Two names stand for the Swiss Wind Band Association presidency in Martigny

At the members’ council conference of the Swiss Wind Band Association (SBV) on 26 September 2026 in Sursee, the board recommended a change at the top.¹ It proposes that its member Fabrice Reuse be elected president at the 2027 delegates’ assembly.¹ President Luana Menoud-Baldi then said she would stand again.¹ The association’s magazine, unisono, made this public on 22 October 2026.¹

The recommendation is backed by Thomas Trachsel, Simon Betschmann, Fabrice Reuse and Roman Limacher, who are standing for re-election, along with Michel Graf, Hanspeter Frischknecht and Peter Börlin.¹ According to unisono, differing views and personal tensions have kept the board from acting as one in recent years.¹

Four members are leaving the board in any case.¹ Peter Börlin and Hans Seeberger reach the statutory term limit, while Michel Graf and Hanspeter Frischknecht have resigned.¹ The delegates decided to call an additional members’ council conference.¹ There they want to discuss the new situation and put forward candidates for the board.¹

The SBV calendar lists the members’ council conference on 6 March 2027 in Olten/Aarau and the delegates’ assembly on 24 April 2027 in Martigny.¹ The line of places up to the vote: Sursee, Olten or Aarau, Martigny.