Newstead Brass First Concert of 2012

Award winning Newstead Brass start their 2012 concert series this Saturday, January 28th, with a concert of popular music at Kirkby Woodhouse’s St John’s Church.

The event begins at 7.30 pm when Newstead Brass and their musical director Duncan Beckley will present a programme of popular music, including tracks from their new CD ‘Goldcrest’ which will also be available on the night.

Admission is £5 per person (£3 for children) including light refreshments. Tickets can be booked by calling 01623 759094 and will also be available at the door.

The church of St John the Evangelist can be found on Skegby Road at Kirkby Woodhouse, adjacent to the Annesley Woodhouse library, postcode NG17 9BE.

The ‘Goldcrest’ CD is also available via the band website for £11 including delivery

End of Year Treat from Newstead Brass

Newstead Brass will mark the end of another successful year with their annual ‘Newstead Plays (more than) Big Band’ concert on Friday December 30th at 8.00pm at the Newstead Centre.
2011 has seen the band consolidate its position as the highest North Midlands band in the 4barsrest world rankings, support a number of local and national charities and release a new CD ‘Goldcrest’.

Musical director Duncan Beckley will lead Newstead Brass through a selection of music made famous by the likes of Ted Heath, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Glen Miller as well as more modern swingers such as Michael Buble and other foot-tapping tunes from the band’s varied repertoire.

A band spokesman added, “Most bands take a break after Christmas, but we enjoyed celebrating the end of the millennium so much in December 1999 we’ve made this end-of-year fun concert night an annual part of our programme. This year’s concert celebrates another good year for the band and everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy an evening that’s sure to play a great part in their new year celebrations.”

The Newstead Centre is on Tilford Road in Newstead, near the railway station. Admission is just £3 payable at the door. Advance tickets can be reserved by calling 0115 952 7435 or via the secure 'www.ticketsource.co.uk' website.

Packed Church enjoys ‘Sounds like Christmas’

A packed Hucknall Parish Church enjoyed Newstead Brass’ annual ‘Sounds Like Christmas’ concert, with guests Bestwood Male Voice Choir, on Monday December 19th, with chairs being borrowed from two other venues to allow all the audience to be seated!

Newstead Brass and Bestwood Male Voice choir, conducted by musical directors Duncan Beckley and Mirek Russ respectively, provided a varied and high class programme including popular and lesser-known seasonal favourites with Newstead Brass featuring several soloists. The first half closed to rapturous applause with Newstead Brass performing ‘Finest Hour’, a new composition by Dan Price which opens with speeches of Winston Churchill and ‘Eric Coates ‘Calling All Workers’ and ends with his famous ‘Dambusters’ march. There was also the opportunity for the audience to join in three carols with the band and choir. ‘Finest Hour’ is one of the tracks on Newstead Brass new CD ‘Goldcrest’ available via the band website for £11 including delivery.

A band spokesman said, “It’s great that so many people wanted to come and see the band and choir and we apologise if anyone was inconvenienced by only having a restricted view or having to stand whilst extra chairs were collected from the John Godber Centre and Central Methodist Church and we express our thanks to both venues.”

Newstead Brass will mark the end of another successful year with their annual ‘Newstead Plays (more than) Big Band’ concert on Friday December 30th at 8.00pm at the Newstead Centre. The concert will again feature music made famous by the likes of Ted Heath, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Glen Miller as well as music associated with the ‘Rat Pack’ and more modern swingers such as Michael Buble.

A band spokesman added, “Most bands take a break after Christmas, but we enjoyed celebrating the end of the millennium so much in December 1999 we’ve made this end-of-year fun concert night an annual part of our programme and everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy an evening that’s sure to play a great part in their new year celebrations.”

Admission is just £3 payable at the door. Advance tickets can be reserved by calling 0115 952 7435 or via the band website