THE TOWN BAND

The band has a wide ranging repertoire of music including popular melodies and jazz as well as marches, hymns and classical works.  Hear us in Lymington and the surrounding area, at various venues such as Lymington Community Centre, St John’s Church, the town bandstand and on the green at Milford-on-Sea.   We perform for and at Charity Events, for example, the RNLI Annual Service and the Oakhaven Hospice Christmas Concert. The Band welcomes all brass, woodwind and percussion players.

BAND PRESIDENT – Lena Samuels

BAND PATRON – Lymington Town Mayor

MUSICAL DIRECTOR – Tony Waller FTCL: LTCL(td)

Tony studied trumpet, double bass and conducting at Trinity College of Music, London, before embarking on a very successful career as a freelance trumpet player. Over the years he has toured extensively with artistes such as Gene Pitney – 7 UK tours – Michel LeGrand, Alison Moyet and Jack Jones as well as working for P&O cruises as theatre trumpet player.

Tony has also taught brass at many of the countries top schools, including Westminster Cathedral, Winchester, Bryanston and Sherborne. For twelve years, he was Head of Instrumental Studies at Clayesmore School in Dorset, where he founded the Clayesmore Concert Band, and over the years the band toured Holland, Spain as well as Venice. On leaving Clayesmore, he conducted the Concert Band at Parkstone Grammar School and
once again set out to tour Venice, as well as Salzburg.

Referred to as a ‘crossover’ player, Tony is equally happy playing music from the classical repertoire, and for many years was an extra and ‘dep’ with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Until last year, Tony worked with the education side of the BSO. Tony was a member of the London Palladium orchestra which performed for the 2016/17 award winning production of ‘Cinderella’, starring Paul O’Grady and Julian Clary.

He now runs his own band, specialising in music from the 1920’s and 30′ called ‘Tony Waller and his Prohibition Jazz’, as well as playing tuba in Canzona Brass Quintet.

Tony was delighted to be asked to take over the baton at Lymington Town Band in October 2025, and looks forward to many happy years association with the band.

SECRETARY – Frank Weller

Frank Weller is the Band’s tireless secretary.  A clarinet player, he joined the Band in1980, became its Chairman in 1983 and held this office for two years.  He side-stepped to become the honorary secretary in 1987 and still holds that position.   Frank is a retired Chartered Electrical Engineer.  Contact Frank:  Tel:  023 80846702  or:  email

BAND CHAIRMAN – Paul Douglas

Paul is originally from Southampton where he learned to play the trumpet at school.  At the age of seventeen he joined the army as a military musician with the Royal Hampshire Regiment.  During his military service Paul spent a year at The Royal Military School of Music.  He also served for three years  in Germany and completed tours in both Northern Ireland and the Falkland Islands.  Shortly after leaving the military Paul became a member of the Metropolitan Police Service.  He continued with his musical interests during this period by joining the highly acclaimed British Airways Brass Band.  Paul played with BA for over thirty years, ten of which were as its principal cornet player.  Paul served as the Band Chairman for two years towards the end of this time.  Having completed over thirty years police service Paul moved to Dorset at the end of 2016.  He joined Lymington Town Band as a trumpet player in the spring of 2017 and became its band chairman in January 2019.  Paul also regularly performs with a small, New Forest based brass ensemble known as Brassed Toffs