Conductor

Musical Director - Roy Curran

Hailing from the Midlands, Roy Curran is an admired conductor and trumpet player who started his playing career aged 5 with his local Salvation Army band .He then moved to Langley Band and the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain where he played alongside and worked with such greats as Eric Ball, Harry Mortimer and Dr Dennis Wright.
In 1960 Roy won a scholarship to Birmingham School of Music before being appointed to the brass section of the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra in 1961.
In 1963 Roy returned to Birmingham as co-principal trumpet and principal cornet of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, a position held with distinction for 22 years.

During this period Roy took up the baton as MD of the Birmingham School of Music Band, and was rewarded with 11 years of international success, both on the concert and contest stage. This led him to conduct many high profile brass bands, including Faireys, Leyland and Fodens and in 1985 he resigned his position with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra to become MD of the Brighouse and Rastrick Band and to teach at Leeds Music College.
During this period Roy became involved with many fine bands and ensembles appearing as advisor or guest conductor. After leaving B&R he became MD of the James Shepherd Versatile Brass and Chorus Brass, conducting these ensembles both at home and abroad.
Roy then accepted an invitation to become MD of the Wingates band, gaining much success both on the concert and contest platform, taking the band to the National Finals and winning the French Open.

In 2005 he relinquished his ties with the Wingates Band and became resident MD at the DUT Yorkshire Imperial Band, before accepting an offer as MD of the Bristol East and Kingswood Band in 2007, culminating in the band being crowned West of England Champions.

He accepted the position of conductor of Hebden Bridge Band in February 2010.

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