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Fulham Brass Band are seeking a strong Bass player (position negotiable and instrument available!) and Front Row Cornet player to add to our existing line up from October– with promotion to the FIRST Section from Jan 2015! We welcome students, workers or anyone within the area who wish to be part of a hardworking, fun and ambitious band with lots of exciting projects in the pipeline. Please get in touch with Matt Pitt (band manager) in confidence on enquiries@fulhambrassband.co.uk if you fancy joining the Fulham Brass Band family!

An early start left Fulham Brass Band a little hungry and bleary eyed as we set off to compete at the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain 2014 held at Cheltenham Racecourse.  Weeks of hard work from the band and our conductor John Ward had prepared us well but nothing could hold back the nerves felt by many on the day.  The very beautiful but technical “Traversada” composed by Oliver Waespi challenged all the bands but we managed to put on a pretty good show and were able to come away with another trophy as 3^rd prize winners of the Second section.  Let’s hope our winning streak continues as we enter our most challenging of years competing in the 1^st section from January!

Tomorrow Fulham Brass Band are delighted to be partaking in the Second Section of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. We will be travelling up this evening after our final rehearsal and are looking forward to putting our hard work into practice! Come and support us tomorrow morning in Cheltenham!

Fulham Brass Band are delighted to announce the signing of Emmeline Downer to the Flugelhorn chair. Emmeline is 19 and grew up in Cornwall; having started out playing cornet in St. Austell Youth Band aged 10, she worked her way up to principal flugelhorn in the Cornwall Youth Brass Band. She has since moved to London to study Classics at King’s College London and the band are excited to welcome a talented and enthusiastic member to the team!

A special thank you needs to go out to Simon Gale who recently left the band after playing flugelhorn for 8 years due to other commitments. The band are very sad to see him go after many years of service and look forward to staying in touch with him.

Under the baton of John Ward, the band are currently working hard  for the prestigious trip to Cheltenham in September, to represent London and the Southern Counties at the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. The Second Section piece is called Traversada by Oliver Warspi, which is a haunting and technically detailed work that the band are embracing with determination throughout the busy summer months.

You can join the band too! We are seeking a strong Solo Baritone and Front Row Cornet (third man down)  to add to our existing line up from October– with promotion to the FIRST Section from Jan 2015! We welcome students, workers or anyone within the area who wish to be part of a hardworking, fun and ambitious band with lots of exciting projects in the pipeline.  Please get in touch with Matt Pitt (band manager) in confidence on enquiries@fulhambrassband.co.uk if you fancy joining the Fulham Brass Band family!

We are sorry to announce the passing of former Fulham Brass Band member, Tony Lewington, who died on Thursday 17th July 2014. Tony played BBb bass with us for 10 years and fought a tough battle with cancer after being diagnosed 6 years ago. Tony carried on playing with the band despite his illness for quite a while.

His partner Layne Wyatt would like to invite all past and present band members and friends to the funeral. Tony will be played out to Aces High, his favourite band piece. The funeral will take place at Mortlake Crematorium at Noon on Thursday 31 July.

Fulham Brass Band have just started our exciting summer programme of gigs, starting with Mount Street Gardens last Sunday 15^th June. Despite the lack of sun and a few spots of rain, the band played our opening Summer gig to an audience of enthusiastic fete-goers in the heart of Mayfair. There was even Punch and Judy to enjoy between sets!

Our next outing is this Sunday at the Hurlingham Club Summer Party and we are delighted to keep up the good relationship we have with our neighbours close to the river, however please note that this is for Members Only. If you are a fan of the band then do come along to Parsons Green Fair on Saturday 5^th July to support the local Fulham community! And if you still want MORE from the band then catch us at our Summer Concert at Victoria Embankment Gardens at 1:00pm on Saturday 9^th August.

The band are working hard with newly appointed MD John Ward to work towards our rewarding trip to Cheltenham in September for the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain and have a lot of further exciting projects waiting in the wings. So do keep checking back and supporting our Summer Programme!

We are still seeking a strong Bb Bass and Front Row Cornet player to add to our existing line up – with promotion to the FIRST Section from Jan 2015! Please get in touch with Matt Pitt (band manager) in confidence on enquiries@fulhambrassband.co.uk if you fancy joining the Fulham Brass Band family!