Aldbourne Band had a wonderful time and are very proud of our performance yesterday at the British Open brass band championships where we were awarded a 15th place. Many thanks to the organisers and all the volunteers that make it such a special day! Huge thanks must go to Ivan Meylemans and Glyn Williams for […]
Aldbourne Band were joined by friends from across the local and international banding community at yesterday’s super ‘Proms on the Green’ As a packed village green basked in the sunshine enjoying the finale of the Aldbourne Music and Song Festive, the massed band entertained them with the classics from the ‘last night of the proms’
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🎺 The sun came out just in time for Aldbourne Band’s July summer series concert last night on the Village Green. 🎼 With highlights including ‘Little Serenade’ and ‘The Red Shield’, the audience were also treated to our very own Ed Latham’s arrangement of Toto’s ‘Africa’ and David Richard’s arrangement of Crooner’s Serenade. 🏆 The
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🎺 Aldbourne Band’s Top of the Pops concert went down a storm in Swindon on Saturday night! 🕺 The feel-good factor was high as the audience were treated to classic hits such as ‘Sir Duke, ‘Walk Like an Egyptian’ and ‘I Want to Break Free’ which featured a shredding trombone solo by Rob Marsh! 🎼In
💿🎶 NEW CD RELEASE! 💿🎶 🎺Aldbourne Band are delighted to announce the launch of their brand new CD “Aldbourne Rejoicing”! 🎼 Featuring music chosen by the Friends of Aldbourne Band including stunning solos from some of the band’s principal players, this CD also includes the band’s 3rd placing performance of Edward Gregson’s ‘The World Rejoicing’
UPCOMING CONCERT! Aldbourne Band’s annual ‘Proms on the Green’ concert will soon be upon us! Held on the village green on Sunday 6th August at 4pm, this concert concludes the Aldbourne Music and Song Festival. With a tea and cake stall and an exciting raffle organised by the Friends of Aldbourne Band, this event is
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’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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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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