*
banner

RNCM Festival of Brass tickets on sale

Tickets for the 2022 RNCM Festival of Brass are now on sale.

rncm
  The RNCM Festival of Brass will take place in January

Tickets are now available for the 2022 RNCM Brass Band Festival which will take place at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester over the weekend of the 28th-30th January.

The festival will feature major performances from Black Dyke, Brighouse & Rastrick, Cory, Foden's, Grimethorpe and Tredegar, as well as guest soloist's Peter Moore and Rex Richardson and other major musical attractions

Festival Discount:

Purchase tickets for 3 or more paid events and automatically receive a 10% discount at checkout. This discount only applies when booking events as part of a single transaction.

Friday 28th January:


Festival Prelude
Carole Nash Recital Room
6.15pm — 7.00pm
RNCM student ensembles perform a selection of original compositions and arrangements

Tickets: https://www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/festival-prelude/

Foden's Band


Conductor: Michael Fowles
RNCM Concert Hall
7.30pm — 9.30pm

Tickets: https://tickets.rncm.ac.uk/16072/16085/

Anniversaries I:
James Cook, Circumnavigator (Gilbert Vinter)
The Shining River (Edmund Rubbra)
Prague (Judith Bingham)
Sinfonietta (Howard Blake) — first performance of new performing edition by Paul Hindmarsh
Little Suite No. 1 (Malcolm Arnold)
Hymn at Sunrise (Ray Steadman-Allen)

Saturday 29th January:

RNCM Brass Band


Conductor: David Thornton
Soloist: Justine Gormley (piano)
RNCM Concert Hall
11.00am — 12.15pm

Tickets: https://tickets.rncm.ac.uk/16073/16086/

Revivals I:
Four Minute Mile (Judith Bingham)
Piano Concerto (Bill Connor)
Soloist: Justine Gormley
Chrome (Errollyn Wallen)
Scottish Dances (Malcolm Arnold)

RNCM Theatre


1.30pm — 2.30pm
RNCM Engage workshop led by Philip Goodwin, trombone tutor RNCM, with student ensembles and local youth brass bands.

Tickets: https://tickets.rncm.ac.uk/16074/16087/

Tredegar Band


Conductor: Ian Porthouse
Soloist: Peter Moore (trombone)
RNCM Concert Hall
3.00pm — 4.15pm

Tickets: https://tickets.rncm.ac.uk/16075/16088/

Anniversaries II:
Flourish for Brass (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

English Folk Song Suite (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
1. March: Seventeen Come Sunday
2. Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy
3. March: Folk Songs from Somerset
first performances of new performing editions by Phillip Littlemore
Shift: Trombone Concerto No. 1 (Simon Dobson)
Soloist: Peter Moore
Rhosymedre (from Three Preludes founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes) (Ralph Vaughan Williams arr. Paul Hindmarsh)
These are our Footsteps (Judith Bingham)
Variations for Brass Band (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
first performance of new performing edition by Phillip Littlemore

Concert supported by The Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust and Yamaha


Junior RNCM Brass Band


Conductors: Leslie Neish, Jon Malaxetxebarria
RNCM Theatre
4.45pm — 5.30pm

Tickets: https://tickets.rncm.ac.uk/16076/16089/

Programme to include:
Rebellion (Simon Dobson)
Tree Song (Gavin Higgins)

Pre-Concert Discussion


Carole Nash Recital Room
6.15pm — 7.00pm

Tickets: https://tickets.rncm.ac.uk/16077/16090/

Black Dyke Band


Conductor: Prof Nicholas Childs
Soloists: Rex Richardson (trumpet); Brett Baker (trombone)
RNCM Concert Hall
7.30 pm — 9.30pm

Tickets: https://tickets.rncm.ac.uk/16078/16091/

Commissions:
A Fantasy of Joy (Fredrick Schjelderup)
Four Cornish Dances (Malcom Arnold arr. Ray Farr)
Master of Suspense (Peter Graham)
Word Premiere of commission by Rex Richardson
Beethoven (Philip Wilby)
The Royal Border Bridge (Arthur Butterworth)
The Light Fantastic (Philip Wilby)
commissioned for Brett Baker by Janina Harrison
Heroes (Bruce Broughton)

Rex Richardson's appearance is supported by Yamaha


Sunday 30th January:

Grimethorpe Colliery Band


Conductor: Dr David Thornton
RNCM Concert Hall
11.00am — 12.15pm

Tickets: https://tickets.rncm.ac.uk/16079/16092/

Anniversaries II:
Overture Henry the Fifth (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Innovation 216 (Liz Lane)
first performance of stand alone brass band version
Sinfonietta: At the Edge of Time (Ray Steadman-Allen)
Elegy (In Memoriam Gerard Schurmann) (Jack Stamp)
Caledonian Suite (Buxton Orr)

The 2022 John Golland Award Final


RNCM Theatre
1.30 pm — 2.30pm

Tickets: https://tickets.rncm.ac.uk/16080/16093/

Students from the RNCM perform works for brass ensemble by the finalists in the sixth John Golland Award for young composers.

The recital also includes a performance of Phantasy for brass quartet by John Golland and Music for Brass Sextet, the original version of 'Toccata, O the Blessed Lord' by Wilfred Heaton.

Supported by The John Golland Trust

Cory Band


Conductor: Philip Harper
RNCM Concert Hall
3.00pm — 4.15pm

Tickets: https://tickets.rncm.ac.uk/16081/16094/

Variations:
Celestial Prospect (Variations on an old gospel song) (Wilfred Heaton)
Un Vie de Matelot (Robert Farnon)
Main Street (Variations for brass band) (Eric Ball)
The World Rejoicing (Variations on a Lutheran Chorale) (Edward Gregson)

Brass Bands England presentation


Carole Nash Recital Room
4.45pm — 5.45pm

Tickets: https://tickets.rncm.ac.uk/16082/16095/

Brighouse & Rastrick


Conductor: Prof David King
RNCM Concert Hall
6.30pm — 8.00pm

Tickets: https://tickets.rncm.ac.uk/16083/16096/

Revivals II
March: Pelorus Jack (Alexander Owen)
Suite: The Unfortunate Traveller (Imogen Holst)
Prelude on Randolph (Ray Steadman-Allen)
Meditation on Aberystwyth (Wilfred Heaton)
Paganini Variations (Philip Wilby)

Become a supporter and help make our future secure.

4barsrest continues to be a proudly independent voice. There are no paywalls to overcome to be able to enjoy what we do to keep our journalism at the heart of the brass banding world. Support us with a one-off donation or subscribe from just £2.50 per month.

Support us    


Bandsafe

BBE BOPA renewed by Department of Education

July 5 • New safeguarding measures have come into place with BBE's BOPA renewed to give bands essential help.


Hands

Blissful appointment at Carlton Brass

July 5 • Matt Ludford-King has been appointed as the new MD at Carlton Brass as they look towards their Cheltenham National Finals appearance.


Smith and Grezzy

Smith & Grezzy: Big Chat podcast

July 5 • The latest episode is entitled 'Entertainment Post Bag and Talking with Dinosaurs'...


roal

Royal seal of approval for Scottish banding

July 5 • Scottish banding has been playing its part in welcoming the royals on their latest visit to the nation.


Brass Bands England - Brass Band Week

Saturday 5 July • Nation wide


Besses Boys' Band - Besses Boys' Band Summer Concert

Saturday 5 July • The Derby High School, Radcliffe Rd, Bury BL9 9NH


Putney and Wimbledon Brass Band - Summer Concert

Sunday 6 July • Community Church Putney, Werter Road. SW15 2LL


Longridge Band - Anniversary Concert

Saturday 12 July • Longridge Civic Hall, 1 Calder Avenue, Longridge, Preston PR3 3HT


Haverhill Silver Band - Proms Concert - St Ives

Saturday 12 July • Hill Rise Park, St Ives PE27 6SP


Concert Brass Poynton

July 4 • Concert Brass Poynton: No Contesting - Not a learners Band. Rehearse on Wednesday Evenings between 8.00 to 10.00pm (short comfort break). We seek a front row cornet and a Tenor Horn and A Tenor Trombone and Bass Trom too..


Ocean Brass

July 4 • Ocean Brass are inviting applications for a kit player, as we prepare for an exciting schedule of concerts and contests in the second section through 2025 and beyond! We rehearse Thursdays 8pm-10pm, Banister Park Bowls Club, Southampton, SO50 9HT


Haverhill Silver Band

July 3 • Haverhill Silver Band (championship section) seeks a PRINCIPAL CORNET. This is a superb opportunity to lead East Anglia's premier brass band on the concert and contest stage (including the Senior Cup and Whit Friday).


Howard J Evans

MA (Dist), Mus.B (hons), ARCM (hons), LRAM, LTCL, PGCE
Conductor, composer, arranger, tutor and pianist


               

 © 2025 4barsrest.com Ltd