Black Dyke Band holds the highest rank in the worldwide brass band community. It has continued to win significant competitions under its music director, Nicholas Childs, who took on musical leadership of the band in 2000, and in 2015 the band became European Champion Band for the 13th time – in 2014 the band, for the 30th time, was declared British Open Champions. The band has also been National Champion of Great Britain on 24 occasions, most recently in October 2023. In 2009, and again in 2011, 2012 and 2013, it became Champion Band at the English National Championships.
Black Dyke Band is the most recorded band in the world, with over 370 recordings. Under Nicholas Childs, it has received multiple CD of the Year awards in the brass press. The band has appeared in major concerts halls around the world from New York to Tokyo and has appeared at the BBC Proms. Its performing and recording schedule can be considered among the busiest and most productive of any British brass band. The band logo of the stag’s head and Latin quotation are taken from the armorial bearings granted in 1857 to John Foster, founder of the band. The quotation translates to ‘Act Justly and Fear Nothing.’
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