Kevin Robbins

Musical Director 

Kevin began playing at the age of 9 and after only a year won his first solo award at the Cheltenham Music Festival. This was the first of many awards, including the title ‘Jnr Champion of Great Britain under 14 yrs, the Gloucestershire Brass Band Association Champion at Junior and Senior levels also the Bath, Peterborough and London and Home Counties Festivals by the time he was 16. It was at this time (1976) when Kevin was invited to play Assistant Principal Cornet for the famous Stanshawe (Bristol) Band under the direction of Prof. Walter Hargreaves. On leaving college Kevin moved to Yorkshire and became Principal Cornet of the Brodsworth Colliery Band under the direction of the late John Childs. In 1980 he received an invitation to come back to Bristol to lead the Sun Life Band as Principal cornet. It was during this period that proved to be the best playing time of his career with numerous recordings for the BBC and appearances on the BBC2 series ‘Best of Brass’ and the Granada TV Band of the Year to mention but a few. If this wasn’t enough in 2000 Kevin became Principal cornet of the Flowers Band (now the Polysteel Band), a position he held for five years.

Over the years Kevin has lead bands to National Brass Band Championships at the Royal Albert Hall and British Open Championships at Belle Vue and Free Trade Halls in Manchester and the Symphony Hall in Birmingham.