The band features in the latest of the Kirklees TOWNSOUNDS Podcast series – a specially commissioned set of podcasts celebrating the Kirklees Year Of Music 2023, which explores Kirklees’ rich musical heritage – past and present – charting how music-making is at the heart of our communities and in our DNA. Episode 12: Brass & […]
May has been a reasonably busy time for Grange Moor Brass Band with two large events this month. The Grange Moor Youth Training Band (GMYTB) was delighted to be invited to lead the celebration of King Charles III’s Coronation on the green opposite the band room on May 7th. The event had free refreshments, free […]
Six years ago, the band recorded a performance of Gresford, The Miners' Hymn, for an exhibition at the nearby National Coal Mining Museum for England called The Pit At The End Of The Road. We've revisited this recording here with some photos taken at the time and some more recent ones for you to enjoy, especially […]
Today saw the band perform at the 2019 Mirfield Show. The band performed three sets for half an hour each throughout the day, playing to a large crowd pieces such as Benedictus, The Rose and Keep Smiling Through. Thank you to the organisers of Mirfield Show for inviting us to play again and to all […]
This image was shared on the band’s Facebook page recently by Barbara Hunter. It shows the band as it was around 1975. Her sons John and Bev Firth played euphonium and cornet in the band. Thank you for sharing this with us, Barbara. We love to see parts of our history.
This weekend saw the band fulfil two engagements. On Saturday, together with our Youth Training Band, we held an Afternoon Tea with both bands performing on Grange Moor green. Both bands had parts of the afternoon on their own with Matthew Asher conducting the main band and Val Hope conducting the Youth Training Band, but […]
Summer is well and truly here, and we began the month with a concert in Middleton Park as part of the Leeds Summer Concert Season. The band played a range of music including The Royal Air Force March Past, Clogdance and Highland Cathedral to a decent crowd, despite the high temperatures! Thanks to all who […]
Christmas is always a very busy time of year for the band, but 2017 seems to have been a particularly busy one. The beginning of a uniform change was brought in, with updated ties now a part of our uniform. The new ties feature diagonal stripes of grey and purple, which was introduced as it […]
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. […]
