Remembrance Weekend

Fri 06 Dec 2024

The band were proud to be a part of the nation's Remembrance celebrations once again this year.

On the Saturday, a Concert of Remembrance was held in St Michael's Church in Macclesfield, performing a mix of music, all fitting the occasion.
Then on Sunday morning, the band led the parade as dignitaries, members and veterans of the armed forces and services, alongside the Macclesfield public paid their respects at Macclesfield Cenetaph. 

Prize Winners at NEMBBA contest

Fri 06 Dec 2024

The band took part in the NEMBBA contest on 3rd November.
Playing Diadem of Gold by George Bailey, the band were on great form and the adjudicator David Ashworth awarded the band 2nd place on a very tricky test piece.
Soprano cornet player Adrian Horn also came away with the Best Instrumentalist Award for the day.

Youth and Experience Combine

Sun 30 Jun 2024

A truly fantastic night of music making from the combined forces of the remarkable talents of Macclesfield Youth Brass Band and the experienced Silk Brass Band. The first half featured individual performances from both bands, with a particular highlight being the wonderful cornet playing of MYBBs Principal Cornet Luke Broadrick in a magnificent performance of Napoli.

In the second half, the bands took to the stage together for an extravanganza of 'Music from the Movies' including music from:

ET
The Greatest Showman
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Grease
The Muppets
Jurassic Park
Hairspray
& Sister Act

A superb evening of entertainment, lapped up by a packed out audience.

Watch videos of the joint performances using the following YouTube Playlist link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzblKo0cACI&list=PLdMmLCETsFfvVWjgZ60ZDt9x4iRIRPgX0 

Midnight Finish on Whit Friday

Wed 29 May 2024

Another fantastic Whit Friday evening for Silk Brass. Visiting an amazing 11 venues across Tameside and Saddleworth the band managed to secure  'Best 1st Section' prizes at four venues:

Grotton (Saddleworth)
Scouthead (Saddleworth)
Heyrod (Tameside)
Carrbrook (Tameside) - (6th place overall at Carrbrook!)

We were also fortunate to be the last band on at probably the most picturesque venue, Dobcross, (see photo) where we had the honour of also playing their village hymn St Clements at midnight, with the crowds joining in in find voice!

You can watch our performance of 'Mephistopheles' at Dobcross via the YouTube link below.

Magical Brass and Voices Concert

Sun 12 May 2024

A fantastic concert was held last night in St Michael's Church, Macclesfield, last night featuring the mighty sound of Silk Brass and the superb singing of the combined forces of Magic Voices Congleton, Magic Voices Cheadle and Magic Voices Macclesfield.

The band presented a mixture of musical styles, and also featured two of our newest players, Alice Moffat and Macey Wareing, performing for the first time at the front of the band with Delibes' Flower Duet. The Choir also gave a great mix of music and we rounded off the evening with a joint performance of Hymn to the Falllen, and, with the help of the audience, a Tom Jones Medley!

Unlucky No.1 Draw at Blackpool

Thu 29 Feb 2024

The band were in fine form for the North West Regional Championships in Blackpool last weekend, and were pleased with how they played  Eric Ball's wonderful test piece 'High Peak', but the curse of the No.1 Draw meant that we didn't get placed in the prizes.

We carry on in the 1st Section though, and will be back next year to show the adjudicators we are worthy of the prizes!