Person Open DS/UK/13006 Newsome; Roy (17 July 1930-10 October 2011); British conductor, composer, arranger, broadcaster, educator, and cornet player Newsome Roy 17 July 1930-10 October 2011 British conductor, composer, arranger, broadcaster, educator, and cornet player Male Elland, Yorkshire, England (born)

British Musician; Conductor / Composer / Cornet White Heterosexual Roy Newsome was a British conductor, composer, arranger, broadcaster, music educator, and cornet player. As a conductor, he was associated with the Black Dyke Mills Band (1966–1977), Besses o 'th' Barn (1978–1985), Fairey Engineering Band (1986–1989) and the Sun Life Band (1989–1996). With these leading brass bands he experienced many successes, including five winning performances in the "British Open Championships" and a winning performance in the "National Brass Band Championships." Several of the bands he led won the British Broadcasting Corporation's "BBC Band of the Year" award. He was also chief conductor of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain for 17 years. For eight years he was the host of the program "Listen to the Band" on BBC Radio 2.[4] As a composer and arranger, he published around 100 works, including works for brass band and concert band, and several pieces of chamber music. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Newsome (2021) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbaulcombe 2/24/2014 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 fbdf8661-b5c6-4e42-8cd1-d72d34f23691