Promotion beckons after Area contest

Fri 06 Mar 2015

Silk Brass is please to announce that from January 2016 the band will be back contesting in the First Section for brass band competitions.

This is thanks to the hard work put in by band and conductor in the run up to the North West Regional Band Championships that were held at Blackpool's Winter Gardens last Sunday, where the band put in a stellar performance of 'Variations on Maccabeus' by Kevin Norbury. The band were awarded 4th place, and due to our high average placement over the last 3 years we have gained promotion to the First Section.

We look forward to competing (and winning) at this higher level in the near future!

Tony Wyatt appointed as new Musical Director

Tue 10 Jun 2014

After a very high standard of auditions we're very pleased to welcome to the band our new Musical Director Tony Wyatt. Tony brings with him a wealth of experience both as a player and as an MD. He has been a brass player for many years- starting at the age of 7 and joining the National Youth Brass Band at 11 , and later the Cheshire Youth Brass Band. More recently Tony has played for the Fairey Band, held the position of MD at Whaley Bridge Band and has had a relationship of more than 30 years with the VBS Poynton band, at times on Principal Cornet and as MD. Tony joins Silk Brass to build on the band's successful year last year, continuing our work to gain promotion back to the 1st section, support links with local youth bands and deliver high quality and entertaining concerts around the region.