No one in their right mind would choose at the outset of their career to play the soprano cornet - it is the one brass instrument that does not lend itself to be mastered easily, but Yokshire-born Peter Roberts picked up the instrument as a teenager and is now regarded as the finest soprano player in the world.

On Saturday, August 14 (7.30pm), he becomes the latest virtuosos soloist in the Flookburgh Band series of concerts bringing the stars of the brass band world to the Victoria Hall, Grange-over-Sands.

Peter began playing the soprano cornet at 13 with the Grimethorpe Colliery Junior Band and two years later was promoted to the world-famous senior band, a position he held for a record 25 years carving an international reputation both as a soloist and principal player.

He won the British Open Solo Championship five times, was British representative in the International Brass Musician Festival, New Zealand, and has made numerous international guest appearances.

In spite of the many successes that had preceded it, it was the move to the Yorkshire Building Society Band in 1997 which was the defining moment in his banding career as YBS won the British Open that year and again in 1999, 2001 and 2003.

The All England Masters title was also captured in 1999 and 2000, but it was in the European Brass Band Championships that Peter's legendary status was confirmed as the band won five consecutive titles featuring Peter as a star player.

He won the British Open Solo Championship again in 1999 and has also been a member of the Virtuosi Band of Great Britain, Kings of Brass, and is still a member of the famous Brass Band of Battle Creek, in Michigan USA, playing for it twice a year.

Peter will play a selection of solos during the concert and also play a duet with Flookburgh's own soprano soloist, Adrian Turner.