Officer Commanding: Flight Lieutenant Piers L Morrell LRSM LTCL DipTCL RAF

Media Communications Officer: Chief Technician Rob Jordan [Email]

Webmaster: Chief Technician Bowmar [Email]

Central Band of the Royal Air Force: Corporal Neslihan Jordan [Email]

Band of the Royal Air Force College: Corporal Dave Jones [Email]

Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment: Corporal Neil Chapman [Email]

Public Relations and Marketing

Royal Air Force Music Services primary task will always be to provide musical (and various operational) support to the Royal Air Force around the United Kingdom and overseas, with increasing demands upon our bands and ensembles to participate in an ever-wider role at public concerts and events throughout the world, the RAF Music Services has now established a Public Relations and Marketing Office to further support such initiatives.

The Public Relations and Marketing Office is based at Royal Air Force Uxbridge and is administered on behalf of the Principal Director of Music and Headquarters Music Services by the full time Public Relations and Marketing Manager.

In addition to the Public Relations and Marketing Office each band has its own Publicity Department. Sponsors of allocated or booked engagements should contact the publicity manager for the relevant band for information and materials

To submit any feedback or comments to the Public Relations and Marketing Team directly please send an email to marketing@rafmusic.co.uk or if you would like to discuss how Royal Air Force Music could support your own event in person, please contact Chief Technician Rob Jordan directly on:

Email: Marketing@rafmusic.co.uk
Tel: 020 8833 8752

Booking an RAF Band for your event.

Initial enquiries can be made through the Public Relations and Marketing Office, however all Royal Air Force Bands must be booked through the Engagements Coordinator at HQMS who will present any reasonable requests to The Ministry of Defence Royal Air Force Bands Allocation Committee who authorise the allocation and execution of the engagement based on availability and the priorities set out below.

The Ministry of Defence Royal Air Force Bands Allocation Committee can consider requests up to 12 months in advance of your engagement, therefore an early submission is recommended. However, if your proposed engagement is less than 3 months away, please contact the Engagements Coordinator Chief Technician Steve McGuinness (Tel. 01895 815291) or use our enquiry and booking form.

All requests will be considered in accordance with the following Financial Categories (FINCAT's).

FINCAT’s 2-5 will attract marginal costs (e.g. transport, subsistence, accommodation where applicable, insurance etc).

FINCAT 1

Direct support to MOD& Defence Influence activities where MoD is the sponsor.

FINCAT 2

Charitable and Ex-Service/Regimental Association Eventspromoting awareness of the Armed Forces (e.g. RAF Association, Royal British Legion and any Civilian or Service Charity). Abatement of costs will only be applied to FC2 events where there is a ‘Benefit to Defence’ supported in a Business Case.

FINCAT 3

Non-MOD sponsored Defence Influence Events at Home or Abroad promoting awareness of the Armed forces in the wider community.

FINCAT 4

Other Government Departments and Foreign Government Events.

FINCAT 5

Commercial and Private Events at Home or Abroad. Please note that for all FINCAT 5 events a full commercial fee will be charged (including musicians' fees, transport, insurance, subsistence and accommodation if required).

Please note that the FINCAT’s above are not prioritised and all events will be considered as equally as possible.