Youth Band – make music and eat biscuits
Our Youth Band has contuned to thrive in February and March, as they prepared for their end of term concert. Here are a few of our favourite photos.
Rehearsing hard in February and March for our concerts
Our Community Band have been working hard in February and March to prepare for their upcoming concert. A few of our favourite pics below.
Vacancy – percussion player
St Albans City Band is seeking a percussion player to play alongside our drummer on the drumkit at rehearsals on Wednesday evenings and in our regular concerts. Could it be you? Join us! It’s a joy. More information on this page.
2025 will be fun and loud!
There were over twenty brass players at every January SACB rehearsal! 2025 is going to be both fun and loud! Come hear us! Come play with us!
Our Youth Band makes its January return
Exciting times in the band room in January as the Youth Band made its 2025 return, led by Simon. 14 players were playing Colonel Bogey (but no marching yet) and we’re pushing 20 in recent weeks!
Welcoming our latest cohort of brass beginners
January 2025 saw us welcoming the latest cohort of absolute brass beginners on our free course with professional trombonist Beth Pippen. It’s an absolute joy. Meanwhile, the Community Band of recent beginners and returning players are continuing to have a blast.
Lovely final carolling booking for 2024!
Our bands (a mixture of our Youth Band, Community Band and the St Albans City Band) played a lovely final carolling gig of 2024 in St Albans yesterday afternoon (pics and a clip below)! Thank you for booking us. Merry Christmas all, and see you for more banding joy in 2025! View this post on …
Carols at the Clocktower 2024
An astonishing 15 of us from across our three bands played carols in the centre of St Albans last weekend, bringing festive cheer to the good people of St Albans. Thanks so much everyone who played and everyone who came to watch, and who also sang along. It was a lovely crowd! Pics and clips …
Our Community Band play carols next to a snow machine!
Our Community Band were delighted to play at Two Waters Primary School last night in a lovely setting. Thank you so much for inviting us – we had a lovely time. Pics and a clip below. Well done everybody. You’ve all been amazing, and many thanks to Beth for your tremendous work leading them. All …
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Carols in the Band Room returns for 2024
Our second annual Community Band informal carol concert in the band room was a huge success this week. It felt like the end of an era too, as many of the band, who were beginners or “returners” only 18 months ago, have progressed so well that they will be moving “up” to the City Band …