Tag: #dunstonsilverband

  • Dunston Festival

    Once again we’ll be opening this annual community event. It’s always great to play in Dunston and this year this event will return to Dunston Park with all the usual fun and games.

  • Dunston Silver Band and The Low Fell Singers present Music From The Stage And Screen

    Dunston Silver Band and The Low Fell Singers present Music From The Stage And Screen

    Tickets £7  under 18s free

    FOR TICKETS RING DAVE JAKEMAN 07808720568

    TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE CHURCH OF ST THOMAS THE MARTYR        ONE WORLD SHOP  Tel 0191 261 2284

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  • A foray into the first section: blog post by Laura Foster

    Sunday 12th March sees Dunston Silver Band competing at the North of England Brass Band Championships. For the first time in the band’s history we will be competing in the first section following our recent promotion from the second section. The contest takes place at the Gala Theatre in Durham City Centre from 10.00am.

    The set test piece is Land of the Long White Cloud or Aotearoa by Philip Sparke. It is a wonderfully descriptive piece, written in 1979, depicting the landscape of New Zealand.  It was originally commissioned by the New Zealand Brass Band Association for their National Championships in 1980. Dunston Silver Band has been steadily working away on this piece since September, and it has brought a range of new challenges: from more complex textures to balance, faster passages to double tongue and more exposed solo lines for principal players.

    Once again we have been wonderfully supported by our MD Aidan Hodgson who has really put us through our paces and helped us step up into the first section. We have also had the support of Reg Vardy Band and the fantastic Russell Gray.  We are very fortunate to welcome many new members of the band to the stage at this contest and a massive thank you to them for joining us and I hope you enjoy your first Area contest with Dunston! These include Heidi Wilkinson and Mike Walton on the cornet bench, Matthew Naylor on euphonium and Max Albert on percussion, We’d also like to thank Tom Cooke who will be playing with us on soprano cornet.

    I will be incredibly proud to step onto the stage on Sunday with the best bunch of people who have given 110% into their preparations of this piece. I wish the very best of luck to all bands competing in the Area competitions – let’s make it a good one!

    Blog post by Laura Foster, principal cornet

  • Band Vacancies: Soprano cornet and percussion

    Dunston Silver Band are a first section band based in Gateshead. We are a highly committed team of musicians that works hard and has fun, including a varied concert diary and a balanced contest schedule. We now welcome applications for soprano cornet and percussion (ideally tuned and/or timpani) to join our band family in 2017.

    The Band rehearses in Dunston Community Centre every Monday and Wednesday evening from 7.30pm-9.30pm. Please check out our website for more information about the band: Dunston Silver Band.

    Please contact the Band’s Chairman Dave Jakeman in strict confidence on davejakeman@blueyonder.co.uk or 07808 720568. All interested parties will be given a warm welcome and help can be provided with transport if needed.

  • St Thomas’s To Be Filled With The Sound of Brass.

    Tonight Dunston Silver Band become the first North East Brass Band to perform a full concert programme in this wonderful building in the heart of Newcastle. The band are proud to be playing in this church fundraiser which could hopefully lead to the church becoming a regular concert venue. It promises to be a great night with a great programme and we’re all getting a little excited so come along and support Dunston Band and St Thomas the Martyr Church tonight at 7.30.      TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.band-concert-poster