RAF Wyton Area Voluntary Band is one of eight Voluntary bands within the Royal Air Force providing musical support to the RAF and local communities. Founded in 1955, the military band is based at RAF Wyton in Cambridgeshire and is under the administration of

RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow is a former Royal Air Force unit covering three distinct sites in Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire. The three sites, separately known as RAF Brampton, RAF Wyton and RAF Henlow, housed a number of flying training, intelli ...

. Its membership consists of volunteer musicians from local RAF stations ( Wyton, Brampton,

Henlow Henlow is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England, about south-east of the county town of Bedford. The name Henlow is believed to derive from the old English ''henna hlaw'', meaning ...

, Cottesmore,

Marham Marham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, approximate away from King's Lynn. An RAF station, RAF Marham, is situated nearby at Upper Marham.Ordnance Survey (1999). ''OS Explorer Map 236 - King's Lynn, Downham M ...

and Wittering) and members of the local community. The

concert band A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, the symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion famil ...

appear regularly at military events, civic parades, church services and charity concerts, largely in the East of England, although the band have also performed in London and Birmingham, and toured in Cyprus. The band also have a big band, "Rhythm in Blue", and can also provide a fanfare team, and clarinet or brass quintets. Under bandmaster Graham Sheldon, they have produced a number of widely available CDs. On 28 February 2015 RAF Wyton Area Voluntary Band became the first of the

RAF Voluntary Bands RAF Voluntary Bands are voluntary military, brass or pipe bands that provide music for ceremonial and social occasions within the Royal Air Force, as well as local and national charities.Central Band of the Royal Air Force The Central Band of the Royal Air Force is an RAF regular band and is part of Royal Air Force Music Services. The motto of the band is ''Aere Invicti'' (Latin for "Invincible with the Brass"). History The Central Band of the RAF was formed in ...

.RAF News
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Official websiteRAF Voluntary Bands association
Bands of the Royal Air Force Organisations based in Cambridgeshire Musical groups established in 1955 1955 establishments in England

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