From the band
Concerts, premieres and behind-the-scenes updates.
𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 — 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗘 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 of the Academy Award-winning Wallace and Gromit - '𝗔 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲' is coming to London's 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 —…
A huge congratulations to our cornet player Macey Wareing on an absolutely brilliant set of A Level results! Macey has smashed it with 2 As and an A*, including an A in Music! This rounds off a successful few months for Macey, having recently completed her final two courses with the NYBBGB on the front row cornet bench…
𝗣𝗥𝗘-𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 starts tomorrow! We’re back in the band room, getting stuck into music for our upcoming contest and concert season. There’s plenty of 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲 on the stands, which certainly helps make those many hours of rehearsal fly by! We haven’t exactly stopped over the summer,…
Thank you to everyone who came along to support our performance of Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers at the incredible Lichfield Cathedral this evening! What a spectacular setting for our final gig of the summer before our attention turns to the British Open in September. A special mention to our outstanding…
A JUBILEE OVERTURE — Curated by Philip Sparke The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Oxford Road, Manchester Sunday 27th September 15:00 We're really pleased to announce that this September we're hosting a concert to celebrate one of the movement's most loved composers, Philip Sparke, in his 75th year. We're grateful to…
Next Saturday! We're thrilled to be performing at the Lichfield Festival, in the stunning surroundings of Lichfield Cathedral! The first half sees us provide the live soundtrack to Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers, followed by a varied second half of brass band favourites — including Peter Graham's Gaelforce,…
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Wallace & Gromit double-bill at Stockport Plaza this afternoon! Special moment being back here – this is the very stage where we launched The Wrong Trousers LIVE four years ago A brilliant audience this afternoon, for both shows!
It's gonna be HOT! tomorrow - why not get out of the sun for an hour and see one of our fantastic Wallace & Gromit shows at the Stockport Plaza! !
The band are back at the Plaza in Stockport on Sunday performing our fantastic Wallace & Gromit shows (ticket link in the comments!) Here's a newspaper article from the Stockport Express advertising the bands concert back at the Plaza in 1941!
What a weekend for the band! On Saturday we had a brilliant time performing at We Invented The Weekend Festival in Media City, before heading to Buxton on Sunday for two Wallace & Gromit shows! Next stop… Stockport Plaza on Sunday 21st June, where we’ll be bringing Wallace & Gromit to Stockport! We’d love to see you…
Big weekend ahead for the band — two very different shows, two days running! SATURDAY 6TH | Media City, Salford We're back as our alter-ego, Acid Brass, bringing our 80s & 90's house tunes to the the fantastic We Invented the Weekend Festival - best of all it's FREE! On stage at 16:00. SUNDAY 7TH | Buxton Pavilion…
Fairey Return to Tameside! It was fantastic to see so many bands and audiences out yesterday - the atmosphere was incredible. After a queue at Uppermill for our first contest, we took the decision to head over to Tameside for the first time in a number of years, and we had a terrific time! A sincere thank you to the…
The band are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of friend and former solo trombone player, Les Webb. Les was an integral part of the band from 2009, winning the best instrumentalist prize for his stunning solo contribution in John Pickard’s “Eden” when the band won the English Nationals contest in 2010. In the…
Join us this Sunday for a fantastic evening of music as we return to St George’s Church, Tyldesley. Programme highlights include Dvořák’s Carnival Overture, Peter Graham’s Triquetra, Balkan Dance, Somewhere from West Side Story, and the finale from Year of the Dragon. We’re also delighted to feature soloists: Iain…
Tonight! Get yourself down the the RNCM - Royal Northern College of Music for what promises to be a fantastic evening of music where we'll perform along side the RNCM Brass Ensemble and Paramount Brass.
We’re really looking forward to an exciting programme of music next Friday at the Royal Northern College of Music, where we’ll once again be performing Mussorgsky’s masterpiece Pictures at an Exhibition, complemented by immersive visuals. Kicking off the concert is Elgar Howarth’s charming Mosaic, followed by Derek…