The Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel Band is delighted to announce the appointment of John Hinckley as its new Principal Conductor ahead of the British Open Championships.

 

John, had an enviable reputation as the flugel horn player with Brighouse & Rastrick, a band he was a member of from 1974 to 1992. His conducting career naturally followed and he had five successful years as resident conductor with the unexpectedly successful Marple Band followed by a seven year period as the MD of the celebrated Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band.

 

While at CMFC John achieved some notable contest achievements including winning the Yorkshire Area in 1999, with Brighouse & Rastrick, Black Dyke and Yorkshire Building Society behind them. They won the Grand Shield enabling a return to the much coveted British Open Championships and a top three finish at the All England Masters Championships in 2001.