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Rankings Update

2 April 2013

Following the band’s outstanding victory at the L&SC Area Contest, they have achieved the highest ranking in their history on both 4barsrest.com and BrassStats.com, two websites which track contest results achieved by bands around the globe to keep an up-to-date record of how they compare with their peers. Whilst sometimes controversial, both of these methods reward bands who regularly contest and achieve good results against “higher-ranked” bands in contest situations. On the 4barsrest.com ranking of the top 200 bands, Regent…

Sad Farewell

25 March 2013

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Sadly the band has had to bid farewell to a member who has contributed a great deal to our success of the last couple of years as 2nd cornet player, Natasha Newson, has relocated to North Shields near Newcastle. Natasha joined the band in 2011 and has been not only a very committed player, but was also instrumental in winning the BBC and PRS bids to secure funding for the new commission being written by Raymond Yiu. She has also…

New players at Regent

31 January 2013

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Regent Brass are pleased to announce the signing of two new players ahead of the London & Southern Counties Area Contest. Joining the band on Bass Trombone is Phil Barnes. Phil brings a wealth of experience to the band, having played with the Luton Band in the top section in the past. Also re-joining the band from Aveley and Newham after a short spell is Alan Howard on Bb Bass. Unfortunatley the band has to bid an extremely sad farewell…

Regent Brass hand out annual Awards

31 January 2013

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The band held its Annual General Meeting on 24th January, where the members elected their committee representatives for the coming year. As part of the meeting, the band also held the “Presentation of Awards” for 2012, for “Bandsman of the Year” and “Player of the Year”. The “Bandsman of the Year” is awarded to the person who the membership feel has made an outstanding contribution to the band over the previous year. For 2012, the winner of this award was…