Brass Band Championships. It was subsequently chosen as the test piece for the 2011 British Open Brass Band Championship. Commission In 2013 he delivered a commission by the Halifax Choral Society to compose an oratorio in the English tradition for the Society's bicentenary in 2017. The work, The Holy Face is based on the life of John the Baptist, patron saint of Halifax. It was recorded in the Summer of 2017 and is to be presented for the first time in Halifax in October 2017. Personal Philip Wilby now resides outside Ripon. Works Several CDs of his music for brass and wind bands have been released on the Doyen label in recent years; Wilby Sacred Symphonies Vienna Nights Red Priest A Breathless Alleluia In Tribute References External links Interview with Wilby at 4barsrest.com 1949 births Living people 20th-century classical composers 20th-century English composers 20th-century British male musicians Brass band composers Classical composers of church music English classical composers English male classical composers English Christians Academics of the University of Leeds Alumni of Keble College, Oxford People from Pontefract People educated at Leeds Grammar School