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Biography
for|the defensive ditch in Wales|Clawdd-du Black Dyke Band , formerly Black Dyke Mills Band , is one of the oldest and best-known Brass band (British style)|brass band s in the world. The band has won many prizes and competitions over the years. In 2009, the band won the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain for a record 22nd time.Black Dyke Win National Championship 17 October 2009 http://www.rncm.ac.uk/news-hiddenmenu-174/article/174/658-black-dyke-band-wins-national-competition.html
History
It was formerly the band of the Black Dyke Mills in Queensbury, West Yorkshire|Queensbury , West Yorkshire , England, a company owned by John Foster. Foster, a French horn player, joined with others in a small brass and reed band in Queensbury in 1816.Black Dyke Band - A Brief History http://www.blackdykeband.co.uk/band/page/2/ This band faltered, and another band formed - called the Queenshead Band - which consisted of 18 musicians around 1843. This second band also faltered, but in 1855, Foster and other musicians established the new mill band, and outfitted it with uniforms made from the mill's own cloth. Most of the musicians in the band also worked at the mill, and a close bond was fostered with the local community. The band has remained active since that time, and still rehearses in its original rooms.
Black Dyke was the first band to achieve the "Grand Slam" in 1985 by winning the Yorkshire regional, European, British Open and National Championship contests.Black Dyke Grand Slam - 25 years on 12 July 2010 http://www.themouthpiece.com/vb/showthread.php? t=41973 They were also voted BBC Band of the Year.Classic LPs - the 1980s 10 April 2008 http://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2008/art843.asp
Recordings
Black Dyke Band has made over 300 recordings, including one of the first brass band recordings in 1904 and european classical music|classical music . It has recorded with classical trombone|bass trombonist Douglas Yeo , and pop acts Tori Amos , Peter Gabriel and The Beautiful South . The band also worked with Gabriel on the highly acclaimed Millennium Show, featured in the Millennium Dome , as well as recording the music for the BBC programme Ground Force .
In September 1968, the band released a single on The Beatles ’ Apple Records label. The A-side was an instrumental composed by Lennon–McCartney called "Thingumybob" (the theme to a Yorkshire Television sitcom of the same name starring Stanley Holloway ). The flipside was a brass band instrumental version of another Lennon–McCartney song, " Yellow Submarine (song)|Yellow Submarine ". The single was released under the name John Foster & Sons Ltd Black Dyke Mills Band , produced by McCartney, and was one of the first four singles issued on the Apple label.Thingumybob http://www.jpgr.co.uk/col_apple4.html In 1979, the Black Dyke Mills Band worked again with McCartney on a track for the Wings (band)|Wings album Back to the Egg .
In August 2009, the band undertook a tour of Australia with multi-instrumentalist James Morrison (musician)|James Morrison which culminated in a concert at the Sydney Opera House .Black Dyke Band with James Morrison 11 August 2009 http://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2008/art843.asp
Notable members
The principals of the band's current line up include:Black Dyke Band member page http://www.blackdykeband.co.uk/6/
Principal Cornet: Richard Marshall
Principal Euphonium: Gary Curtin
Principal Trombone: Brett Baker
Bass Trombone: Adrian Hirst
Soprano Cornet: Paul Duffy
Principal Horn: Sheona WhiteWhite joins Black Dyke - 23 March 2011 http://www.4barsrest.com/news/detail.asp? id=13069
The band's current Principal Conductor and Director of Music is the Welsh euphonium virtuoso, Dr. Nicholas Childs . His predecessor was trumpet player James Watson (trumpeter)|James Watson .A Black Day At Black Dyke As Bandmaster Quits 3 July 2000 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2000/jul/03/martinwainwright
Paul Lovatt-Cooper is the band's Composer in Association and former principal percussionist. He retired from playing in early 2011 in order to concentrate on his teaching, conducting and composition.PLC Takes Early Retirement 18 February 2011 http://www.4barsrest.com/news/detail.asp? id=12959
Black Dyke Band is the brass band in residence at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and Childs also conducts the RNCM Brass Band.Dr Nicholas Childs http://www.rncm.ac.uk/meet-our-staff-mainmenu-51.html? view=item& catid=430%3Aschool-of-wind-brass-and-percussion& id=182%3Anicholas-childs
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External links
http://www.blackdykeband.co.uk Black Dyke Band
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/4516832.stm GNER train named after band in December 2005
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