Keith has been successfully directing brass bands for more than 50 years! He commenced regularly conducting brass bands while he was a student at the University Of Manchester and following two enjoyable periods directing Salvation Army bands he entered the highly competitive British brass band contesting scene in the Fall of 1976. In the following 20 years he enjoyed an enormous amount of success, including having the privilege of directing the first-placed band in more than 40 contests. In several of these competitions upwards of 20 bands would have been performing. The majority of these successes were with his own band, the GUS Band and later the William Davis Band, while some were as a guest conductor, primarily with Scotland’s Newtongrange Band. While living in England he was happy to accept invitations to conduct at various locations around Europe and for a period he was principal guest conductor of Switzerland's Brass Band Fribourg. Since moving, with his wife Audrey and daughters Debbie and Katie, to USA in 1996 he has

been delighted to receive a number of invitations to return to Britain to conduct and, following a recent appearance with Newtongrange Band, one commentator wrote "a welcome return to the UK of a conductor of proven 24 carat class ". (Iwan Fox, www.4barsrest.com).

Keith’s first home in USA was in northern Ohio and shortly after his arrival knowledge that he was living in the area led to the formation of Brass Band Of The Western Reserve, a band he led with distinction until the Summer of 2021. In recognition of his 24 years with BBWR he is now their Music Director Emeritus.

Keith continues to receive frequent invitations to use his talent and experience to direct brass bands. In the Fall of 2021 he directed Central Ohio Brass Band as they progressed from the pandemic-enforced break in their regular activities and in September, 2022, he is leading a retreat in Canada for two of their finest bands - Orillia Silver Band and Weston Silver Band. He directed Dublin Metro Brass in a couple of successful events in June, 2022, and looks forward to a number of future projects with them.

While brass band competitions are less prominent in this country than in Britain he has continued his previous success by conducting the first-placed band on 5 occasions in different sections of the North American Brass Band Championships. He is regularly in demand to adjudicate at the North American Championships where he is able to make use of his experience as a regularly-featured adjudicator around Britain and Europe.

Alongside Keith’s busy musical activities he has also been a successful university Professor of Mathematics, at the University of Nottingham in England and, more recently, at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.

Each of the bands he has directed has established an outstanding reputation for their concert presentations and these have been enhanced by the inclusion of some of Keith's brass band arrangements. He has more than 120 published arrangements with publishers in Britain, Switzerland and USA. Some of his arrangements have been used as test pieces at major championships. In order to make his arrangements available more rapidly he has formed his own publishing company, Alum Creek Music (www.alumcreekmusic.com).