After 8 glorious years as Resident Musical Director of Youth Brass 2000, Cathy Fountain has finally decided to āhang up the batonā. Cathy was an integral part of the musical team at the multi-award winning band ā alongside the incomparable … Read More
Early in 2021 we ran a Crowdfunder campaign to raise some much needed funds. Like most other brass bands, due to the pandemic we hadn’t been able to perform concerts, or to take part in contests this year. So, to … Read More
We are honoured and delighted to be able to announce that we have been selected as the very first “Youth Band in Residence” at the famous Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. We are very much looking forward to working with the Conservatoire … Read More
During the 2020 coronavirus crisis where we couldn’t meet to rehearse etc, we participated in a joint project with Lions Youth. The result is “Starburst” by Dan Price. Our thanks go to Lions for their technical skills!
Like all bands, we haven’t been able to rehearse or perform since February this year!(2020). As the lockdown rules begin to ease slightly, we thought we’d take advantage of this and see if we could arrange some rehearsals whilst still … Read More
As with all “youth” organisations, our players have to move on once they reach an age where they can no longer take part in youth contests, where the upper age limit is strictly regulated. They can of course continue to … Read More
We did it again – we are the 2020 British Youth Open winning band! We always try to make a weekend of this event. We travel to Blackpool on the Friday evening, then spend most of Saturday in rehearsal in … Read More
We won the contest this year! After a last-minute entry we opted for a fairly simple set, which we had worked really hard on at our last rehearsal before the event. We were blown away to be handed the winner’s … Read More
Each year we are delighted to be able to perform a concert at The Cube Theatre, Corby for the Corby Rotary Club. This year was no exception, and on May 19th we performed to an almost full house at the … Read More
A fantastic contest, but we were up against some very serious competition – not that the standard isn’t always high, but this year it was simply stratospheric! Following many rehearsals, a very long coach journey and more rehearsals in Evian, … Read More