Percy Code

Edward Percival "Percy" Code (3 July 1888 – 16 October 1953)[1] was an Australian classical composer and musician, specialising in cornet and trumpet.

Aged 22 in 1910, he won the solo championship at the Royal South Street Competition in Ballarat.

[4] In 1921 Code moved to the United States, where he performed as a trumpeter with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Alfred Hertz.

However, amongst brass band music enthusiasts, he remains a respected figure, with his works featured in a Percy Code Memorial Solo contest held at multiple Australian brass band competitions.

[5] His collected works were first recorded in their entirety by euphonium player and music academic Matthew van Emmerik in 2017.