Fivemiletown’s own Murley Silver Band just go on winning prizes. Led by their musical director Wiliam Hill, they have been Brass in the Valley overall Champions, Best March and Soloist band and NIBA Champion Band of Northern Ireland. They have represented Northern Ireland at the European Championships in Norway, Belgium and France and have appeared at the Belfast Tattoo. The band members, who are drawn from well-known musical families and from all sections of the community support their activities through membership subscriptions and concert revenues.

Bass-baritone David Robertson also grew up in a musical household in Fivemiletown. In 1995 he showed his promise as a singer by winning the prestigious Elisabeth Schumann Competition for Lieder. Having completed his degree at Trinity College of Music, London, he moved to Italy to study with internationally renowned bass Enrico Fissore and soprano Sylvia Rhy-Thomas.