Aldbourne band has been busy since the National Finals in October focusing on concerts and the run up to Christmas. At the start of November we celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the Friends of Aldbourne Band with a concert composed entirely of pieces picked by our supporters. It was a great success and the band […]
It’s a week since our performance at the Royal Albert Hall. Congratulations to the Cory Band (and our Musical Director Glyn Williams) on their richly deserved win, and also to our local rivals, the Flowers Band, on their fifth placing. Thanks to Glyn and also Lee Skipsey for all their hard work in preparing the
Wow! What a weekend for the Band! – 9th at the British Open after being drawn to play no. 17, sandwiched between The Cory Band and Grimethorpe Colliery Band – probably not the best draw you would think! 🙂 The Band rose to the occasion though and we played our hearts out led by the inspirational Ivan Meylemans who was
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Aldbourne Band are delighted to announce that we have secured the services of two of the most dynamic and exciting conductors in Europe to work with our resident conductor, Glyn Williams, for the British Open and National Finals later this year. For the British Open in September, the band will be led by one of
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Aldbourne Band have once again been very busy preparing for their jam-packed summer season of concerts and contests. On Sunday 2nd June we kicked off the summer season of Pond Concerts led by Glyn Williams with an exciting and eclectic programme of music including ‘Nordic Polska’ and a beautiful arrangement of John Ireland’s “Love Unknown”. Unfortunately
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We have been quite quiet on our Website recently since our Dorchester Abbey Concert. This is for very good reason. We were heads down with our preparations for the West of England Brass Band Area qualifying competition. As always the Competition is tough with some of the finest Bands in the West of England competing
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Aldbourne Band continued its busy start to the New Year with a slightly chilly but top-quality joint concert at Dorchester Abbey with the Reading Phoenix Choir and Aldbourne Bands Musical Director Glyn Williams Due to the unprecedented amounts of snow in North Wiltshire the band had to get creative in getting all of its players physically
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Aldbourne band were once again delighted to be guests of the Immanuel United Reformed Church in Swindon at their annual concert, continuing an unbroken trend since 1963! Performing to a packed audience, the band shared the concert with the excellent Immanuel Church choir and delivered an exciting and entertaining programme, starting 2019 as they mean
Aldbourne Youth and Junior bands were very lucky to kick off their 2019 rehearsals with an inspiring interactive session led by the band’s resident @Glyn Williams. The young musicians learnt about the importance of breathing properly, of warming up, using the diaphragm and listening critically to themselves as they practice every day!Glyn held a band
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