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Having joined the band in 2005 Wilf McDonald has retired due to health reasons.

Between the early 1950s and 1962, Wilf played with the Bradford Victoria Band.

In 1962 he joined the Bradford City Police and began playing with the force Military Band. Upon Police amalgamations in 1974 the Bradford City and Leeds City Police Bands joined together initially as a military band and then subsequently as a brass band. Wilf played with the Force Band until 2005.

During this time period Wilf has also been involved playing in smaller groups such as swing bands and dance bands. Indeed, Bradford City Police had a 5 piece jazz band called ‘The Concords’. This group was the first live music group to play at the BBC studios in Leeds. They also recorded at the Playhouse Theatre, Manchester for the then lunchtime programme from the BBC studios in Birmingham called ‘Pebble Mill at One’.

Happy retirement Wilf ~ Stay safe.

It’s seven years since West Yorkshire Brass performed at Middleton Park, Leeds.
However, the band was much appreciated by the attending crowd and very much welcomed back by The Friends of Middleton Park.

It is some considerable time since Malcolm Wood retired from our Eb Bass line. We can now happily report that his seat has been filled.
Richard Hirst has joined the band. Though not having played for 30 years, don’t let that fool you! Richard is totally capable of ‘holding his own’ when it comes to playing the bass.

Welcome to West Yorkshire Brass Richard. We hope you enjoy many more years with us.