St. David's Brass News
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Sunday, 25 April 2010 10:41 |
St. David's Brass took part in the Fife Brass Band Festival yesterday (24th April 2010) and are delighted to have finished in 1st place in the third section.
The contest involved a 15-minute concert programme and St. David's entertained with the traditional march Punchinello, a Swedish Folk Song, Berceuse from the Dolly Suite and the programme finisher I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free. Adjudicator Alan Fernie saw fit to award a clear 3-point margin between St. David's and the rest of the competition.
The full contest results can be found here (BrassBandResults.co.uk).
The band are delighted with the result and will return to rehearsals on Tuesday with renewed vigour.
(N.B. Band members can view the crit by logging in and navigating to the 'Internal Band News' on the right) |
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Saturday, 20 March 2010 10:45 |
St. David's Brass came in just behind Kilmarnock Concert Brass and Irvine and Dreghorn Brass Band in the third section of the Scottish Championships performing Labour and Love by Percy Fletcher.
The band had worked hard in preparation for the competition and were glad that this paid off with a podium finish. However, the bitter taste of just missing out on promotion and the opportunity to compete in the National Championships of Great Britain will not be forgotten and St. David's will continue to strive for improvement.
The full results are included below:
| 1. |
Kilmarnock Concert |
Craig Anderson |
6
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184
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| 2. |
Irvine & Dreghorn |
John Boax |
4
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183
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| 3. |
St. David's Brass |
John Dickson |
10
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181
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| 4. |
Renfrew Burgh |
David Hutcheson |
4
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180
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| 5. |
Perthshire Brass |
George Annan |
1
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179
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| 6. |
Bon Accord Silver 'B' |
Richard Kidd |
7
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177
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| 7. |
Peebles Burgh |
Alan Fernie |
5
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175
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| 8. |
Brass Sounds Inverclyde |
Gareth Bowman |
2
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174
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| 9. |
Buckhaven & Methil |
Gordon Evans MBE |
3
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172
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| 10. |
MacTaggart Scott Loanhead |
Mark Bell |
9
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170
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| 11. |
Dundee Instrumental (St. Margaret's) |
John M Tonner |
8
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169
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 09:19 |
St. David's Brass are delighted to announce the launch of their new website. Providing details of the band's latest news and events, the website will provides a medium to communicate with the public, the wider brass-band movement and the band's own members. The website is built upon the latest open-source web technologies and integrates with social networking websites Facebook and Twitter, aiming to be accessible in across the internet.
2010 is shaping to be an exciting year for St. David's Brass, with the senior band aiming to challenge for the Scottish Third Section title, the junior band, St. David's Budding Brass, growing in number and the formation of a new beginners group in the coming weeks.
All comments on the website would be welcomed in the band's forum.
You can follow the band on Twitter and Facebook. |
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 09:03 |
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Tuesday February 2nd saw a large and enthusiastic audience drawn to Dalkeith Community Centre to listen to a concert given by three junior brass bands from the county of Midlothian. This is an area with a rich heritage of Brass Banding, and the idea of the concert was to help promote the local bands, and to bring to attention the excellent work that is being done by both the bands and the local authority instrumental staff in keeping this fine example of community music making alive!
The concert was promoted by St.David's Brass, and it was their junior section St. David's Budding Brass who opened the event, conducted as ever by the inspirational John Dickson, with music by Phil Lawrence, Mark Vause and Gary Young. They were followed on stage by Newtongrange Junior Band, who played music by their conductor, Alan Fernie, as well as items by Borders musician, Cameron Mabon.
The final band to play were Loanhead Brass Roots, the junior section of McTaggart-Scott Loanhead band. Again conducted by Alan Fernie, they played music by Paul Lovatt -Cooper as well as a rousing version of Offenbach's "Can-Can".
The event also gave a chance for 5 soloists from Brass Roots and Newtongrange to perform their solos before this weekend's Scottish Youth Solo contest in Livingston. East of Scotland under 15 champion and rising cornet star Lloyd Griffin, from Loanhead, performed an effortless "Zelda", and not to be outdone, his wee brother Leighton Griffin, who is the area under 12 champion, gave us a spirited "Carnival of Venice" on his euphonium. We also heard 8 year old baritone player John Brown from Loanhead Brass Rootlets, and 2 young "Nitten" players - trombonist Stewart Duncan and Eleanor Scott, on cornet. The warm applause afforded these young soloists was a real encouragement towards their weekend endeavours!
The concert closed with all three bands combining in massed band items "The Floral Dance", Brahms' "Hungarian Dance No.5" (which was repeated as an enthusiastic encore) and "Highland Cathedral". The ovation for the 70 or so young players was long and loud!!
The success of this concert has already led to the idea of making it a yearly event, with plans for McTaggart's to host it in Loanhead in 2011. In the long run, it is hoped that nights like this will benefit all the bands in Midlothian, and inspire the young musicians that make up our bands in the future to keep on making music!
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Thursday, 24 December 2009 14:21 |
St. David's Brass would like to wish you a very peaceful and merry Christmas.
The band is now enjoying a well deserved rest after completing a busy Christmas schedule. Aside from playing carols in the local Supermarkets, the senior band performed a concert for ex-servicemen in Erskine House and were joined by St. David's Budding Brass in the annual Charity Christmas concert.
Looking ahead, the band will be preparing for the Scottish Championships in March while piecing together their concert programme for 2010. |
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