About Us Page
About the Band PDF Print E-mail

Hello, and on behalf the band, welcome to our website. From here you can now see where we will be playing next, or find out a little more about the band's history. You can now also book the band for an engagement or simply send us a message.

Belper’s first band was a brass band. "Belper Town Band" was formed when the mills were still in operation at the end of the 19th century. With the demise of the mills the band’s fortunes also changed and in 1956 “Belper Town Band” disappeared.  

The present band reformed as “Belper Town Wind Band” in 1999 and increased its scope to include both woodwind and brass instruments.

 

Read more...
 
Ray Jones - Musical Director PDF Print E-mail

Ray JonesRay was first introduced to music at the age of seven, when an Insurance Salesman gave him a battered old trumpet he no longer needed (Ray still has it today). By the time he was 11 Ray had joined his school’s brass band.

Read more...
 
Gaynor Lovett - Musical Director PDF Print E-mail

gaynorMy first experience in music was at the age of 11 when I started to learn to play the descant recorder at school. I can still remember how much I wanted to be able to play an instrument and the thrill of making music. 

Read more...