News
28th January 2012 -
As those of you who came along to last year's Christmas concerts may remember, one of the pieces that we featured was a fantastic arrangement of John Lennon's Imagine. For those that weren't there or would like to see it again, here's a recording of WCB playing it. The sax soloist is Helen Purdon.
22nd January 2012 -
As you will have heard if you're a member of our Friends scheme or if you came along to one of our fabulous Christmas concerts, Woodley Concert Band was delighted to release its first ever CD late last year. Recorded live at the 2010 Christmas Concerts and the 2011 Spring and Autumn Concerts, it features 12 tracks of great WCB music including rousing marches (The Great Escape and Army of the Nile), beautiful melodies (What a Wonderful World and the Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez), foot-tapping tunes (Don't Rain on My Parade and The Magnificent Seven) and even kazoos (Chicken Run)! This magnificent recording is priced at only £9 and if you'd like to purchase a copy, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us and we'll dispatch one to you post haste! You can find a full track listing below.
- The Great Escape
- Don't Rain On My Parade
- Somewhere
- The Magnificent Seven
- Impromptu on Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2
- Mary Poppins
- Concierto de Aranjuez
- Army of the Nile
- What A Wonderful World
- Chicken Run
- Riverdance
- You Can't Stop the Beat
15th January 2012 -
10th January 2012 -
Huge congratulations from all at WCB to Pete (our principal trombonist) and his lovely wife Kate who gave birth to their beautiful daughter Erin earlier this week. Weighing in at 8lbs 5oz, Erin is doing well and we understand that Pete has already achieved a grade C+ for his nappy-changing, though there's clearly some room for improvement. We look forward to seeing Erin coming along to band to fill our currently-vacant bass-trombonist chair soon...!
1st January 2012 -
Well goodness didn't 2011 go quickly! With over 21 performances and 9 major socials, it was certainly a busy year for WCB, including a weekend mini-tour to the Isle of Wight, a brilliant workshop with Andy Porter, the release of our first ever CD and the purchase of some shiny new stand banners to keep us looking smart when we're out and about. We've also sold out two of our Bearwood concerts and kept you up to date with two newsletters (for our Friends) and 55 news items on the website. We've uploaded over 350 photos to our gallery and a few videos too and we hope that you've enjoyed keeping up to date with all that we've been doing.
The good news is that 2012 is shaping up to be just as busy for the band - as well as the usual mix of concerts and socials, there'll hopefully be another weekend away visiting the bandstands of the UK and our first ever joint concert with Reading Male Voice Choir which promises to be a great event. In the meantime, we'll be back practising this week in preparation for our Spring Concert and make sure that you stay tuned throughout the year for all the latest WCB news!