GWB March 2010 Newsletter

Welcome to the Glasgow Wind Band's March newsletter.

Music of the Spheres

Friday 19th March 7:30pm, at the RSAMD

The Glasgow Wind Band returns to play a programme of dynamic and absorbing music taken from the very top of the wind band repertoire.

Click here for full programme details.

Charivari

Malcolm Binney

Music of the Spheres

Philip Sparke

Javelin

Michael Torke

Sunrise at Angels' Gate

Philip Sparke

Festivo

Edward Gregson

First Suite in Eb for Military Band

Gustav Holst

Paris Sketches

Martin Ellerby

Tickets are £8 (£4.50 consessions) available online from http://boxoffice.rsamd.ac.uk, by phone on 0141 332 5057 or in person at the RSAMD box office.

GWB win Gold Award at Scottish NCBF

In November 2009, Glasgow Wind Band took part in the Scottish Regional Heat of the National Concert Band Festival. We played two pieces - "Javelin", by Michael Torke, and "Sunrise at Angel's Gate", by Philip Sparke. For this we were awarded a Gold award and were invited to take part in the NCBF National Festival. This festival takes place over Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th April 2010 in Birmingham Conservatoire. The last time we participated in the NCBF National Festival was in April 2007 at The Sage in Gateshead - where we were awarded a Gold award!

So, in April we will be heading down to Birmingham to play "Music of the Spheres" by Philip Sparke - a rather tricky, but very enjoyable piece of music. We are fortunate enough to be playing in the Adrian Boult Concert Hall - which seats 520 people. If you'd like to hear a preview of our performance - we will be playing "Music of the Spheres", along with other classic wind band pieces, at our annual concert on Friday 19th March in the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.

Obviously, Birmingham is a little further away than Glasgow city centre, but anybody wishing to make the trip would be very welcome to come down to the NCBF National Festival to support the band on Saturday 10th April.

GWB on iTunes and Amazon MP3

As we mentioned in the last newsletter, the GWB took some time out last May to professionally record a CD of film tracks.

If you don't have your copy yet, you can know download the tracks from iTunes or Amazon MP3. Just follow these links below:

The full track listing is:

1. Chicago
2. Anything Goes
3. Mission Impossible
4. James Bond 007
5. The Blues Brothers Revue
6. Out Of Africa
7. Pink Panther
8. Moment For Morricone
9. Mask Of Zorro

Dates for your Diary

For further details, please check the concerts section of our website.

Music of the Spheres

19 March 2010 7:30 PM, RSAMD, Glasgow

National Concert Band Festival

10 April 2010, Birmingham Conservatoire

Howwood Summer Concert

11 June 2010 7:30 PM (to be confirmed), Howwood Parish Church, Main Road, Howwood.

West-End Festival

22 June 2010 7:30 PM, Hyndland Parish Church