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10/07/2010 |
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Watch Granite City Brass online |
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Granite City Brass are pleased to announce their new feature on this website. You can now watch selected band performances free of charge, courtesy of Youtube.
Please keep checking back for new (and maybe some old) videos of the band
You can view the videos here
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18/06/2010 |
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New online Tracks: 'Sounds of the Citadel' |
Granite City Brass recorded the pieces they played at the Salvation Army Citadel on the 5th June 2010. These can be heard here.
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23/05/2010 |
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NCBBA - Northern Counties Entertainment Contest |
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Granite City Brass competed at the Annual Northern Counties Brass band competition this afternoon - Drawn second, we Achieved a respectable 5th place.
The Band opened with the March The Champions, by G.H. Willcocks. Then going for a slow and Rocky piece we played the second Movement of the Piece by Peter Graham - Northern Landscapes: Seascapes. After this we Featured our Principal Euphonium player Kenny Chapman, who played Wee Cooper o' fife, by Adrian Drover with excellent ease and style. We then concluded our performance with Peter Graham's Dimensions.
The Band would once again like to thank Alan Haggart and Lt Col(Rtd) Robert Owen for all the hard work put into the preparation for this contest
Full results available here
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24/04/2010 |
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Fife Brass Band Festival Contest |
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Granite City Brass spent the day at the Carnegie Hall in Dunfermline, Fife - Achieving 5th place.
The Band opened with the March The Champions, by G.H. Willcocks. From here on we featured only Scottish Arrangers, and continued with the haunting piece by Adrian Drover, Chelsea Bridge. After this we Featured our Principal Euphonium player Kenny Chapman, who played Wee Cooper o' fife, by Adrian Drover with excellent ease and style. We then concluded our performance with Peter Graham's Procession to the Cathedral.
The Band would like to thank Alan Haggart for all the hard work put into the preparation for this contest
Full results available here
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22/04/2010 |
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"Sounds from the Citadel" Concert |
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Granite City Brass are delighted to join the Citadel Songsters and the Harlaw Academy concert band in the newly refurbished Aberdeen Salvation Army Citadel overlooking Castlegate and Union Street.
Please click on the image to the left for a preview of the poster. If you would like to help distribute this poster, please click the Adobe .PDF link below
For more information go to our diary, and then the event. Alternatively, you can click here |
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13/03/2010 |
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Scottish Regionals Results |
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Granite City Brass competed at the Scottish Regionals on Saturday 13th March. Having competently performed to the adjudicators, it was clear that they did not like the style the band played.
Many thanks to Lt. Col. (Retd) Robert Owen, and also to Alan Haggart for the time dedicated to the preperation. The band looks forward to working with Lt. Col. Owen again in the future.
Full results available here
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28/02/2010 |
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New Website Launch |
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Granite City Brass would like to announce the launch of their new and improved website. Over the coming months things will move around and change and we would be grateful for any feedback you have.
You can send your feedback by clicking here. You can also use this to report any glitches |
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22/2/2010 |
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David James |
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It is with great sadness that we announce the death of David James, who passed away on the evening of Friday 12th February at the age of 68 after a long battle with emphysema.
His death will cause considerable sadness, not only among his family and friends, but throughout the brass band world in general and particularly among his many former pupils. David William James was born in South Wales and, as a youngster, was principlal cornet of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain. He became a trumpet player, studying at the Royal Academy of Music, and was subsequently appointed principal trumpet of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. He married Rita Cook, a gifted trumpet player herself and daughter of the legendary soprano player, Charlie Cook of Foden's Band. David eventually retired from playing due to dental problems, but he immersed himself in the world of brass teaching and brass bands, conducting Kirkintilloch, Broxburn, Bo'ness and Carriden, Yorkshire Imperial Metals, Rigid Containers, Carlton Main Frickley Colliery and Grimethope Colliery among many others, including our own Granite City Brass.
David James' funeral will be held at 1.30pm on Friday 26th February at Aberdeen Crematorium (West Chapel).
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