Brass Band concert

Posted on 21 November 2009

On Saturday 21st November, ULMS Brass Band performed its first concert outside of the university. It took place at St Thomas’s Church, in the centre of Lancaster. It was the first time that an ULMS ensemble had organised its own concert outside of the university.

Luckily, the gamble had paid off. It was well attended and the performance was of an exceptionally high standard, given that the band had lost many principal players the year before who had graduated and had only seven weeks to prepare the new repertoire. The concert featured a wide range of music from film music such as Best of Bond, Soul Bossa Nova and Great Western Themes, to traditional Brass Band works such as the March Barnard Castle and Salvation Army Spiritual Deep Harmony. There were solos from Principal Cornet Charlotte Critchley (Share My Yoke) and Laura Emsley on Flugal (Concerto D’Aranjuez). There was also a lively trombone trio, I Will Follow Him, from the film Sister Act, featuring Max Stannard, Ole Hunt, George Bell and Richard Hall.

Thanks must go to Brass Band Rep Laura Emsley, and Conductors Mike Turner, Laura Hounsome and Max Stannard who made this concert possible. This concert was a huge success, enjoyed by both players and the audience.