John Davie (MA, FTCL, LRAM, ARCM, LLCM(TD), ALCM) was working at the Royal Air Force School of Music when in 1969 he started up the first High Wycombe Music Centre Concert Band. He conducted this with distinction for many years, and in November 1975 his band opened the first ever Schools Proms. John has also worked tirelessly for the Salvation Army bands and was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Classic FM Teachers awards in 2019. He still helps out the junior bands for Chiltern Music Academy on clarinet and sax.