On Sunday 14th April the band travelled to Buxton to play on the bandstand. This was our first outdoor gig of the year and the weather was quite kind. It was lovely to see members of the public sitting outside, enjoying the music and singing along.
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Trentham Brass was delighted to be asked to provide music for an edition of Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Take Away. We gathered in a lady’s garden in Wood Lane waiting to surprise her as she ran home from the pub in time to win herself a holiday. Members of […]
An appearance on TV
Trentham Brass Community Band is a newly formed off-shoot of Trentham Brass Band. It offers a very friendly opportunity for brass players of all abilities who want to play in a non-competing brass band environment without the pressures of a competing band. Anyone who has never played a brass instrument […]
Launching Trentham Brass Community Band
A small group of players went to the Rose and Crown in Stanley to entertain diners and customers with Christmas carols.
Rose and Crown, Stanley
The band were delighted to return to St Michael and All Angels’ Church in Colwich to perform a joint concert with the Haywoods Community Choir. There was lots of singing and playing to a packed church. The audience particularly like Roger’s rendition of ‘When Santa got stuck up the chimney’ […]
Carol Concert with Haywoods Community Choir
Christmas began early for the band this year when they played for the Christmas Light Switch on event at Trentham Gardens in the retail village. It was great to see such a huge crowd enjoying the music and getting into the Christmas spirit.
Light Switch on at Trentham Gardens
One Saturday evening in October the band travelled to the Jubilee Club in Trent Vale to entertain the Stoke branch of the Association at their Annual Dinner. This was a new venue for the band. The event fell on the same day as the Brass Band Finals for the Championship […]
Lancers Concert
Once again, the band was proud to represent the City of Stoke on Trent at their outdoor service at Stoke cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. The weather wasn’t quite so kind to us this year but the rain did actually stop just before the start. The band played hymns to entertain […]
Remembering the Fallen at Stoke Cenotaph
Another new venture this Summer was an invitation from Appetite (Appetising arts events in Stoke on Trent and Newcastle under Lyme!) to join them for their Picnic in Paradise at Clough Hall Park in Kidsgrove. The band had just finished the first set when the heavens opened. However it did […]
Picnic in Paradise
On a very warm Friday evening in late June, the band made their debut performance at the beautiful St Luke’s Church in Tittensor. They played a wide variety of music including solo items from Josh Stevenson on Flugel – ‘The Seal Lullaby’ by Eric Whitacre. Will Mancini on soprano cornet […]