Kevin Belcher was born in Knottingley, and now lives in Crofton with his wife and three children. A professional guitarist by trade, Kevin has studied classical guitar and started playing the cornet at the age of 7.

He is a former director of Belburn Music Ltd., a specialist brass band recording and publishing company set up in 1998 with his brother Andrew and Mark Stainburn.

His brass band career has taken him around a variety of bands including his early days at Knottingley Schools, Ackton Hall Colliery, Sharlston Colliery, Aceprint Gawthorpe and Wallace Arnold Rothwell. The last nine years Kevin has been conductor of Knottingley Silver until his appointment as Musical Director and Conductor with Drighlington in September 2006.