The Marsden Band is set to promote its contest to try and bring back the art of Solo, Duet & Quartet Contest later this year.

Full day

A full day of 11 sections will take place at Marsden Junior School, with competitions open for Slow Melody, Duet & Quartet in 12 & under, 16 & under and Open contenders. There is also a special Veterans Slow Melody section.
At the end of the day, where there will be plenty of refreshments of offer, there will also be a Fun Section which is free to enter, and involves pulling an instrument out of a hat and sight reading a short extract of music!

Bring back the art

A spokesperson from the band says: "We want to bring back the art of slow melody, duet and quartet playing and give younger players especially the chance to play in front of an appreciative audience."
The winner of each section will receive an annual trophy with the podium prizewinners each receiving a keepsake trophy and cash prize.

Awards galore

There are also awards for the Youngest Player, Most Potential, Best Cornet, Horn, Trombone, Euphonium and Bass on the day, which will be adjudicated by Glyn Williams.
'We want to bring back the art of slow melody, duet and quartet playing and give younger players especially the chance to play in front of an appreciative audience'

Further information

For further information, please contact: Tommy Tynan: tommytimpanitynan@live.co.uk, 07400733730 or post on the Marsden Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/414904658595045/?ref=ts&fref=ts

On what turned out to be a couple of very cold and damp days in late October 2012, members of the Marsden Silver Prize Band were transformed into The Yorkshire Tea Band during filming of their latest advertisement which had it’s first TV airing on Sunday 17th February 2013. Nattily dressed in tailor made costumes which included huge Yorkshire Tea Mugs for hats, and with some members of the Band having their instruments replaced for filming with teapot cornets, a rather heavy tea urn drum and a glockenspiel made from tea spoons, they spent from daybreak to sunset each day on a cricket pitch just outside Bradford. All involved agreed that it was an interesting experience to be part of the very complicated procedure of putting together a short TV commercial. The soundtrack to the commercial was also recorded by the Band in their own band room a few weeks later, with sound engineer Keith Farrington from Music House Productions working hard with the commercial’s production company to ensure that the recording sounded as if it were made out doors. Special attention was paid making sure that the music was in keeping with the action on the screen, and was probably the first and last time Musical Director Glyn Williams will have asked his players to perform in a less than perfect style and with little regard to tempo markings! Such has been the success of the pairing of Yorkshire Tea with Marsden Band that the relationship is set to continue well in to the future. The Band have already performed at the in-house launch of the advertisement and over the next few months will be making more appearances as The Yorkshire Tea Band, including having been invited to play at each of the 2013 Five Ashes Tests on cricket pitches around England. So keep your eyes peeled for Marsden Band in the commercial breaks, enjoying as they say “A Proper Brew”!

We have something brewing! A big announcement is coming soon!