The Leyland Band is a brass band based in

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in the UK. Leyland Band, 2011

History

The Leyland Band was established in 1946 in the heart of industrial Lancashire as the

Leyland Motors Leyland Motors Limited (later known as the Leyland Motor Corporation) was a British vehicle manufacturer of lorries, buses and trolleybuses. The company diversified into car manufacturing with its acquisitions of Triumph and Rover in 1960 and 1 ...

Band,Lancashire Post https://www.lep.co.uk/whats-on/music/leyland-brass-band-are-looking-for-some-brass-1-5572252 taking its name from the world famous truck and bus company. Now an independent group of some thirty musicians, the Band has retained its local connection and now proudly bears the name of its home town. The last twenty five years of the Bands existence has been the most consistently successful in its history. After a meteoric rise through the various sections, the Band has witnessed scores of prize awards at all the major competitions in the brass band arena. Leyland Band has also rightly earned its reputation as an unrivalled concert entertainer by producing dynamic and unique performances both at home and abroad. Leyland Band has always fostered a strong sense of originality. In 1980, the ensemble was the first western brass band to tour

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, a country it revisited along with

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in the 1990s. In the last decade, four coast to coast tours of the

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are testament to the Band's far-reaching appeal. Numerous performances on continental Europe have been a feature of the band's work on the concert platform. It has also had great success at the Brass in Concert Championship of which it is the current title holder. Leyland Band has appeared in numerous television and radio broadcasts, specifically for the Granada Band of the Year,

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and Listen to the Band. It has an impressive discography and has recorded many commercial CDs.

Previous Names

Band (1946 - 1979) * Leyland Vehicles Band (1979 - 1988) *

Leyland DAF Leyland DAF was a commercial vehicle manufacturing company based in Leyland, United Kingdom, and a subsidiary of DAF NV. In February 1993, Leyland DAF was placed into receivership. History Leyland DAF was formed in February 1987, when the ...

Band (1988 - 1992) *

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(Leyland) Band (1992 - 1997) *

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Leyland Band (1997 - 2000)

Contest successes

* Champion Band of Great Britain: 2005 * British Open Champions: 1994 * All England Masters: 1989, 1992, 2003 * Brass in Concert Champions: 1989, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2011 * North West Regional Champions: 1982, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013 * Grand Shield Champions (Spring Festival): 1981, 2008

Conductors

References

External links

Leyland Band official site
{{Authority control Musical groups established in 1946 Organisations based in Lancashire British brass bands Leyland Motors Leyland, Lancashire