Welcome to the Home Page of the Bands from the

Abraham Darby Academy
for the Performing Arts and Business Enterprise

The Academy is situated approximately one mile from the world famous Ironbridge which was built in 1779 by Abraham Darby III, whom the Academy is named after.

The Academy has and continues to maintain a very successful music tradition, which goes back many years and has ensured that the Academy has become one of the country's leading education establishment for musical opportunity for its students which has resulted in a high reputation within the youth musical world – locally, regionally, nationally and even internationally.

The Academy has four senior bands and an extensive range of junior bands, which build on the foundations of the senior bands and assist in the continued successes of the Academy.

The Academy has also for the last five years have held an annual concert in which they have hosted concerts with top internationally renowned Brass Bands, and these have included Desford Colliery Band, Fodens Richardson Brass Band, Sellers International Band and latterly Sovereign Brass Band. The Academy has also welcomed the Prince of Wales (Clive Division) Band and more recently the Band of the Army Air Corps. A number of these events have also included workshops sessions giving support and encouragement to the Academy band members, followed by a Joint Concert in the evenings. In February 2009, the Academy will be holding a major Charity Joint Concert with the Cory Brass Band from South Wales.

Band members have been given the opportunity to go on band tours abroad and have visited France, Italy, Holland, Switzerland and Germany in previous years. Concerts have also been given in a number of locations including Disneyland Paris. In March 2007 the Showband participated in the New York Wind Band Festival, which saw them perform on the stage of the Carnegie Hall.

Please click on any of the links in the left hand side of this page for further details of the individual Academy bands and the latest news and information - you are also able to leave a message in the Guest Book or join the Web Site Forum.

We sincerely thank you for your visit and hope you enjoy your time with us.

Acknowledgement is given to the Pembroke Dock Community Web Team who provided
assistance with the construction of this web site