KNDS Fairey Band Concert

Sunday 15th September, 2:30PM

The KNDS Fairey Band is one of the most successful contesting brass bands in the world. Founded in 1937 by a group of employees at the Fairey Aviation Works in Stockport, the band achieved many musical successes under the brilliant direction of Harry Mortimer, their Musical Director for over thirty years. Since those early days, the band has won every elite band event on the contest calendar, including the National Championships of Great Britain on nine occasions and the British Open an incredible 16 times.

Although contest results have been an important factor in Fairey’s reputation as one of the world’s leading brass bands, the band is also renowned for its unique ‘Fairey sound’, a feature that has become synonymous with the famous name. The band is highly regarded for bringing a ‘touch of class’ to its concert performances and is therefore in constant demand for concerts, both at home and abroad. Overseas tours have included performances in Canada, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg.