Heavy metal with heavy metal instruments? Why not? Piece: Welcome to the Jungle; Composer: Axl Rose; Arranger: Paul Murtha. Who needs electric guitars for an heavy metal group? Stalybridge has had a heavy metal group since 1809 – the oldest brass band in the world, no less in Stalybridge Old Band. For our second door, […]
Read More Brass Banding Goes Pop: EM60’s 2020 Advent Calendar: 2. Welcome To The JungleLionel Richie’s classic ’80s tune, played by a Macclesfield band Before we start, the fire doors are the way you came in, beside the trombone section, and the back door which leads to where the Christmas tree was last year… Piece: All Night Long (All Night); Composer: Lionel Richie; Arranger: Leigh Baker. For this year’s […]
Read More Brass Banding Goes Pop: EM60’s 2020 Advent Calendar: 1. All Night Long (All Night)East of the M60’s 2020 Advent Calendar explores the poppier side of brass band music One of the greatest things about brass band music is its ability to inspire audiences of any age and taste. Whether classical works or popular music, a great brass band arrangement can equal or surpass the original work. That’s in […]
Read More Introducing Brass Banding Goes Pop: EM60’s 2020 Advent CalendarEast of the M60 hopes brass band music isn’t forgotten by HM Government funding pledge On a normal Monday night, I would be writing a review of the previous night’s concert at Boarshurst Band Club. Since lockdown, The Mecca of Brass Banding has been quiet, leaving a significant cultural void in the hearts of brass […]
Read More Don’t Forget our Brass Bands!A Greatest Hits compilation of the best performances In times of tragedy, it is music that matters. It can soothe the savage beast and make us happy for the best part of two minutes or two hours. With the Coronavirus situation, it has meant the cancellation of various concerts and music festivals. Even Whit Friday, […]
Read More In Vision: The Ultimate Sunday Brass Night at Boarshurst Band ClubAnother fine concert with Alan Widdop behind the podium In spite of the spectre of the Coronavirus, Whitworth Vale and Healey Band chose to fulfil their concert at Boarshurst Band Club last night. For the dedicated live audience, and several more that watched the live stream, it was a most enjoyable concert.
Read More Whitworth Vale and Healey Band, 16 March 2020: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club120+ reasons why Mass Brass IV delivered and entertained its audience Last Saturday (07 March), over 120 brass band players, plus families and spectators descended on Uppermill Civic Hall for what was Saddleworth’s biggest night in the brass banding calendar. Like previous Mass Brass nights, the four bands gave us yet another great concert.
Read More Mass Brass IV: The Review (Uppermill Civic Hall, 07 March 2020)Joyous Boarshurst return for Jim Hunter and Co. makes for another captivating programme With the live and streamed audience marked safe from stultifying Sunday night entertainment and rolling news, Stockport Silver Band returned to Boarshurst Band Club with another fantastic concert. A year into their tenure at Kimberley Street Day Centre, Shaw Heath, last night’s […]
Read More Stockport Silver Band: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club, 08 March 2020May the fourth Mass Brass be with you on Saturday Once upon a time, in a part of Saddleworth far far away, an enterprising brass band hit upon the idea of a concert featuring themselves and three other brass bands. Three others from the Saddleworth area, from Junction 22 of the M62 right down to […]
Read More Mass Brass IV: Saddleworth’s Brass Banding Bonanza Goes ForthThe road to success at regional level, and ultimately national level at Boarshurst Band Club With only days to go till the North West Regional Championships, 78 bands across the region treated live audiences and adjudicators to a sneak preview of their test piece. At various school halls and band clubs, the preview evenings and […]
Read More Countdown to the North West Regional Championships
