Band Blog
On 29th October, Regent Brass took part in their annual joint concert with the Mole Valley Silver Band in Dorking Halls, Leatherhead, as part of the “Arts Alive” festival. This event has become a regular fixture in the bands’ calendar for many years and once again it was a great success with a very receptive audience and was wonderfully compered by Ian Skelly, “the voice of BBC Radio 3”. On this occasion, the band performed a range of pieces including…
After weeks of rehearsals, Regent Brass hit the “studio” this weekend to record not one, but two CD’s! As part of the prize for winning the Solo prize at DFDS contest in February this year, Solo Trombone Player Tetsuro Okamuro won studio time as part of the prize. Tetsuro was keen to record some solos with band so the project has expanded to recording a Solo CD for Tetsuro, and the bands next CD. Tracks on the CD to remain…
We would like to share the following video review from the recent DFDS Seaways Contest that Regent Brass successfully participated in earlier this year. It features our winning Soloist Tetsuro Okamura and short extracts of performances and interviews from other prize winners. Enjoy!
Regent Brass make the World Rankings!! For the first time, Regent Brass have appeared in the 4BarsRest.com brass band world rankings. The rankings were created a number of years ago to try and settle the age old issue of which band is the best, most consistent at contest, and to provide players with bragging ammunition for pre and post contest “discussions”. One a serious note, they are used from time to time by some contest organisers when choosing which bands to…