Leeds

Best of Brass
2014/15
Morley Town Hall
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Ticket Prices & Booking Information
Ticket Prices
Black Dyke, Brighouse & Rastrick, Grimethorpe
Full price 13.50
Discounts 11.50
All other concerts
Full price 11.50
Discounts 9.50
Discounts available for the over 60s, under 18s,
full-time students, unwaged and LeedsCard Extra
holders.
Saturday 25 October 2014
Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm
Tredegar Town Band
Following its triumphant debut in the season last
year, we are delighted to welcome back 2013 British
Open Champion Tredegar Town Band to open
our 14/15 series. With roots going back to 1849,
the band has proudly represented its community
throughout the brass banding world for 135 years.
2010 was a truly historic year with the band claiming
no less than seven major domestic and national titles,
culminating with the unique double feat of winning
the Grand Shield and the British Open Championship
in the same year.
Saturday 8 November 2014
Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
The Grimethorpe Colliery band was formed in 1917
as a leisure activity for the workmen at the colliery.
International fame came to the band with the making
of the 1995 lm Brassed Of. Since the release of
the lm the band has toured extensively in Europe,
including a lm festival in Norway, the World Cup
in Paris and the Eurovision Song Contest to an
estimated television audience of 50 million!
The band was honoured to appoint Dr Robert Childs
as Principal Conductor and Music Director in
January 2014.
Join us this season for Leeds Best of Brass,
acclaimed as the nest series of brass band
concerts in the world.
Saturday 28 March 2015
Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm
Flowers Band
We are pleased to welcome back to the series the
current holder of the Grand Shield, The Flowers
Band. Based in Gloucester it rose rapidly up the
Championship Section ladder in 1986 where it has
since established itself in the top 20 of the Brass
Band World Rankings table. The Band records
regularly for Radio 2s Listen To The Band and has
appeared on BBC 1s Songs of Praise alongside
continued contest successes.
Saturday 11 April 2015
Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm
Cory Band
Hailing from the Rhondda Valley in South Wales,
Cory Band was formed in 1884 as Ton Temperance.
Under new Musical Director Philip Harper the band
won the 2013 European Brass Band Championship
and is the 2014 Welsh Champion. Cory is recognised
as one of Waless nest and most innovative music
ensembles. Its numerous CD recordings and live
concert performances have received worldwide
acclaim.
Saturday 25 April 2015
Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm
Fodens Band
Formed in 1900 in the Cheshire village of Sandbach,
the band maintains a world class reputation for
providing quality entertainment in the eld of brass
music with a traditional and unique style. Recent
highlights include radio and television work as well as
tours to Italy, Switzerland, America and Scandinavia.
The band made history in 2014 by winning First Prize
at all eleven Tameside villages in the Whit Friday
March contests, the rst band to do so since 1884.
Saturday 24 January 2015
Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm
Brighouse & Rastrick Band
Current holder of the Yorkshire Regional Champion
title, Brighouse & Rastrick is regarded by many as the
best and most consistent public subscription band in
the world. The band was formed over 125 years ago
through public donations given by the townsfolk of
the adjacent villages of Brighouse and Rastrick. The
band, National Champion of Great Britain 2010 and
2011, is proud of its continued success independent
of sponsorship.
Saturday 14 February 2015
Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm
Black Dyke Band
Black Dyke is the most successful contesting band in
the world, having won the British Open no fewer than
twenty-nine times and the National Championships
twenty-two times. Black Dyke is also the most
recorded band in the world with over 300 recordings
to date. Black Dyke is proud of its heritage but also
looks to the future with enthusiasm and condence.
No other ensemble in the world of music can boast
such a record of innovation and success.
Saturday 21 February 2015
Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm
Fairey Band
Current North West Area Champion, the Fairey Band
was founded in 1937 by employees at the Fairey
Aviation Works in Stockport. In recent years the band
has enjoyed further recognition outside the connes
of the brass band movement with its involvement
in the Acid Brass project. Under this banner, the
Fairey Band has been able to display its exibility in
adapting to a totally diferent musical concept and
has performed in rock and pop festivals in the UK
and overseas.
Saturday 29 November 2014
Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm
Hammonds Saltaire Band
The Hammonds Saltaire Band was formed over
150 years ago by Sir Titus Salt for the benet of
his mill workers in Saltaire. The band enjoyed many
successful years as the Hammonds Sauce Works
Band. Despite the changes of name and uniform
there has been one constant throughout the history
of the band; a desire and passion to produce the
highest quality music to suit any concert venue in
the country. Under the direction of Music Director
Morgan Grifths the band has gone from strength
to strength and is one of the most successful of all
contesting bands in the last twenty years.
Saturday 10 January 2015
Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm
Rothwell Temperance Band
Rothwell Temperance is a relatively young band.
Formed in 1984, it began contesting in 1989. It
quickly made a name for itself at the big contests
winning the 2006 International Masters, qualifying
for the National Finals in 2008 and winning the 2009
Grand Shield and Yorkshire Area Championship.
The 2014 Lord Mayors
Carol Concerts
Leeds Town Hall
Thur 18 December: 6.30pm & 8.30pm
Leeds Philharmonic Chorus
Rothwell Temperance Band
Alan Horsey organ
Introduced and conducted by Simon Lindley
Tickets: 5 (concessions 2.50)
Sunday 17 May 2015
Black Dyke Brass Festival
Concert 3pm workshops throughout the day.
Visit www.leedstownhall.co.uk for
further details.