He is most famous for his works for brass band, such as Sounds, Atmospheres, Peace, Rêves d'Enfant, his two euphonium concerti and a flugelhorn concerto.
He also studied part time at the Royal Manchester College of Music, with Thomas Pitfield (composition) and Marjorie Clementi (piano).
His compositions, dating mostly from the early 1970s onwards, include the Christmas oratorio The Word Made Flesh, op.
Golland revised it substantially before the Black Dyke Mills Band first performed the final version at the BBC Festival of Brass in 1991.
87, 1991, written for Stan Lippeatt and the Thoresby Colliery DOSCO Band), and an earlier Tuba Concerto, op.
[4] An archive of his manuscripts - over 100, with 88 assigned opus numbers - and papers is held at the Royal Northern College of Music.