Rayleigh Brass
An innovative brass band based in Essex, UK
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Arena Anthems, 12th April
Arena Anthems, 12th April
From the Anfield terraces to the snowy slopes of Val d’lsère, music and sport have been inextricably linked.
With our spring concert, Rayleigh Brass attempt to dispel the popular myth that brass players and sporting prowess are unlikely bedfellows! Indeed, within the band, we have marathon runners and power walkers, trans America cyclists, mud runners, moon walkers, tennis players and sailors, to name but a few.
We’ll be testing our stamina as we present Arena Anthems at the Mill Arts and Events Centre on Sunday, 12th April. Musical Director Bob will be firing his starter’s pistol promptly at 7:00pm, with doors open from 6:30.
Tickets £10 (£8 concessions), with accompanied children of 15 years and under free.
Don’t make a false start and reserve your place on the starting grid by calling 07939 228052 or 07808 231884 (no booking charges) or clicking https://wegottickets.com/event/691922 (booking fees apply).
Please see our engagements page for details of future concerts.
Find out more about our musical director, Bob Bearman, by viewing his profile page
The band has been established in South Essex for over one hundred years and at the moment has almost full membership. We play a varied programme to a high standard and have a reputation for a progressive and changing repertoire of music. We play mainly concerts but also perform at fetes and other functions.
The band is able to deliver high quality and entertaining concert programmes at the same time as maintaining a very friendly and inclusive atmosphere. We do not enter contests like many bands, but seek instead to broaden the appeal of the band beyond the traditional brass band image, playing a wide and challenging repertoire, at the same time trying to relate to our audience.
Rayleigh Brass acknowledges its role in the community, and has raised funds in the past for BBC Children in Need and local charities, and is always willing to consider appearing at charity fund-raising events. In the weeks preceding Christmas the band fields several groups each day at locations throughout southern Essex, playing carols for shoppers and at social functions in order to raise funds to donate to local charities.
Further from home, the band has played on several occasions in Ypres, Belgium, culminating in a moving experience for the band and audience when they performed at the remembrance service at the famous Menin Gate - the monument to the many thousands who lost their lives in the First World War at Flanders Fields.
We rehearse on a Thursday evening at Battlesbridge Free Church. Please contact Kevin Hall on 07808 231884 or info@rayleighbrass.com if you are interested in joining the band or would like further information.
Rayleigh Brass playing under the Vulcan bomber at Southend airport.
We are proud to support remembrance day and play every year at the Burnham-on-Crouch Annual Service of Remembrance.
The band at its first post-lockdown performance at Priory Park in Southend.
Watch our lockdown recordings on YouTube
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