny McDermott
1st Horn

Jenny started playing in her school brass band and also the Stockport Schools Prep Band. She soon moved up to the Stockport Schools Senior Brass Band and travelled twice to Heilbronn with the band. After being pensioned out of SSBB, it was on to Stockport Silver Band where she spent a time on Flugel, travelling again to Heilbronn.

From there it was off to Denton Brass Band, followed by Airtours Band, Glossop and Todmorden Bands. Jenny then spent 3 very enjoyable years at Mossley Brass Band. It was here that Mossley Band were taped ‘on the march’ and she, along with many others in the band, appears in the film Brassed Off.

Jenny began playing for VBS Poynton Band in 1997.


Callum Mullins
2nd Horn

Callum began playing Tenor Horn in 2003 taught by Janet Coulson at Stockport School. Then moved to Bb Bass then back to Tenor Horn stopping at every instrument on the way down. Gained his Grade 3 in 2004 with the help of Helen Fox (Fodens).

Callum is also a member of Stockport Schools Brass Band and Poynton Youth Brass Band.

In 2005, he joined Hawk Green Brass Band and after getting bored of the Bb Bass parts moved back onto Tenor Horn and left Hawk Green looking for another band.

Callum joined Poynton in July 2006.