BISP is proud to welcome the Desford Colliery Band who will perform at the BISP Auditorium, at 5pm on  Thursday 27 October, 2022.  We would like to invite the wider community to attend the concert performance. They will be performing at BISP as part of their Asia tour and our BISP band and choir students will have the opportunity to work with Desford Colliery Band in workshops and will perform with them in this public concert.

Desford has achieved great popularity and success as an ambassador for British Culture and heritage abroad.  Accolades have been received from Moscow, Chicago, Singapore, Bangkok and many European Capitals.  We are delighted to host the band for their second visit to British International School, Phuket.

Tickets can be purchased at the BISP Gate 1 CIS Office for  THB 300 for adults and 100 THB for students.

About Desford Colliery Band

The Desford Colliery Band is considered one of the finest exponents of the brass medium. Its wide range of styles and flexibility of performance has bought it world-wide fame. This British Band comprises thirty brass musicians with percussion and performs a repertoire spanning Baroque to Jazz, its soloists some of the finest you will hear.

Founded in 1898 the band has a colourful and interesting history. In 1912 the band engaged its first professional musical director Mr Albert Lawson, who made the twice-weekly trip to their rehearsal base in Leicester by horse and trap. Desford has achieved great popularity and success as an ambassador for British Culture and heritage abroad.  Accolades have been received from Moscow, Chicago, Singapore, Bangkok and many European Capitals.  We are delighted to host the band for their second visit to British International School, Phuket.