Regent Brass are a British Brass Band, based at Chalk Farm, North London. Musical Director is Alan Duguid, and the band is currently in Section 1 of the National Grading Tables. We rehearse on Thursdays from 1930, at the Salvation Army church, Chalk Farm, NW3 2BL.
Regent Community Brass was formed in May 2012 to provide an outlet for local musicians, both young and old, to get involved in playing with a brass band. The band rehearses on Tuesdays from 1930, at the Church of the Ascension, Wembley. The band competes in Section 3 of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain.
On Friday 16th March, the band hosted a concert on their “home turf” at the Church of the Ascension in Wembley. Despite regularly rehearsing at the church, this was the first concert the band had performed there for many years and it was particularly encouraging to perform to a very receptive audience, the majority of whom were hearing a brass band for the first time. The first half opened with the lively march “The Red Shield” followed by Leigh Baker’s…
The band was delighted to perform with the Enfield Town Band on 25th Feburary for the first time in a lively and varied concert at St Aldenham’s Church in Edmonton. The event was made all the more demanding for Regent solo cornet player Steve Gaskell as, in addition to playing with the band, he is also the long standing principal cornet player with Enfield! Enfield performed in the first half, guest conducted by Regent conductor Alan Duguid, treated the audience…
