Well, it rained, a lot. So we were kindly given the use of St Leonard’s Church for our concert instead of the Bandstand in the park.
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The youth band were once again invited to perform at the East Lancashire Railway’s 1940’s event. This year the Youth Band had the opportunity to play amongst vintage vehicles in Bury Transport Museum.
Middleton Youth Band today embarked on their first ever music contest. We travelled up to Haslingden High School this morning and there were a few worried faces. They played a 10 minute programme – Gonna Fly Now, Cool Cat Blues, Summer Romance and Let Me Entertain You. The whole band played […]
Middleton Band would like to welcome you to their upcoming open rehearsal of the Butlins test piece, The Frogs (of Aristophanes) By Granville Bantock . The rehearsal will take place on Wednesday 18th January at 7.30pm at St Anne’s Academy, Hollin Lane, Middleton, M24 6XN. A map can be found here.
Middleton Band are sad to announce the departure of Carl Whiteoak as Musical Director of the band. Carl leaves us to persue his teaching career on the island of Guernsey. We have enjoyed several months of Carls direction and are very sorry to see him go. We would like to take this opportunity to […]
Once again the band have been entertaining passengers on the East Lancashire Railway’s Santa Special trains. The band play a selection of carols along the train as Santa delivers presents to the passengers. On Thursday 22nd December, the BBC were filming aboard the train. We are hoping to make BBC […]
The band has enjoyed entertaining local students today with visits to Chatsworth High School & Community College and Ashton Sixth Form College. In the morning a small team of players arrived at Chatsworth High school and Community College in Eccles which caters for 100 students from 11 to 19 years […]
The band’s busy festive season continued with the first of our concerts at Alkrington United Reform Church on Saturday. Both the youth and main bands featured in a community concert for the people of Middleton. The Youth band led by MD Brent Warren began the evening with an exciting programme […]