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Who are we?
Hello and welcome to the home page of the west Midlands Concert Band. We are a group of approximately 50 musicians who get together every week and for rehearsals and concerts. We play at many venues such as fetes, concert halls, church's, band stands etc.
We were formed from a group of players who were previously with the Wolverhampton Community Concert Band which used to rehearse at Highfields School in Wolverhampton under the baton of David Gray.That band ceased to exist following the withdrawal of funding by the Adult Education Service in September 1992. We then moved our rehearsal venue to Darlington Street Methodist Church hall and we later acquired a new musical director, Derek Craft.
We stayed at Darlington Street until November 1999 when we re-located to The Newhampton Centre in Wolverhampton. We now practice on Thursday nights at 1930 at the YWCA, Claverley Drive, Warstones.
*Latest News*
Following a short but successful spell as Conductor, Iain Masson has moved on to further his work teaching and inspiring the next generation of musicians in Birmingham's Primary Schools. From February 2011 our new conductor will be Dougie Graham who comes with a wealth of experience with the Royal Marines Band, and for the last 10 yrs, as the Bandmaster for both the Band in Scotland and more recently as the Bandmaster of the Royal Band based in Portsmouth
Click on the link to see a video of the band performing at a charity event in December 2008
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Urgently needed!!
Tuba player/s
Bassoonists
Are you free on a Thursday night? Can you play to grade 6 standard? If so click on join the band!
Next rehersal is on:
Thursday 12th January
Our next concert is:
Proms concert at Beckminister Methodist Church, Wolverhampton on 12 May 2012
Band at The National Wind Band Festival, Northampton Nov 2009. Well done to all players as we were awarded a Silver
