The 80-strong National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain (NYBB), conducted by Bramwell Tovey, will perform a diverse programme of works for brass band at The Barbican Concert Hall on Saturday 22nd April.
The concert will feature Philip Cobb (LSO principal trumpet), a former NYBB principal cornet, and Peter Moore ( LSO principal trombone), who was a founding member of the National Children’s Brass Band of Great Britain, the sister band to the NYBB. The soloists will perform Denis Wright’s Concerto for Cornet, Bramwell Tovey’s Lincoln Tunnel Cabaret (trombone) and Joseph Turrin’s Fandango (trumpet and trombone.)
The programme will also feature the world premiere of Gavin Higgins’ concert suite of his award-winning Dark Arteries ballet music, Lucy Pankhurst’s Wired, Edward Gregson’s Symphony in Two Movements, and works by Joseph Horovitz, Elgar Howarth, John Ireland and Bramwell Tovey.
Tickets just £5 for under-18s and Students
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The Hawth Brass Season
Tickets: £12.75 (discounts: £11.25)
scaba members £10.75
all 6 concerts in 2016-17 Season £8.75 each
any 5 Concerts: £9.25 each
4 Concerts: £9.75 each
3 Concerts: £10.25 each
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Are your Sunday afternoons usually boring and lacking colour? If so, why not come along to support a great cause, hear some fun music and see the sea of pink ladies that is Boobs and Brass.
Manorcroft School in Egham will be hosting a concert in aid of Breast Cancer Now on 22nd October, starting at 2.30pm.
This will be your only opportunity to see this fantastic all-female brass band in Surrey so we would love to see you all there…
…and there will be cake!
Southern Counties Youth Band (SCYB) Easter Residential Course
Tuesday 3rd ~ Friday 6th April 2018 at St Catherine’s School, Bramley, Surrey led by Ian Porthouse, MD of the Tredegar Band
Further details and application pack will be posted nearer the date
Godalming Band welcome you to a lighthearted evening concert at Milford Village Hall, featuring special pieces chosen from across the brass band repertoire. The evening will include music for everyone, from classical pieces to film scores, plus popular music arranged for brass.
Tickets are £6 for adults, £3 for under 16s, available in advance from the band on (01483) 355129 or email at pro@godalming.band. Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start on Saturday 20th October, at Milford Village Hall, GU8 5DS.
Find the band’s other autumn and Christmas events at www.godalmingband.org.uk or on Facebook.
Click HERE for more information about this event.
The Southern Counties Youth Band is returning to St Catherine’s School in Bramley for its popular annual Easter Residential course from 15th – 18th April.
The course will end with a concert for families and friends at 7pm on Thursday 18th April.
Our guest conductor & course leader this year is Lee Skipsey, an experienced percussionist & band trainer and successful MD of the City of Bradford Brass Band organisation.
The course is open to ALL brass and percussion players aged 11 – 18 so please do share this with anyone you think may be interested in joining the fun!
Download your application pack here:
SCYB Residential Pack 2019
The Southern Counties Youth Band has enjoyed a great week at St Catherine’s School in Bramley for its 5th annual Easter Residential course.
Our guest conductor this year is Lee Skipsey, an experienced percussionist & band trainer and successful MD of the City of Bradford Brass Band organisation. The band has had a fun and inspiring week, working hard on some very challenging repertoire, and has put together a great concert programme. Join us at 7pm on Thursday 18th April to see the results of all their hard work.
Virtuoso performer Crispian Steel Perkins also collects and restores old trumpets upon which he has performed and recorded with The Academy of Ancient Music, The Kings Consort and The English Baroque Soloists. Appropriately, he plays the theme tune to one of the BBC’s longest-running and most popular TV programmes, the Antiques Roadshow.
In his Trumpet Shall Sound demonstration, Crispian brings some of these trumpets along and shows audiences how the instrument has developed over the centuries from ancient Egypt to modern times.
As if transported by a time machine, the entire evolution of civilised life can be traced through the medium of sound by examining the history of one of the most ancient of musical instruments – the Trumpet. From the earliest times, humans exploited the ability to communicate over great distances by blowing into an animal horn or shell. This was subsequently refined by replicating these shapes in wood and metal; the size was increased from the short trumpets of Tutankhamen to those blown at the Ancient Greek Olympics, in the Roman armies and upon the battlefields and towers of mediaeval Europe. The performance of ‘art music’ upon them evolved in the 17th century and subsequently various ingenious mechanisms facilitated to the perfection of the instrument as we now know it, retaining the nobility of it’s ceremonial past but with considerable dexterity, and great expressive capability.
All these developments and characteristics are fully explained and demonstrated in this presentation which can be enjoyed by audiences of all ages and at all levels of musical knowledge (or lack thereof!). Even experienced performers find it refreshing to be reminded of the basics of their art.
Ackerman Music is supporting this event and will have a trade stand on the day
www.ackermanusic.co.uk
EVENT CANCELLED
After careful consideration of our duty of care to participants and volunteers, and consultation with local councils and other advisors, scaba has made the difficult decision to cancel both the Southern Counties Youth Band (SCYB) Easter Residential course and the Solo, Quartet and Ensemble competition due to take place in April.
In light of increasing concerns about, and spread of, the COVID-19 virus, we felt this was the best way to proceed during such an unprecedented global situation. We are very disappointed that we are unable to hold these events for the young players and community bandsmen and women in our area, but I am confident that we have made the right decision based on the available information at this time.
Plans will be made to reschedule both the Youth Band course and the competition later in the year, once the situation becomes more stable.
Alex Sears
Secretary
EVENT CANCELLED
After careful consideration of our duty of care to participants and volunteers, and consultation with local councils and other advisors, scaba has made the difficult decision to cancel both the Southern Counties Youth Band (SCYB) Easter Residential course and the Solo, Quartet and Ensemble competition due to take place in April.
In light of increasing concerns about, and spread of, the COVID-19 virus, we felt this was the best way to proceed during such an unprecedented global situation. We are very disappointed that we are unable to hold these events for the young players and community bandsmen and women in our area, but I am confident that we have made the right decision based on the available information at this time.
Plans will be made to reschedule both the Youth Band course and the competition later in the year, once the situation becomes more stable.
Alex Sears
Secretary