Local Bands and Ensembles

Five Ts Brass

The 5Ts Brass Quintet comprises two trumpets, two trombones and a tuba (5Ts!). These five players met through being members of Trinity Concert Band and/or Woodley concert band. All are very experienced musicians two of whom were professional musicians in the army for many years. As they are now retired or semi-retired, concerts can be given during the day as well as in the evenings. They play arrangements of light classical pieces, folk songs and some more recent popular pieces as well as original compositions for brass ensemble.

The members of the quintet are John Sayer – Trumpet, Phil Graham – Trumpet, Stephen Kerry – Alto Trombone, Dave Robson – Tenor Trombone and Len Tyler – Tuba.

https://www.facebook.com/5TsBrass/

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Trinity Concert Band

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Trinity Concert Band is a Reading/Wokingham based community wind band; a regular entrant in the National Concert Band Festival, they were awarded the top platinum award in the national finals in April 2018.  Their concert programmes are varied and guaranteed to please audiences.

Members span a wide range of ability from talented amateurs to professional standard. Founded in 2001 to bring together musicians who enjoy playing with a group of friendly people, the band now comprises 45 players whose enthusiasm and dedication results in concerts performed to a very high standard.  There are also several smaller groups.

https://www.trinityband.co.uk/

Woodley Concert Band

Woodley Concert Band is an award-winning, high quality wind band based in Woodley, near Reading in Berkshire. A warm, welcoming band and they’re proud of the extremely high standard they achieve, the variety of engagements they carry out and their thriving social scene! The band now consists of around 40 musicians, meeting once a week to rehearse in Woodley, Reading. The aim is to entertain audiences with a wide variety of music, and to provide players with the opportunities to extend their repertoire and skills. Through their music, they have also been glad to help raise significant sums of money for local charities.

https://www.woodleyconcertband.org.uk/

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Crowthorne Symphony Orchestra

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Crowthorne Symphony Orchestra has developed under the leadership of Music Director Robert Roscoe to be an exciting place to play, with a seasonal programme of interesting and challenging concerts and workshops. The orchestra is gaining an excellent reputation locally for both players and audience, with 50+ orchestra members regularly attending rehearsals, and usually a near-capacity audience for our concerts. We present three main concerts a year at Wellington College, and a Christmas Concert at St John’s Church in Crowthorne. Our programmes are wide ranging, exploring the repertoire from Shostakovich's 5th Symphony, Dvorak’s New World to Stravinsky’s Petrushka. We are delighted to welcome established and rising star soloists to join us at our main concerts – including in recent years pianists Tom Hicks and Marco Fatichenti, and Russian violinist Elizaveta Tyun who has performed several concerti with the orchestra, most recently the Tchaikovsky.

https://www.crowthorneorchestra.com/