Welcome to John Campbell who is our new Musical Director appointed in November 2017 after several months of auditions. John is already well known to a number of players in the Band having previously been separately Principal Cornet and later Musical Director of the Welwyn Garden City Band and latterly London Metropolitan Brass. John attended …
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St Albans City Band’s Musical Director Phillip Littlemore stood down from his position at the end of June 2017 after 8 years at the helm of the Band. Originally asked to cover only one engagement in the Summer of 2009 Phillip had led the Band since that time with great enthusiasm and commitment. Phillip has …
St Albans City Band took 3rd place in the 1st section of the London & Southern Countie Areas contest in 2008. Pictured here are Stuart Garman (no longer the band’s conductor by this point) and Nicholas Garman with the best soloist prize. As of 2026, this is the highest place the band had – and …
St Albans City Band are keen to hear any information people may have on an arson attack that has destroyed virtually all of their music library.
April 26th was the day we said farewell to a stalwart of the percussion section, Graham Hart who had been a familiar sight at the back of the band for at least fifteen years!
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Did you play a brass instrument years ago and have started thinking about playing again? Have you just moved to the area and played in your previous area? Or are you playing elsewhere and fancy a change, or just want to come along for some extra practice? Then we can help! St Albans City Band, our “main” band, is …
St Albans City Band was formed in 1892 and very quickly established itself as a force to be reckoned with in the contest field, going under the name of the St. Albans City Silver Prize Band. The picture to the left shows the Band in 1920.
It is hoped a full writeup and more pictures of the Harrogate trip will be displayed here soon, in the meantime here is the full band photograph taken on the day, reproduced courtesy of R & P Photographic Services. Back Row – Left to Right – Graham Hart, Emily Jeavons, Wallace Ruby (Percussion), Gari Spearpoint …
Purchased in 1934, the building was already dilapidated at the time and the band spent some time bringing it back up to standard. The original building is believed to date to around 1850 and is sited on Sopwell Lane, a lane consisting mainly of small cottages mostly dating from the 1800 – 1850 period, with …