Joop van Dijk is also composer in residence with Brass Band Schoonhoven. This brass band only recently recorded his ‘Fantasy for brass band’ and ‘Prelude for a hero’ on cd. Two other compositions for brass band, ‘A nightingale still singing’ and ‘Celebration’ were used as test pieces for the Dutch National Championships. ‘The standing tower’, commissioned by Delta Brass under the baton of Luc Vertommen, was used as a test piece for the 2009 World Music Contest.
The music of Joop van Dijk is published by Band Press, Belgium.