Culford School – April
Shrewsbury School – August
St Peter’s School – August
April – Culford School
Nearly seventy musicians attended our Symphonic Wind Band Weekend at Culford this Spring. It was one of the most challenging programmes that we have tackled but everyone relished the opportunity to hone their sight reading skills and produced a fabulous final performance. The music list this time included two pieces by Samuel Hazo; the very evocative ‘Southern Hymn ‘ and the descriptive ‘In Flight‘ .
We also included a wonderful piece by Rossano Galante ; ‘The Falls‘ and the brilliant arrangement of ‘West Side Story‘ by Naohiro Iwai.
In complete contrast the band enjoyed playing ‘The Inferno’ from the Divine Comedy by Robert Smith , depicting Dante’s vision of hell and the demanding ‘La Mezquita de Cordoba‘ by Julie Giroux. If you would like to view the videos of our final performance, please visit our YouTube channel:
Many musicians participated in small ensemble rehearsals on Saturday evening. The groups this weekend consisted of Clarinet, Wind, Flute, Saxophone and Big Band ensembles who all gave fantastic performances to fellow musicians in an informal setting in the bar.
Despite tackling some very challenging music, our musicians still had plenty of fun (usually instigated by the percussion section!)
Breaks were taken throughout the day with some very welcome refreshments provided to enable everyone to relax
Many thanks once again to Julie Webb for being our photographer for the weekend.
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August – Shrewsbury School
We very much enjoyed the first event at our new venue and it was fabulous to see so many familiar faces as well as welcoming some new musicians to our Captured in Music family. The band tackled arguably one of the more challenging programmes that we have presented them with but they pulled out all the stops and produced an exceptionally high standard of performance.
Probably the most challenging piece was the highly descriptive ‘Battle of Hearts‘ by Bert Appermont, closely followed by ‘Dancing On the Sand‘ by Etienne Crausaz, with its tricky rhythms and irregular time signatures. In contrast, James Hosay’s beautiful ‘Lead Me Home‘ provided an element of calm and the saxes were put through their paces with ‘A Night in Tunisia’, arranged by Paul Murtha. ‘Carolean Jubilate‘, by Craig Hallet, ‘God’s Country‘, by Rossano Galante and ‘The Celts of County Clare‘ by Robert Sheldon completed our programme.
Full Band Rehearsals
Ensembles
Many of our musicians took part in small ensembles on Saturday evening, forming a Big Band, Clarinet Ensemble, Flute Ensemble and Wind Ensemble.
Time to relax!
Our musicans enjoyed a wonderful buffet on Friday evening in the bar area and once again tackled what has become known as ‘the impossible quiz’, although the concensus did seem to be that it was a little easier this time! Some even took part in some very competitive table tennis matches and games of pool!
Many thanks to Julie for being our photographer for the weekend!
August – St Peter’s School, York
Our first visit to this historic school proved to be a great success and we were pleased to welcome lots of new musicians to this very special North East location. We tackled a varied programme of music, including two pieces by Rossano Galante – ‘Whispers from Beyond‘ and ‘Victory‘. Two very descriptive pieces by Otto Schwarz also featured – ‘Starflash‘ and ‘Between Two Worlds -The Flying Canoe‘.
Philip Sparkes’ arrangement of ‘Music‘ was familiar to many but never loses its appeal and for complete contrast, ‘Havanna Nights‘ by Randall Standridge gave the percussion section a good workout and got everyone’s toes tapping. Completing the progamme was Karl Whelan’s ‘Vicennial Celebration‘ and the beautiful theme from the American TV series ‘East of Eden‘, arranged for wind band by James Hosay.
Full Band Rehearsals
Ensemble Performances
Time to chill …..
Some fascinating history ……
