Conductor Nicholas Childs is a fixture of the British brass band scene, with more than 150 recordings to his credit. His brother Bob is also a brass player, and the pair has toured as the Childs Brothers; they made their debut at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1984 and later formed the Doyen Recordings label. Childs became the principal conductor of the Foden's (Courtois) Band. He was also active as a producer and made his recording debut in that capacity on the album Gregson: Brass Music Composed and Conducted by Edward Gregson in 1992. In 2000, Childs became conductor of the Black Dyke Band, an institution with a history dating back to the middle 19th century. Childs has released some 160 albums, and in 2023, he led the Black Dyke Band on the album Peter Graham: Force of Nature.