Concert on 24th August

A purely functional post here to plug our concert in St. Johns Church, Axbridge on 24th August at 7.30 (I think - see earlier references to our GMS). This is a FREE concert - although there is a retiring collection. Apart from playing in a lovely old church with a very friendly audience in a very picturesque small town, one other reason for this annual concert is to give us an opportunity to work out lips that have grown lazy and flabby over the summer holidays (make out of that what you will). Also the program is usually decided on the day and so the potential for mayhem makes up for a certain lack of polish. And they're usually good fun.

Brass Players Tips - No. 1

From the Bristol Brass "How To ... " manual. This is the correct and approved approach to take when faced with 100 bars rest or more. Note the complete and utter sense of exhaustion caused by having to get up before noon on a Sunday.

Whooosh - Concert at St. Georges Bristol

Two posts in two days, we're on a roll.

Anyway - a date not to be missed - 4th October 2008 - 7.30 pm

Bristol Brass Consort (Very Big Version) PRESENTS !

• Mussorgsky (arr Elgar Howarth) Pictures at an Exhibition
  
• Strauss Festmusik der Stadt Wien
  
• Koetsier Symphony for Brass
  
• Sibelius (arr Joseph Krienes) Finlandia
  

More details at St. George's web site

Without wishing to big it up too much this concert will be Massive - (at least in numbers of players). Those who know our fabled GMS (tm - see previous posts) will appreciate how much opportunity this gives us (or me at least) for wandering around on stage looking vaguely lost.

For a more orderly (and quieter) concert the quintet will be playing at Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton on 12th October. Time and program to be decided, probably about 7.00 pm and likely to include some Koetsier and the Santa Barbara Sonata by Bram Tovey. And less wandering around.

Who switched the light on !

It can't be two and a half years since the last post ! Either I'm the king of procrastinators or else I've dropped through a time dilation wormhole.

Hmmm, I wonder which of these it could be ?

Does this mean I'll be resurrecting this blog ?

Answers on a pinhead please (just kick off a couple of those angels).