Band Blog
Regent Brass are pleased to announce the signing of two new players ahead of the London & Southern Counties Area Contest. Joining the band on Bass Trombone is Phil Barnes. Phil brings a wealth of experience to the band, having played with the Luton Band in the top section in the past. Also re-joining the band from Aveley and Newham after a short spell is Alan Howard on Bb Bass. Unfortunatley the band has to bid an extremely sad farewell…
The band held its Annual General Meeting on 24th January, where the members elected their committee representatives for the coming year. As part of the meeting, the band also held the “Presentation of Awards” for 2012, for “Bandsman of the Year” and “Player of the Year”. The “Bandsman of the Year” is awarded to the person who the membership feel has made an outstanding contribution to the band over the previous year. For 2012, the winner of this award was…
On 16th December, members of the band traveled to Ruislip to perform alongside the fantastic Capital Connection choir at their Christmas concert for the first time. Due to space restrictions in the venue, a reduced 10-piece ensemble performed a short programme of music and accompanied the choir and audience singing several Christmas carols. The choir, lead by Debi Cox, performed a very diverse range of pieces with great energy and panache, which really showed off their talents as a Barbershop Harmony ensemble.…
The band made the trip to Twickenham on 14th December to perform at “Festive Brass”, their annual concert with the Richmond Youth Brass Band and Fulham Brass Band. The evening saw a very receptive audience turn out to hear the bands perform a mix of music and in particular highlighted the development of the young musicians at the Richmond Youth Brass Band, which is directed by Vickie Curran who is Regent Brass’ Flugelhorn player. Regent performed in the second half…