Since 2006, the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy commissioned and premiered many of his works for wind band as ‘Night watch in Tivoli’, ‘The Great Dutchman’, ‘The Admiral’s prelude’, ‘All for the banner’ and only recently ‘Prelude on the navy hymn’.
‘Light in the darkness’ is the latest work for brass band. It is the second test piece Joop van Dijk wrote for the European Brass Band Championships. In 1997 he wrote ‘Fantasy for brass band’ for the B-Division of the EBBC in Kerkrade.