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Silk Brass Annual Awards
Thu 29 Aug 2024
To round off our highly successful tour of Belgium, the band held its annual awards ceremony at the Flanders Lodge Hotel where we had been staying.
Bandsmen of the Year (voted for by the players)
Mike Caveney – 3rd Cornet
Players’ Player (voted for by the players)
Ben Bradley – Principal Cornet
Soloist of the Year
Adrian Horn – Soprano Cornet
Section of the Year
The Percussion Section – Craig Harper & Ben Coldwell
Most Improved Player
Vicki Whittaker – 2nd Trombone
Chairman’s Award
The Core Volunteers – incl:
Jenny Birtwistle, Sue Shreeve, Phil McGraa, David Birtwistle & Jo Ingleby
10 Year Celebration Award!
Tony Wyatt – Musical Director
Well done to everyone (whether you received an award or not!)
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!
Watch our Christmas Concert on YouTube
Sun 31 Dec 2023
You can now watch our 2024 Christmas Concert via the YouTube link below.
The programme includes:
The Shining Star - Peter Graham
The Polar Express Suite - Alan Silvestri (arr. Adrian Horn)
CORNET SOLO - Ben Bradley
Away In A Manger - Peter Graham
Silver Bells - arr. Kraeydonck
DUET - Pete Weaver on Flugel Horn & Adrian Horn on Soprano Cornet
Pie Jesu - Lloyd Webber (arr. S Sykes)
Christmas Song - arr. P Sparke
100% Christmas - David Johnston
A Christmas Fantasy - Gordon Langford
EUPHONIUM SOLO - Andy Ingleby
O Holy Night - A Adam (arr. K Wilkinson)
In The Bleak Midwinter - arr. Broadbent
Schneewalzer - arr. G Richards
White Christmas - arr. P Sparke
Jingle Bells - arr. D Ashmore Enjoy!