bristol brass consort

It can’t be two and a half years since the last post ! Either I’m the king of procrastinators or else I’ve dropped through a time dilation wormhole.Hmmm, I wonder which of these it could be ?Does this mean I’ll be resurrecting this blog ?Answers on a pinhead please (just kick off a couple of those angels)… Continue reading

Well, our 6th May concert is a month closer than it was last time I posted here and we’re still working on putting the program together. Ideas come into our heads thick and fast, and then seem to go all thin and soggy and get completely sucked out again. But we’ve not just booked the venue (St. George’s, Bristol), but have parted with the deposit as well so we’ll have… Continue reading | 3 Comments

Just a short post to point out a a couple of sites worth looking at if you’re a brass player (or a musician even !). The first is the web site of Ryan Anthony, sometime trumpeter with the Center City brass quintet and Canadian Brass. It’s a fairly standard “artists web” with biog, schedules, discography etc. etc. but worth a look if just for for the “For Brass Players/Educators”… Continue reading

Just posting to try and get some momentum going on this blog. As usual we have the usual suspects lined up for our small number of Christmas concerts this year. Tomorrow night might be a little different however, and not too sure what to expect as we’re contributing to a concert by the pindrop club which will be new to me although some of the consort have had dealings… Continue reading

OK, duff title, but how else can you creep back in to a blog that’s been silent for just over a year?

Well, what have we been up to this last year?

Not a lot.

What about our 20th anniversary year?

It’s just a number (shrug shoulders).

And next year?

It’s our 21st Coming of

There can be some pretty sniffy reactions by brass ensembles when some punter calls them a brass band. And to the casual listener the distinction can be somewhat academic. But to answer to the question, no we’re not a Brass Band. Here are some reasons:

• We’re too small. An up to strength band will have 24 or 25 players plus percussion. We do however take

The wedding gig on Saturday went very well for the quintet. Even our sight reading of Sousa’s “Semper Fidelis” march was fine despite it being a 10 piece arrangement and each of us having to cover two parts. Having the appropriate music to play is of course, all part of our unique Bristol Brass “Gig Management System” (GMS) ™. Still, the bride was lovely and there was a fee… Continue reading

First things first, that’s the last of those silly bar number titles. Can’t think what possessed me to use them (keep your thoughts to yourself). Just something to get me started, I suppose.

Next, I should say something more about the Bristol Brass Consort. You could of course, just click on our logo and visit the web site if you want to find out more (on the right if… Continue reading | 2 Comments

Well the St. Stephens gig went ok. No bag ladies today, just some old boy who commended me on how my tie reminded him of some some rather nice material he’d seen in a tip the other day. Not a bad sized audience for a Wednesday lunchtime, and at least we seem to have seen off the sparrows. However, not one of our more polished performances and my own playing… Continue reading

We have our “almost” annual lunchtime concert at St Stephens, Bristol City centre tomorrow at 1.10pm. We always intend for this to be a “safe” outing for any new stuff we’ve been working on, but as invariably happens we’ve all been too busy for any serious rehearsals lately. So it will be a last minute selection of our usual brass quintet standards. Still, there’s little cash in it for… Continue reading | 3 Comments