The band are sad to announce that their conductor/musical director Michael Howley has decided to leave the band to further his playing career, as such Mike has taken up the solo euphonium seat at Hepworth Brass Band, the band would like to wish Mike all the best for the future and thank him for all his […]
Grange Moor Brass Band are pleased to announce that Leanne Francis has joined the band on Horn. Leanne did play with the band previously but missed us so much she’s come back! In addition to Leanne joining the band Andy Carr has also swapped around a few different instruments but seems to have settled on […]
The band are pleased to announce that they have received confirmation of the final gradings for bands competing in the Yorkshire Regional Brass Band Championships and it has been confirmed that as of 1st January 2011 the band will be promoted from the 2nd section to the 1st section. In addition it has also been […]
Michael Howley, the band’s conductor, is busy in Linz, Austria, this weekend taking Concord Brass Band (from Denmark) to the European Brass Band Championships. Grange Moor would like to wish Mike and Concord Brass Band all the best for the contest.
The band are sad to announce that their Bb bass player Phil Goodall has now left the band for pastures new. Phil won’t be too far away from the band as his new band are Emley Brass Band, who are based only up the road and Phil still lives in the village, so we’re sure we’ll […]
The band have returned from Bradford following their performance at the Yorkshire Areas and got 3rd in the second section – so well done to everyone in the band. The band delivered what many audience members considered to be a good account of the set test piece, including 4barsrest.com, who on their twitter page wrote: Grange […]
Grange Moor Brass Band are pleased to announce that they have arranged an open rehearsal on their area test piece Kingdom of Dragons by Philip Harper. The open rehearsal has been arranged for Thursday 4th March 2010 at 8pm in St Paul’s Church, Mirfield. Entry to the open rehearsal is free, so why not come […]
The band are pleased to announce that Thomas Pitts has joined the band on Percussion, Granville Parker has changed from 2nd trombone to Eb bass and Tim Grace has agreed to swap to Bb bass for the Yorkshire Areas. More details are available from the players section of the band website. Hopefully there will be more player […]
Following the busy Christmas busking period the band have now settled down (hoping that the weather stays OK!) and are preparing for the Yorkshire Regional Brass Band Championships (the “areas”) at St. Georges Hall in Bradford in March. The band will be playing in the second section on Saturday 6th March, in the morning. Further […]
