Open Rehearsal – St Michaels Church Aldbourne
8pm 8th September 2022
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Contest News
Updates from the band as we look ahead to the Open and Nationals
Exciting times are afoot for the Aldbourne Band! After winning the West of England Championships, the band are busy preparing in earnest for both the British Open at Symphony Hall, Birmingham and the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain at the Royal Albert Hall. The band are delighted that dynamic Belgian conductor Ivan Meylemans
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West of England Champions!
The Band is absolutely delighted to be crowned West of England Champions of the Championship Section at Cheltenham on Sunday 3rd April 2022. We were delighted with our performance of Wilfred Heatons Contest Music . This was the result of the leadership and Musical Direction of our M.D. Glyn Williams . This comes off a
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Success at Wychavon
The Band was delighted to be placed first at the recent Wychavon Entertainment contest. This was in a field of 17 Bands , with Aldbourne playing no 16. This was especially good being the first contest in nearly 2 years and the first led by their M.D. Glyn Williams. There is an excellent write up
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rah reflections
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
Aldbourne secure 2020 place with top 10 finish at the Open
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 Secure Exciting Conducting Team for British Open and National Finals
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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A summer to look forward to !
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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Aldbourne Qualify for Royal Albert Hall Finals 2019!
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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Wychavon heralds good Performance after 8 year Hiatus
we were especially happy to win best overall Percussion Section and best overall Baritone Section prizes
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