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🚀✨🎮 Starburst by Dan Price kicked off our Space, Stars & Video Games concert in spectacular fashion last weekend at the RNCM. Paired with stunning footage from the historic 1969 Apollo 11 launch, it set the perfect tone for an unforgettable afternoon of music and exploration! 🎶🌌🌙
Following our European premiere at Perth Concert Hall last year, we’re excited to bring Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition to the Durham Brass Festival this July!![]()
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Later that evening, we’ll take to the stage as our alter ego, Acid Brass, performing our iconic set of Acid House anthems in Durham for the first time! 😃![]()
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Tickets go on sale Friday 21st March - don’t miss it! 🎟️On Sunday 20 July, one of the world's finest brass The KNDS Fairey Band presents a spectacular concert of music and animation as part of this year's Durham Brass Festival, performing a brass arrangement of Pictures at an Exhibition to accompany animated interpretations of Mussorgsky's masterpiece. ![]()
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The animations, created by Ion Concert Media in collaboration with the USC School of Cinematic Arts, bring Mussorgsky's musical response to Hartmann's visual to life, offering an immersive experience filled with rich fantasy, whimsiness, and adventure.![]()
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In a first for Durham Brass Festival and also performing on 20 July, The Fairey Band presents Acid Brass, its take on Acid House anthems with a traditional brass band. ![]()
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The band continues to reinvent Acid Brass with a set that includes new arrangements and a mix of the best acid house anthems with 90s house classics.![]()
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Tickets for both events will be on sale this Friday (21 March) at brassfestival.co.uk/
We’re just recovering from our epic space, stars and video games concert yesterday at the RNCM!![]()
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Somehow we managed to pack in NASA footage from Apollo 11, a live audience participation space invaders game, dance mat synced to click, AI video advancements, an alien on a bike, a washing line of space and perhaps most importantly - great music, featuring original works for band by Paul Lovatt Cooper, Dan Price, Andy Scott and writing for the first time for brass band a Claire Cope premiere of "Through the Spiral" plus reimagined classics - Holst’s Jupiter and Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams with in sync video.![]()
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Thanks to Mike Poyser for hosting and sharing the maths behind why aliens exist 🤯 to Mike and James Parkinson for putting the concept together and to our superb guest vocalist Lauren Brindle. ![]()
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We were delighted to collaborate with the RNCM Young Explorers for a third term as we continue to work hard to inspire our next generation of people with high quality music and entertainment. We appreciate the wonderful audience response we received yesterday afternoon 🎶 🎮 🚀
We’re returning to Bramhall on Friday 21st March for our annual shared concert with the wonderful Bramhall High ensembles. ![]()
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We will be featuring a reprise of our sell-out space and video games themed concert from the RNCM Young Explorers concert series this coming weekend, so if you didn’t manage to get tickets you can enjoy the best of the programme in our second half at Bramhall.![]()
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🎟️ Tickets available on SCOPAY or from Bramhall High School. Licensed bar and refreshments also available. ![]()
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6.15pm - Doors open![]()
7-9.30pm - Showtime 🎺 🎶
🚀🎶 Join us at the RNCM – we’re thrilled to be performing once again as part of the fantastic Young Explorers concert series!![]()
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An epic afternoon for all the family, where music, science, and technology collide, presented by professional tuba player and science teacher Mike Poyser!![]()
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🎵 Featuring thrilling performances of:![]()
✨ Jupiter from Holst’s Planets Suite![]()
🎮 Super Mario ![]()
🔥 Megalovania![]()
🎼 Premiere of 'Through the Spiral' by the fantastic Claire Cope![]()
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Plus... a washing line, a dance mat, and (we're pretty sure) the first-ever in-concert video game competition! 🎮🏆![]()
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With other events happening throughout the day and a games arcade in the foyer, it promises to be an unmissable day at the RNCM!![]()
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📅 Date: 16th March![]()
🕒 Time: 14:00![]()
🎟️ Grab your tickets now!![]()
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