We are delighted to formally announce our autumn concert, featuring returning soloists, music by our president Rodney Newton and original works for brass band by female composers.
Tickets are available here, at the ADC Ticketing website. The concert is at our home of St Luke’s Church, Victoria Road, Cambridge, at 3pm on Sunday 17th November. We hope to see you there!
A new year for CSD brings the promise of many exciting things – firstly, our next concert of major works for brass band on Sunday 24th March, at 3pm at St Luke’s Church, Victoria Road, Cambridge. We are particularly excited to be working on the great Edward Elgar’s composition for the 1930 National Brass Band Championships, the Severn Suite. Tickets available here. We hope to see you there!
With just five days to go until the concert, we are polishing our parts and perfecting our arpeggios! Don’t forget to come see us at 3pm this Sunday 19th November, at St Luke’s Church, Victoria Road!
Tickets still available here: https://www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/concert/csd-brass-autumn-concert/
We are immensely excited to announce our forthcoming concert, on 20th November, to mark the 30th anniversary of the band.
Our varied programme will pay tribute to several former conductors of the band, including Philip Mead and Howard Burrell as well as our president, Rodney Newton. We will also honour the great British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, whose sesquicentennial year this is.
We are particularly delighted to be sharing this concert with highly regarded local brass ensemble Prime Brass, whose line-up includes our former conductor Paul Garner.
Join us in St Luke’s Church, Victoria Road, Cambridge, 3pm, Sunday 20th November.
Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/concert/csd-brass-30th-anniversary-gala-concert/
Cambridge City Council has programmed a fantastic series of summer concerts around the city – featuring us on 4th September on Dudley Road rec. (3-5pm), and our friends and comrades at Waterbeach Brass on 21st August up in King’s Hedges rec. in North Arbury.
We are delighted to be returning to St Philip’s Church, Mill Road for our first solo concert in more than two years! Join us at 4pm – free with refreshments and a retiring collection!
Fresh from our exhilarating performance at Arbury’s Church of the Good Shepherd, we are enjoying preparations for Christmas. You can hear us carolling merrily away at:
As Cambridge’s only non-contesting community brass band, we immensely value the honorary president of the band, distinguished composer and musician Rodney Newton. We are looking forward to premiering his Cambridge Variations, a new piece commissioned by the band. Watch this space for opportunities to hear us play it next year!
