Dan heralds from Stockport and began his playing life at the age of 5. Dan quickly found he had love and talent for cornet playing and guided by his father, quickly joined the Stockport Schools Brass Band, where he became a Flugel Horn soloist, winning the young soloist award at the National Youth Brass Band Championships in 2009.

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Later in life, Dan studied music to Masters level at The University of Salford, where he also developed a long standing passion for conducting. In his final Degree year, Dan was given the opportunity of being student conductor of the University's Adelphi Band. During this time he received tutorage from many fine conductors including Michael Breaux of New York State University and Duncan Stubbs, late of the RAF Central Band. 

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Dan is now a qualified Music teacher, leading a variety of musical ensembles and co-ordinating the musical direction of school productions. Dan also offers private tuition for brass instruments.

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As a player, Dan’s fondest memories come from his time at The Hammonds Band (Formerly Yorkshire Building Society Band). Whilst there, he enjoyed appearances at the Regional Championships in Yorkshire, qualifying for the National Finals in 2017, victory at the Grand Shield competition in 2018 and a resulting performance at the British Open Championships in Birmingham the same year. Dan later moved to euphonium and spent time playing with Redbridge Brass, qualifying for the National Finals at the Royal Albert Hall and an appearance at the prestigious Brass In Concert Championship.

 

Dan has a wealth of banding experience both contesting and non contesting as both a player and a conductor.

 

“It is my ambition as Musical Director of UK Paper Band to continue the great work that has been done by previous conductors. This is a band full of experienced, hard-working and friendly musicians and I am proud to have been chosen to lead them into the next stage of our journey together.”