This festive season has been a particularly poignant one for the band as it marks the departure from conducting duties of Val Hope. Val announced her intention to stop being at the front of the band a while ago, with the desire to refocus on playing in the band from January 2018. When Val took […]
August is proving to be a somewhat intense month for the band. Our recent engagements have seen us perform at the inaugural Hearts & Souls Charity Music Festival at Fall Farm in Hartshead to a large crowd of people. The event helped raise over £8,000 and we were proud to have been part of it. […]
The band are sad to announce that our second Baritone horn player, Andrew Ward, has left the band in order to further his playing career at Yorkshire Traction Honley Band. We would like to thank Andrew for all his hard work over the last few years and wish him all the best in his music […]
Join us on Saturday, 24th June between 1pm and 4pm, as we support York House’s Summer Fayre. The band will be playing in two slots. Further details below: WHEN: Saturday, June 24, 2017 @ 13:00 – 16:00 WHERE: WF5 8BW
Last weekend saw the band perform their annual Spring concert at St. Bartholomew’s Church in Grange Moor. The band had decided to produce a TV theme tune concert with highlights being birthday girl Louise Belton’s performance in Hetty Wainthrop Investigates and the powerful percussion in Game Of Thrones! The crowd-pleasing Soul Bossa Nova also featured […]
Following the success of our ‘starter’ and ‘progression’ band children at our Christmas Concert 2016, we have now formed the new ‘Grange Moor Youth Training Band’. There are 23 players in this group and they play the full range of brass band instruments. Their first performance as the Youth Training Band will be on April […]
The band are entering a hugely busy period over the coming months with many concerts and events planned in the run up to Christmas. Here is an overview of all the places we can be seen between now and the end of the year. Further details of these events can be found on our events […]
Last month was fairly quiet for the band with just one large concert held at Ravensthorpe with Hopton URC. Thanks to all those who came to support the event. Highlights included Louise Belton’s solo, Concierto de Aranjuez, father and son Aaron and Warren Gillibrand’s duet, My Heart Will Go On, and the concert debut of […]
Grange Moor Brass Band (WF4 4DU) require a Principal cornet and front row cornet players to boost our team. We are non-contesting, but play a wide variety of concerts throughout the year. Please contact: Nathan Abbotts, band secretary, on 07736 274 803 E-mail: webmaster@grangemoorband.co.uk You can also send us a message via our Facebook page: […]
