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The Director of Music

Lead Director of Music for the Buxton Military Tattoo 2012 is the Director of Music, The Band of The King's Division. In that post currently is Capt James Marshall  BMus (Hons).

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The Bands

The Band of The King's Division

The Band of the King's Division was formed on 12 May 2006 as result of the restructuring of Army Bands in 2006.

The Band is presently based at Weeton Barracks near Preston. As the only Army military band based in the North West they are ideally located to support events in that part of the UK but indeed can and do travel worldwide in support the Armed Forces and civilian events.

The Band has a wealth of talent and an arrange of ensembles beyond marching band and symphonic concert band. This includes small ensembles, fanfare trumpets and a Rock Band.

The Band may be technically quite young but it carries forward with it the many fine and long standing traditions of it's predecessor bands and indeed the Regiments of The King's Division.

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The Band of The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
 
The band was formed in 2007 following the merger of 2006 The King’s Own Royal Border Regiment, The King’s Regiment, and The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment.

The Band consists of thirty five musicians both male and female led by Warrant Officer Class One (Bandmaster) Gavin Holden and one Band Permanent Staff Instructor, Warrant Officer Class Two Richard Howe.  The band encompasses talent from a mixture of ex-regular Army musicians, civilian professional musicians, music teachers and music students from the North West of England.  Its primary role is to provide musical/ceremonial support to all Battalions of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment and other units stationed throughout the region as part of the wider Army structure.

The Band of The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment continues to grow in stature and reputation and is highly regarded as the finest Territorial Army Band in the North West of England.

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The Band of The Mercian Regiment

The Band of the Mercian Regiment was created when The Band of the West Midland Regiment was renamed in September 2007 as part of the amalgamation of 3 Regiments from the Prince of Wales Division and parts of 3 Territorial Army Regiments. The 4th Battalion The Mercian Regiment is the Territorial Army (TA) Battalion of The Mercian Regiment

The Band appears at a variety of engagements throughout the Mercian region, from the Lord Mayors Charity functions in Birmingham, Lord Mayors Parade in Shrewsbury, Annual Remembrance Parades at various locations, Service Mess Functions for many varied Regiments and Corps, and also provides support to many civil and service charities.

Over the last 2 years the band has toured in Holland, Germany and Belfast providing musical support for both military and civilian events.

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The Yorkshire Volunteers Band
 

The Yorkshire Volunteers Band can trace it's history back to 1860 when it was formed as a Volunteer Corps in Leeds, West Yorkshire, today the band forms an integral part of the Yorkshire Volunteers Regimental Association, performing throughout the UK and Europe in both concert and marching band formations. The band maintains the long traditions of the Yorkshire Volunteers adding a touch of pomp and circumstance to any event from traditional summer bandstand concerts to country shows with everything in between.