About
English composer, conductor, and cornet player known for conducting the Morris Concert Band and the Fairey Aviation Band.
Before Fame
He became conductor of the Luton Red Cross Junior Band at age fourteen.
Trivia
He created the weekly music program Listen to the Band.
Family Life
He is the son of conductor Fred Mortimer.
Associated With
He and cornet player Maurice Murphy both played in the Black Dyke Mills Band.
