Frank Renton is a British musician, conductor and broadcaster, and former host of Listen to the Band on BBC Radio 2.
An accomplished trumpet player, Renton won a competition for young conductors at the 1967 Edinburgh Festival, whilst employed as a musician in the British Army.
[1] Conducting appointments soon followed in West Germany, Cyprus, Singapore and Scotland, before returning to England as Director of a Military Music School in York.
He was Musical Director for James Shepherd Versatile Brass for three years, and began conducting the Grimethorpe Colliery Band.
In 1985, Renton was appointed Principal Conductor of the Royal Artillery Orchestra in London, then in 1988 accepted the dual appointment of Principal Director of Music for the Army and Director of the Royal Military School of Music at Kneller Hall in the rank of Lt.