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VERY DISAPPOINTING (16/02/09) Our Apprentice Band, that meets as part of our Saturday Morning School, had been working very hard over the last 5 weeks preparing music, much of it new to our young members, for a new venture. We had been invited to join Haverhill Youth and Community Band as their guests along with Fulbourn and Teversham RBL Youth Band, in a 'Youth Band Festival' to be held at Haverhill Arts Centre on Sunday 15th February at 7.30pm. The Band travelled yesterday afternoon from Harwich to Haverhill for a massed bands rehearsal which proved to be very exciting and gave us all a taste of what a fantastic show of youth talent this was going to be. Unfortunately the town of Haverhill suffered a power cut at just after 7pm which resulted in the concert having to be cancelled. We all travelled home 'very disappointed'. A BIG THANKS to Di Pannell for organising the Festival-we are looking forward to hopefully a repeat planning of this event. Also many thanks to all the parents who committed their time for ensuring their children attended rehearsals and the concert. A DELIGHTFUL EVENING (07/12/08) Antony Sanders, Head of the Saturday Morning School, would like to thank everyone involved, for a Fantastic concert of Christmas Music Saturday 6th December given jointly by the Music School Band and Harwich Salvation Army Corps :- "Well done to all the performers your confidence is growing all the time which shows in the ever improving performances. A big thank you to all the teachers and staff without whom the music school wouldn't function. Hopefully what you witnessed last night will make you all proud of your achievements and realise how much impact you are all having on these children's lives whether it is through teaching them or just being around to mentor and encourage. Well done and long may you all continue. To George Warren the compere, who helped make last night such a fun evening, he's always been so supportive of the band and is someone who would like to involve more. Thank you to our 'sound engineer' Debbie who undertook the job in such a professional way with what can only be described as dodgy equipment!!! Thank you to Barry and his team at the Salvation Army for hosting us and making the evening such a success, I certainly hope this will be the first of many occasions we link together. Finally the biggest thanks must go to Georgie Cooper-Keeble who not only came up with the idea but saw it through, putting in a huge amount of time and effort and helping to raise £150.00 towards the running of the Music School. Thank you Georgie from all of us. I'll finish by wishing everyone connected with the music school a really happy Christmas break, and look forward to seeing you all in the New Year". MUSIC SCHOOL JOIN FORCES WITH SALVATION ARMY (30/11/08) The Music School arm of the Harwich Royal British Legion Brass Band are presenting a Musical Evening jointly with the Salvation Army Harwich Corps. This will take place on: SATURDAY 6TH DECEMBER 2008 AT 7.00PM at THE SALVATION ARMY CITADEL, GEORGE STREET, HARWICH. Tickets are £3.00 in advance or pay on the door. For information or to purchase tickets phone 01255 241982. COME ALONG AND SUPPORT THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THIS GROWING AND ENTHUSISTIC BAND. Tuba Carols 14th December 2008 (30/11/08) Several members of the Euphonium, Baritone and Bass bench will be attending this very worthy charity blow!!! For anyone else that may be interested details are below:- Tuba Carols 2008 in London will take place from 12.45 until 2.30 on Sunday 14th December 2008 by the west steps of St.Paul’s Cathedral (next to Queen Anne’s statue). You will need to: Be there and bring other players (colleagues, students, friends …….) Bring a music stand & pegs. Let me know of any media contacts you feel I should get in touch with to promote this event. Let me know who’ll be there (in an effort to get enough chairs for all). This year we will be collecting for The Evelina Children’s Hospital (part of the Guy’s & St.Thomas’ trust). For information follow this link: http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/services/managednetworks/childrens/evelina/evelinahome.aspx Chris Ludwig. M: 07721 647 326 E: chris.ludwig@ntlworld.com Congratulations (13/10/08) Our Assistant Musical Director Kevin and his fiancee Debbie who plays trombone and tenor horn tied the knot on Saturday 6th. The band played before, during and after the wedding ceremony. A great day was had by all and we wish the bride and bridegroom all the best in their future together. MORE MUSIC SCHOOL SUCCESS!!!!!! (15/07/08) On Saturday June 14th nine pupils from the Music School took their theory exams. We are pleased to announce the following fantastic results: GRADE 3 Melanie Jay age 15 passed with a distinction score of 93. Mathew Harmer age 15 passed with a distinction score of 91. Craig Sanders age 12 passed with a merit score of 88. Peter Gibson aged 11 passed with a merit score of 83. Chloe Jay aged 11 passed with a score of 77. GRADE 1 Benjamin Lewis aged 10 passed with a distinction score of 91. Hannah Rose aged 10 passed with a distinction score of 91. Kaitlin aged 12 passed with a score of 78. All those practice papers were worth it weren't they? CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE. MUSIC SCHOOL SUCCESS AT A LOCAL ROTARY FESTIVAL (14/07/08) Several members of our Music School, held on Saturday mornings, entered the Colchester Rotary Festival of Music and Dance. There was a good brass entry this year and the music school came away with several awards. In Class 21 - Other Acoustic Instruments - Open, Lorna Wrycraft came 1st playing the snare drum. In Class 28 Brass - Under 12, Peter Gibson - cornet won with Meredith Jones - trumpet coming 2nd and Benjamin Lewis - tenor horn and Chloe Jay - cornet taking 3rd. In Class 29 Brass - Under 14 Alice Waterman - cornet came 2nd. In Class 31 Brass - Duet Under 14, Peter Gibson and Chloe Jay played 'The Holy City' duet beautifully and came 1st. In Class 33 Brass - Open, Jenny Coyles - trumpet came 2nd. In Class 43 Ensemble - Open, the Music School Ensemble, a 10 part ensemble, comprising of both teachers and students took first place and the school Drum Corps came 2nd. Due to their duet performance, Peter and Chloe have been invited to play at the Music Finale Concert on Friday 18th July 2008 in St Botolph's Church Colchester. This is a real honour for both of them and we know they will represent the Music School well. Well done to everyone who took part. Congratulations. The music school would like to give a special mention and thank you to their piano accompanist for the day Matt Brown. ATTENTION ****VACANCY**** (13/06/08) Attention all budding Bb Bass players!!!. The Main Band has a vacancy fro a Bb Bass player. Are you bored? Do you play the Bb Bass? Free on a Monday evening? Then come and join our family friendly band, where we all encourage one another, have a laugh together and enjoy making music together. We practice on Mondays at 7.30pm until 10pm in the Royal British Legion Pavilion in Harwich. The Band is currently in the 4th Section of the London & Southern Counties Championships, perform several concerts during the year and also play out cruise ships at Harwich International Port. We occassionally go abroad! The band are shortly to travel to Rotterdam. If you are interested please contact our Band Director Antony Sanders. (contact details on website) DECLAN MEMORIAL CONCERT (30/05/08) Harwich Band have been supporting this concert since the death of Declan Heath aged 9, five years ago. It was thought this year that the Music School Band could take on this role.. The Concert was held on Monday evening at 7pm in Mayflower Primary School, Harwich. The programme consisted of the Music School Band, soloists, a jazz quartet and the junior drum corps from the Music School and a sizeable choir, soloists, rock band and the Friday Music Club from the Mayflower Primary School. The evening was a resounding success with standing room only in the school hall. An annual event in the Music School's calender is to present the Declan Heath Memorial Shield to the most improved player of the year and this year it was presented to a well deserved Chloe Jay aged 11, an up and coming front row cornet player. CONGRATULATIONS CHLOE keep up the good work. All monies raised at the concert will go to the Declan Heath Memorial Fund. MAKING MONEY in MAY!!!!! (30/05/08) If the Main Band have been quiet the Music School Band have definitely not. The Music School has been very busy practicing new peices and raising money. BOOT FAIR - On May 5th, a very sunny Bank Holiday morning, several adult helpers arrived at Clacton Airfield Boot Fair to set up a pitch to sell collected goods to raise money for the school. During the morning the sellers were joined by members of the Music School Band who then played for aproximately one and half hours. The buckets being shaken whilst the band played raised £79.00 and the stall raised £150.22 a total for the morning of £229.22. Well done everybody a SUPERB EFFORT. FUN RUN - On Sunday May 11th Peter Gibson age 11, who plays front row cornet/flugel in the Music School Band and 2nd/3rd cornet in Main Band, entered the annual Tendring Technology College Fun Run in Frinton and ran the 2 mile race in 18 minutes raising just over £80 for the Music school. Well done Peter. MAYFLOWER WALK - 9 members of Music School, comprising of parents, helpers and band personel entered the 14 mile Mayflower walk from Harwich to Manningtree on Sunday 25th May. They braved the atrocious weather to complete their challenge and raise money for the Music school. Congratulations everyone and we await the news of the total you have raised. Prev 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7  Next