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 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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Aldbourne Band’s Christmas Season was full of great music, superb venues and fabulous audiences. Reflecting on a historic year for the band, we thoroughly enjoyed closing out 2018 with a busy schedule of Concerts and carol playing. We were thrilled to welcome special guest, Helen Williams, to play with us at our Christmas Concert in the
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Aldbourne band was thrilled to take part in the 2018 Christmas Cracker on Sunday 25th of November with Sheila Harrod and the Kentwood Show Choir. Playing to a full Wyvern Theatre with a terrific atmosphere, our guest conductor, Chris King, led the band in a great set of music as we both supported the choir and took centre stage
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2018 has been a busy and historic year for the Band with so many great achievements and concerts. As we turn our focus to Christmas, we have some fabulous concerts and carol services lined up with lots of great performances and music to look forward to as the season gets into full swing. We
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Aldbourne Band’s involvement in WW1 As we focus on the upcoming Armistice Weekend, Aldbourne Band has had the opportunity to reach into its archives to better understand its players involvement in WW1 and the ultimate sacrifice of 5 members of the Band of that era. It is especially poignant reading the names as many of
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we were especially happy to win best overall Percussion Section and best overall Baritone Section prizes
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The Aldbourne Band is now hard at work preparing for Wychavon Contest<https://www.festivalofbrass.co.uk/home.html> plus a series of concerts through Autumn, after a busy summer season which culminated in our inaugural appearance at the British Open. The first outing is our upcoming “Night at the Movies” concert on the 28th Of October in St Michael’s Church,
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“There is the surprise performance of the day. Debutantes Aldbourne deliver a super performance, faithful to the score, but also showing some depth of understanding, subtlety and confidence and vigour when needed. Let’s see what the judges made of that. For me, it was thoroughly impressive.”
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We would like to thank everyone who attended our 4th Carnival Pond Concert yesterday evening (Sunday 2nd of September). We’ve been truly blessed with amazing weather this summer and had a fantastic crowd who came to listen to the #Aldbourneband and special guests of Sheila Harrod and the Kentwood Choir. This was the band’s final concert prior
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