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 …
More great pics from our Christmas Extravaganza 2024 concert
Here are some more great pictures from our recent Christmas Extravaganza 2024, at which the St Albans City Band was joined by our Youth Band and our Community Band. All levels and all ages welcome. We have a Youth Band, a Community Band and our original St Albans City Band. If you would like to be in the next …
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St Albans City Band’s Massed Bands play Prismatic Light by Alan Fernie
Such a proud moment at our Christmas Extravaganza concert tonight. The St Albans City Band, the Community Band and the Youth Band, about 50 of us, play Prismatic Light by Alan Fernie. 🌈 All levels and all ages welcome. We have a Youth Band, a Community Band and our original St Albans City Band). If you would like to …
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Excited to play our Christmas Extravaganza 24 joint concert
Our three bands presented a fantastic Christmas Extravaganza joint concert on 1st December, 2024. First up, in front of a packed house at Townsend School, the Youth Band played a great mix of tunes and carols, followed by our Community Band, performing publicly for the first time, who played their carols beautifully. After the St …
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