The Rockville Brass Band is always recruiting new players. The Brass Band sound is one of the most exciting musical sounds ever. If you’re not familiar with playing in this type of ensemble, then you’re in for an unforgettable experience with the Rockville Brass Band.
The Band has approximately 30 brass and percussion players. It is under the baton of Nigel Horne, an English conductor steeped in the tradition of brass bands and with many years’ experience playing in and conducting brass bands of all levels.
The Rockville Brass Band is not an audition band, however you will be expected to be of a good standard. We don’t use trumpets or French horns, but players of those instruments are welcome to join on cornet or alto horn.
The band plays a wide variety of genres, from marches and transcriptions of well known music, to serious and demanding original works. By performing entertaining, quality concerts to audiences within the D.C. metropolitan area and beyond, we aim to be ambassadors for the sound of brass and percussion.
To give you a flavor of the glorious sound of a brass band, check out these sites:
- Black Dyke Mills Band http://www.blackdykeband.co.uk
- Grimethorpe Colliery Band http://www.grimethorpeband.com - the band that provided the music for the movie Brassed Off
The Rockville Brass Band rehearses from September to June on Wednesday evenings from 7:30pm to 9:30pm at Newport Mill Middle School, 11311 Newport Mill Rd., Kensington, MD 20895 (See it on a map). Our season usually consists of about 3 concerts in November and December, and approximately 4 concerts in May and June; the Gettysburg Brass Band Festival is typically our season finale.
Why not give us a trial run? We have players from as far away as Baltimore and La Plata, MD who drive far to soak up the challenging, yet fun, experience. We’re confident you’ll have a great time and we’d like to meet you. For an informal chat, please email director@rockvillebrassband.org. And don’t forget to visit our Facebook page.
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