Aylesbury Community Concert Band

Aylesbury Community Concert Band Spring Concert

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:40:26 +0100

The Band's 2008 spring concert was on 9th March in St. Mary's Church, Aylesbury. Read on...

February 2008: Band Development Weekend

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:49:33 +0000

On the evening of 8th February the band met at Knuston Hall near Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, for the start of a Band Development weekend. Briefly, this was a weekend of intensive rehearsals under the baton of distinguished guest conductor Rob Wiffin, with the aim of improving the skills of the band in all areas, and preparing for the concerts and engagements during the coming year.

December 2007: Aylesbury Band's Busy Christmas

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:40:33 +0000

A busy Christmas season for the Band saw them perform six engagements in three weeks, starting with the Christmas Concert on 1st December, and finishing with the Town Centre Carols in Aylesbury on the 20th…

November 2007: Shiver and squeeze in Weston Turville

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:08:40 +0000

On Saturday 10th November the band was invited to give a concert in St Mary's Church in Weston Turville, a village south east of Aylesbury. This is a small church dating back to the 13th century, with immovable pews, so even though only half the band were present it was still quite a squeeze to get everybody in. On top of that, the heating had broken down, and 4 fan heaters were struggling to take away the chill…

Bram Wiggins is guest conductor in Buckingham

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:01:59 +0100

Well known local musician Bram Wiggins was invited to conduct two of his own works at the Band's concert in Buckingham on 6th October.

2007 Vale Park Proms

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:59:40 +0100

Saturday 1st September was grey and overcast, and it looked as if the annual Vale Park Proms were about to suffer a repeat of last year's weather. However, despite the cloud and a cool breeze, the evening was still dry at 7.30, by which time a crowd of over 700 people had assembled in the park to hear the band. Read the rest of this article...

Bandstand at Fairford Leys

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:59:59 +0100

July 2007 looks set to become the wettest July in living memory, so the organisers of the Fairford Leys Annual Fair must have breathed a sigh of relief on the 14th when the day turned out to be sunny and dry, if not windless. Fairford Leys is the newest housing estate in Aylesbury, and the fair took place in The Square near the centre, where there is a small bandstand. Because of its size it was quite a squeeze to get all the band onto it, but we managed, as only a small band was there on the day, conducted by deputy conductor Robert Wicks.
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Spring Concert with a Holiday Theme

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:22:58 +0100

Saturday 10th March was the occasion for the Band's first concert with Duncan Stubbs as Director of Music. The advertised theme of the concert was Holidays, but as it turned out, with a little bit of ingenuity almost any piece of music can be made to fit that idea!

Alan Mossford retires as Director of Music, Duncan Stubbs his successor

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:22:06 +0000

The Christmas Concert on 3rd December looked backwards as well as forwards, for it was the occasion for Alan Mossford to announce publicly his intention to retire as Director of Music, and to introduce his successor.

Aylesbury Band Gets Gold!

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:15:00 +0000

On Sunday 26th November the band entered the NCBF Midlands regional festival in Northampton, and were awarded a gold medal.

Christmas Engagements

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:56:12 +0100

The Band's engagement list for Christmas is growing, including a return to Watermead for their carol service.

September 2006: What the Band did this summer

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:50:35 +0100

This was a quieter summer than usual for Aylesbury Band, with a Children's concert in the town centre in July, and the annual Proms concert in Vale Park in September.

April 2006: Spring Concert

Sun, 14 May 2006 15:19:56 +0100

"From Stage and Screen" was the theme of the Band's first concert of 2006, which took place in St Mary's Church, Aylesbury under the direction of conductor Alan Mossford.

Update to the 2006 Concert Plans

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:58:56 +0000

The date for the Vale Park Proms has now been confirmed as Saturday 2nd September.
Regrettably the Band's visit to Edinburgh, planned for October, has had to be cancelled. Instead, the Band is going to enter the regional heats of the National Concert Band Festival in November. Let's see if we can get a Gold Medal this year.

Aylesbury Band's Plans for 2006

Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:12:15 +0000

Plans for the new year include concerts on 23rd April, 2nd July and 3rd December, plus the Vale Park Proms in September.