The band performed yesterday in the First Section at the Red Admiral Entertainments contest, Chorley. We played a 20-minute set of arrangements of music for stage and screen by Alan Menken. This included pieces from Hercules, The Little Mermaid, Little Shop of Horrors and Aladdin. Both the audience and adjudicators enjoyed our performance. We placed … [Read more...]
20 Years our Principal
At our Summer concert in St Clement's Church, Urmston, we marked Katie's amazing achievement of completing 20 years on principal cornet. Katie joined us in 2004 whilst still at school. She rapidly improved and successfully auditioned for the vacant principal position within her first year with us. The rest, as they say, is history. To mark the … [Read more...]
Whit Friday success
Last week the band took part in the annual Whit Friday contests across Saddleworth. We marched down to an arrangement of "Don't you want me, baby" and performed O.R.B. as our contest march. It was an entertaining afternoon and evening. Great to be joined on the march by members of our Community Band and to see our now annual visitors from the … [Read more...]
World Premiere!
The band took to the concert stage on Sunday at St George's Church, Tyldesley. The concert stood out in two regards. We showcased six exceptionally talented soloists with a full range of styles from haunting slow melody through to fast and flashy. We also performed the world premiere of Dan Price's piece for synth and brass band, Voyage. Dan was there … [Read more...]
NW Championships
The band competed at the Area Championships on Sunday 23rd on Morley Calvert’s classic test piece: Introduction, Elegy and Caprice. Having pre-drawn to be in the second half of competing bands, we met in Blackpool for an 11am rehearsal ahead of the afternoon draw. Our section is very tight so we were especially keen to put in a good performance. On stage … [Read more...]
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Adie Smith is our Musical Director.