We have completed the work on the latest CD by the Otley Band and their ‘junior’ counterpart, Wharfe Brass. “On Ilkley Moor” features both bands playing an eclectic mix of concert items with the undoubted highlight being the choral item with local ladies choir, ‘Sally’s Army’ featuring the traditional Yorkshire folk song, “On Ilkla...
Our friends at the Royal Corps of Signals (Northern) Band have told us about a forthcoming gala charity concert which is being promoted by Rotary International at the York Barbican on Saturday the 2nd of June. The concert features the band with their...
We returned to Otley earlier this week to record the aptly named “Sally’s Army”, a recently formed ladies’ choir led by Sally Egan, who have provided us with the vocal section of the title track from Otley Brass Band’s latest CD, ‘On Ilka Moor Baht...
The Sheffield Recreation Band was originally formed in 1900 and since that time has been known under a number of different names each associated with the industrial city. Their latest development has been to obtain sponsorship from ‘Unite the Union’ and under its current...
We have had a great weekend of recording at the impressive Clothworkers’ Centenary Concert Hall at Leeds University with the ‘Otley Brass Band’ and their development group, ‘Wharfe Brass’. Centrally featured in the forthcoming CD is a new arrangement by David Lancaster of the...