Upcoming performances
7pm, Sat 25 Apr 2026 St Albans City Band, St Albans Community Band: Spring Concert 2026
New players are welcome!
Do you live in or near St Albans? 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? …
Welcome to St Albans City Band
We are a group of friendly and community focused brass bands who have been making a contribution to local musical life for 130 years. Would you like to hear us play or book us? A busy schedule of concerts and engagements finds our bands performing throughout Hertfordshire and beyond. Our bands play a wide …
Our bigger than ever Community Band getting to grips with Slaidburn
2026 is going to be a very exciting year for our bigger than ever Community Band! These clips are sneak previews of their very early looks at the brass classic Slaidburn, working with Beth and guest conductor Martyn! View this post on Instagram A post shared by St Albans City Band (@stalbansbrass) View this post …
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Our City Band are playing some lovely stuff
We’ve ben playing some lovely music on Wednesday evenings with the City Band this term, pratising for our April concert.
Our absolute beginners are making great progress!
Our latest cohort of brass beginners are awesome! Here they are in Week 4 with guest teacher Martyn and they’re already sounding great!
“Play this bit like swans!”
“Play this bit like swans! The horns are gliding like the body over the surface, lower brass paddling away like the legs underwater. If you can only see the legs, the swan is ill!” Thanks for conducting us tonight, Alan.
Welcoming our January 2026 adult beginners!
It was very exciting to meet our eight new adult beginners who started with Beth tonight and sounded great! Welcome to the wonderful world of brass.
Happy New Year and well done Reuben, Nick and Trevor!
It was great to be back in the band room tonight, playing lots of lovely new music. And a chance to congratulate Reuben, Nick and Trevor, seen here proudly holding their Diploma, Grade 3 and Grade 6 Certificates respectively.