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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!
Listen to Silk Brass on 'From The Bandroom: Episode 56'
Wed 29 Nov 2023
'From The Bandroom' is a brass band radio show in which Andrew Forster and Phil Driscoll visit brass bands to hear them play and find out what makes them keep the tradition of British brass banding alive.
We were delighted to host their team in our bandroom back in October where they recorded and hour long programme of great music along with interviews of some of members. You can listen to the programme (episode 56) here: From The Bandroom
3rd Place at NEMBBA
Tue 07 Nov 2023
The band is pleased with a solid third place result at the NEMBBA contest this past weekend, with a performance of the difficult but exciting work The Essence of Time by Peter Graham. A nice warm up for test piece playing before the Christmas season hits us and then soon in to rehearsals for the Area Contest in February!