Black Dyke Band

The Black Dyke Band is a British brass band from Queensbury, near Bradford (Yorkshire, England), founded in 1855. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious brass bands in the world, renowned for its musical excellence, technical virtuosity and fundamental role in the history of the genre. Originally formed as the Black Dyke Mills Band, it was linked to the local textile industry: its name comes from the Black Dyke Mills spinning mills, owned by the Foster brothers, who supported the ensemble's creation. Active for over 160 years, it has trained many renowned professional musicians, won numerous awards and is a regular guest at prestigious venues such as the Royal Albert Hall and Bridgewater Hall in London. With over a hundred albums to its credit, the Black Dyke Band's repertoire ranges from arranged classical music to original brass band pieces, modern and popular transcriptions and film scores. The band collaborated with The Beatles in 1968 on their song "Yellow Submarine". Under the baton of conductor Nicholas Childs since the 2010s, The Black Dyke Band has recorded the albums Black Dyke Plays Verdi (2013), Black Dyke Plays Greatest Movie Hits (2014), Black Dyke Plays Beatles (2014), Forever Shining (2014) and collaborated with the euphonium virtuoso on Virtuoso: Music for Euphonium and Brass Band (2025). In 2024, John Wilson leads the band on the program dedicated to composer Sir Arthur Bliss, Bliss: Works for Brass Band.