[singlepic id=625 w=160 h=150 float=left]London & Southern Counties Champions, the Fulham Brass Band performed a free concert at All Saints Church, Fulham on the 7th May. The concert programme covered some of the greatest and most important music in the history of the British Brass Band, as well as some of the best contemporary music written for Brass Band. The concert featured soloists Paul Lynch (trombone) and Justin Gulliver (Eb bass) Continue reading “A short history of brass band music”
Fulham Brass Band on Twitter!
You can now follow Fulham Brass Band on Twitter!
You can find us at http://twitter.com/fulhambrassband/
We’ll be tweeting about all our upcoming events, so you’ll always know where you can hear us next.
Easter Weekend Concerts
Fulham Brass Band were busy as usual over the Easter weekend. The band performed throughout Saturday afternoon at Craven Cottage, the home of Fulham Football Club, to entertain the crowds watching the University boat race. We would like to extend our hearty congratulations to the Cambridge rowers on a fantastic win.
A reduced band also performed a concert on Good Friday at the King’s Mall in Hammersmith as part of their Easter celebrations. The band entertained shoppers with a selection of crowd pleasers.
03/04/10 – Boat Race 2010 – Fulham FC
02/04/10 – Kings Mall Shopping Centre – Kings Mall Shopping Centre
Regional Champions 2010!
[singlepic id=563 w=120 h=90 float=right]On Saturday 20th March, Fulham Brass Band competed in the regional qualifiers in Stevenage and were placed FIRST! in a field of 14 similarly ranked bands! The test piece was Labour and Love by Percy Fletcher, a classic of the brass band repertoire, and the first original piece of contest music for the genre being composed in 1914. Continue reading “Regional Champions 2010!”
20/03/10 – Area Contest – 3rd section – Stevenage Arts Theatre – Stevenage, London
Kisses from Fulham Band
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On 20th February, Fulham lent their services to ITV to help entertain the crowd’s at the Tonight programme’s “Kiss for a quid” event. Broadcast on 18th March, the event raised money for the Haiti disaster relief efforts. Continue reading “Kisses from Fulham Band”
Principal players revealed for Areas challenge
[singlepic id=563 w=120 h=90 float=right]The Fulham Brass Band have now finalised the rehearsal schedule for the Area contest on March 20th. The set piece is ‘Labour and Love’ by Percy Fletcher and the score makes demands of a number of the band’s principal players:-
- Principal Cornet: Victoria Curran
- Solo Horn: Ally Crowther
- Solo Baritone: Louise Harrison
- Solo Trombone: Paul Lynch
- Solo Euphonium: Mike Dean
Band management update
[singlepic id=217 w=120 h=90 float=right]Following the departure of Andrew Sladen from the band in January, an EGM was held in early February to appoint an interim Band Secretary. We are pleased to announce that Chris Wiggins has been elected to fill this very important role for the band until the Annual General Meeting in April. Ally Crowther has also been elected as interim Band Treasurer. Both will now work with the Chairman and MD over the next couple of months to put in place a plan to help the band to continue to develop during 2010.