On 17th October, Shipston Training Band performed their first concert under the baton of 18-year-old Alec Banner when they were invited to play at Shipston’s Methodist Church by Shipston Music Society. They were given a warm welcome and lots of praise during and after the concert, with a request for an ‘encore’. It was a […]
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Two young south Warwickshire brass musicians have secured principal positions in the UK’s leading band for children and young people. In a first for Shipston Town Band, two of its former players Alec Banner and Alex Jeffery have been appointed principal percussionist and principal trombone in the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain (NYBBGB).
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After reading about Alec Banner’s recent appointment as conductor of the Shipston Training Band, David Allsopp—owner of the Thirst Edition micro-pub—very generously chose to donate £1,000 to support the Shipston Training Band and Brass Academy. Every Thursday evening from 7–9 pm, David hosts charity quizzes at Thirst Edition, where participants are invited to give voluntary
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Rafi Gil-Keeling, aged 7, was the youngest competitor at the recent Oxford & District Brass Band Association contest where he was awarded this splendid trophy. He is also the youngest member of Shipston’s Training Band and is receiving cornet lessons with Shipston Brass Academy. The trophy, which has been engraved with Rafi’s name, age and Shipston Band’s
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ONE of the country’s leading young percussionists is helping aspiring musicians in Shipston learn the art of brass playing. Alec Banner, 17, has taken on the baton as the conductor of Shipston Town Band’s training band, guiding budding musicians and helping develop their skills as part of an ensemble. Alec, who himself started as a
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Members of Shipston Town Bands bid farewell to one of their longest-serving members this week when stalwart David Birch retired after 65 years. David performed as principal euphonium of Shipston Town Band for the final time at Sanders Park bandstand in Bromsgrove on Sunday afternoon, after more than six decades of brass banding. And on
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The funeral of David Stanley took place at Redditch Crematorium on Friday. David was the conductor of Arrow Valley Brass which he founded but was also involved with many other local bands including Shipston which he conducted a number of times when we were between conductors. In the wider band movement David alongside Major Peter
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A charity quiz in Shipston has raised a thousand pounds and donated the money to support the town’s much-loved brass band. Thirst Edition, a micropub in Church Street, raised the money through collections at its regular Thursday quiz nights. The funds raised are donated to a local charity once they hit the £1,000 target – and
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Shipston Town Band joins the nation in mourning the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty was the longest-serving monarch in the country’s history, serving the United Kingdom as Queen with exceptional devotion since 1952. The Band’s collective thoughts are with the Royal Family at this difficult time, to whom it sends its
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Alec Banner and Tallula Matthews took part in the Brass Band England course held today at the Warwick Corps Of Drums in Warwick. The course director was the acclaimed trombonist Simon Hogg and the guest artist was our own famous alumni Luke Barker. Tallula and Alec took the opportunity to have their photograph taken with
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