World-famous band set to perform in Shirebrook

The Black Dyke Band is travelling to Shirebrook Academy on Thursday, October 12, to perform a “varied and exciting programme of music” under the direction of conductor Prof Nicholas Childs.

The concert is just a week before the band heads to London’s Royal Albert Hall to compete in the annual National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain.

The evening will commence at 7.30pm with a short performance from the Shirebrook Miners Welfare Band and musical director Luke Pallister before the Black Dyke Band takes to the stage.

The evening will come to a close in spectacular fashion with a massed bands segment which will see both bands perfroming two pieces of music on stage together.

Formed in 1855 in the West Yorkshire town of Queensbury, The Black Dyke Band has gained a musical reputation which rivals many of the world's finest orchestras and maintains a busy concert schedule which in the last year alone has seem them perform on stages incluiding the KKL Concert Hall in Lucerne in Switzerland, Symphony Hall in Birmingham and the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival.

Tickets for the evening are priced at just £8 for adults and £5 for school-aged students and can be purchased from Shirebrook Academy reception, Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm, during term-time or by going to ticketsource.co.uk and searching Black Dyke Band Shirebrook Academy.