Players

Musical Director

Born in South Wales, David Maplestone began his playing career with Cwmbran Town. In 1977, at the age of 16, he left Wales to become a member of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Whilst there, he was given lessons by the late, great, George Thompson, and David acknowledges it was the techniques he was taught here which helped him to win the British Open Solo Championships when he was just 20 years old.
After moving to the Midlands in 1983 David continued his playing career with William Davis Band and later the Heart of England band before taking up conducting in 1991 as Musical Director of the Banks Brewery Band. During his stay there they qualified to play at the Royal Albert Hall in the National Finals on 2 occasions - just one of the many successes achieved.
Subsequent posts have included BTM Band, Dodworth Band and long associations with 2 very successful Midlands Bands - Wooley Pritchard Sovereign Brass and The Staffordshire Band, leading the latter to success as the First Section National Champions in 2002.
David was appointed Musical Director of Bedworth Brass in 2015, and made an immediate impact, leading the band to their first qualification for the National Finals since 2005.

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