Ian’s Update June 2023

Posted on June 1, 2023 by Taverham Band

The Band completed their Spring programme with a well-attended ‘Last Night of The Proms’ concert at Spixworth Village Hall. Our summer programme of bookings is underway soon and you can see us at the following locations:

Sun 16th July	2pm – 4pm	Gorleston Bandstand
Sat 22nd July	7pm – 9pm	Eaton Park Bandstand
Sat 29th July	7pm – 9.30pm	Kelling Heath
Sun 6th August	10.30am – 1pm	Wayland Show – Watton
Sun 20th August	7pm – 9.30pm	Kelling Heath
Sat 9th Sept	1pm-3pm	Kelling Heath

Of course, you can keep up to date on our engagements calendar or on our Facebook events listings too.

Hope to see you soon!

Ian Colman MBE Musical Director

Taverham Band awarded £500 from Tesco Bags for Life Community Grant

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Thanks to everyone who used their blue tokens in local Tesco branches to vote for us! The £500 that we were awarded has been invested in new music which will will debut this year and serve the Band for many years to come!

Ian’s Update May 2023

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Taverham Band

A big thanks to around 250 people who came to our Spring Concerts at Taverham Village Hall in March – our first Spring Concerts since 2019 due to Covid. As reported last month we included some items in the programme which had been selected by Peter Almond for his 80^th birthday concert some 14 years ago. Peter sadly passed away at the age of 94 and was still playing with the Band just 2 weeks before he passed.

The band were honoured to play at his funeral, attended by around 80 people, and we performed ‘There’s No Business Like Show Business’ as a tribute to Peter’s many years as a professional trumpet player on the professional entertainment circuit.

We are now working on our summer music programme with several bookings out and around the county. We are also planning 2024, a special year for the Band as we reach our 50^th birthday!!

Ian Colman MBE Musical Director

Ian’s Update April 2023

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Taverham Band

At the time of writing we had just received the sad news of the passing of longest serving Band member Peter Almond at the age of 94.

As a result of this sad news, we changed the programme for our Spring Concert to incorporate a number of pieces Peter selected for his 80^th birthday concert as a tribute to him.

Apart from our Spring concerts, March was full of action with a performance at Norwich City Football Club at the Sunderland game. Fingers crossed it bought some luck!

We are now working on our summer music programme with several bookings out and around the county. We are also planning 2024, a special year for the Band as we reached our 50^th birthday!! Watch this space for more news!

Ian Colman MBE Musical Director

Ian’s Update March 2023

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Taverham Band

Our Spring Concerts will be the first since 2019 and, as usual for that time of year, will include a wide variety of lovely music from shows, films, traditional and more.

Whilst costs have increased we are keeping our prices the same, so why not come along foir a great local evening out for all the family!

Spring Concerts 2023

With music from stage & screen popular and more!

Friday and Saturday 17^th & 18^th March 2023

Taverham Village Hall – 7.30pm (Doors open 7.00pm)

Tickets are available by clicking here for details or buy online below.

Prices are just £8 adults, £1 (Under 16’s) and include a programme and refreshments.

Ian Colman MBE Musical Director

Ian’s Update February 2023

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Taverham Band

A big thank you to everyone who supported the Band over the Christmas period. With a total of 18 different events, carol playing sessions and concerts everyone was kept busy. It was good to get back to the usual “festive frenzy” that we have missed over the past couple of years.

The Band performed concerts at Taverham Village Hall, St. Edmund’s Church and Wensum Valley Hotel, together with our early December trips to Mundesley Church, Weston Longville Church, and the Break carol service at St. John’s Cathedral in Norwich.

Smaller groups played carols at Taverham Nursery, The Bob Carter Centre, Oxborough Hall, 2 Co-Op stores in Norwich and Tesco in Drayton as well as Angel Road School!

As part of our efforts we collected money for the Taverham & District Foodbank and amazingly, nearly £2000 was collected from our carol-playing at Tesco and our bucket collections at the end of the Village Hall concerts. This, added to our bucket collections in October makes a total of £2600!

Our Christmas 2022 video and photo gallery can be viewed by clicking here.

The Band had a well-earened rest after Christmas and returned to rehearsals in mid-January to have a good music sort-out and to introduce new music for our 2023 programmes. Our first concerts of the new season are detailed below, and our growing (and regularly-updated!) engagements list for 2023 can be viewed by clicking here.

Our Spring Concerts will be the first since 2019 and, as usual for that time of year, will include a wide variety of lovely music from shows, filoms, traditional and more.

Whilst costs have increased we are keeiping our prices the same, so why not come along foir a great local evening out for all the family!

Spring Concerts 2023

With music from stage & screen popular and more!

Friday and Saturday 17^th & 18^th March 2023

Taverham Village Hall – 7.30pm (Doors open 7.00pm)

Tickets are available by clicking here for details or buy online below.

Prices are just £8 adults, £1 (Under 16’s) and include a programme and refreshments.

Ian Colman MBE Musical Director

Current Vacancy – Bb bass player

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Taverham Band

Due to retirement we are seeking an additional Bb bass player.

Rehearsals are Tuesdays 7.30pm to 9.30pm – quality instrument available.

We are a non-contesting band with high membership, full rehearsals, and a good engagenments calendar with varied performances throughout the year.

Our age range is from 14 to 94 years, with an average age of 53 and an average membership length of 16 years!

For more details please contact us.

Ian’s Update January 2023

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Taverham Band

At the time of writing, we have just launched into rhe “Christmas Frenzy”, something missed by brass bands for the past few years. Pretty much back to normal with a variety of Christmas events and concerts with most looking to raise valuable funds for various good causes.

The Band has a brief rest after Christmas and returns mid-January to have a good music sort-out and to introduce new music for our 2023 programmes.

Our first 2023 concerts are our Spring Concerts – the first since 2019 and, as is traditional for that time of year, we will include a wide variety of lovely music from shows, films, traditional and more.

Whilst costs have increased our prices remain the same so why not come along for a great local evening out for all the family?!

Spring Concerts 2023

Friday and Saturday 17^th & 18^th March 2023

Taverham Village Hall – 7.30pm (Doors open 7.00pm)

Tickets are available by clicking here for details or buy online below.

Prices are just £8 adults, £1 (Under 16’s) and include a programme and refreshments.

Ian Colman MBE Musical Director

Ian’s Update December 2022

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Taverham Band

A big thanks to everyone who came to the ‘Brass Rocks’ concerts in October. It was great to get back to 2 full nights with over 250 people in the audience. What’s more we launched our support for the Taverham, Drayton and Thorpe Marriott Foodbank project and an amazing £550 was collected in buckets after each concert! Tickets are selling fast for our Christmas Concerts so book now!