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Annual Meeting 2014

14 February 2014

Regent Brass held its Annual General Meeting for 2014 on 30th January 2014. The band was reported to be in a good shape with a stable membership. The appointment of Paul Archibald as the new MD, has given the band a confidence boost as he prepares them for the challenges that lie ahead at Stevenage, for the London & Southern Counties Championships on 16th March and, the band’s debut visit to the Spring Festival in Blackpool on 26th April. Following discussion surrounding topics…

Festive Brass Success

16 December 2013

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On Sunday 15th December, Regent Brass traveled down to Twickenham for their annual performance at “Festive Brass”, hosted by the Richmond Music Trust and Regent’ Flugel Horn, Vickie Curran. Once again, the band joined forces with Fulham Brass and the Richmond Youth Brass Band to put on a varied and exciting programme of music, which was well received by the audience. The band opened up the second half with an exciting performance of “Midnight Sleighride” before welcoming RYBB cornetist Katie…

BBC Young Musician Category Finalist!

14 December 2013

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Regent Brass would like to say a very big Congratulations to Principal Cornet William Thomas on getting through to the Category Finals of the BBC Young Musician 2014. To progress from the first round in September, William had to pay an 8 minute programme. 25 players were chosen from this round to go through to the Brass Category Auditions. For this round William played repertoire by Leonard Bernstien and Eugene Bozza on Trumpet, and Dvorak’s Russalka’s song to the Moon…

New Musical Directors Appointed

11 December 2013

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Regent Brass are delighted to announce that Paul Archibald will be Musical Director of Regent Brass and John Holland will be Musical Director of Regent Community Brass. Paul Archibald As a musician and educator, Paul has performed in a wide variety of musical genres including classical, contemporary, folk, rock and studio work. As a classical musician, he has been a principal player at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, London Sinfonietta, Britten Sinfonia and the…