Concert Photos
2011 – Carols at Sainsbury’s
Trinity Concert Band entertained the Sainsbury’s shoppers on Friday 16th December! They collected £62 for the Berkshire MS Therapy Centre.
2011 – Festival of Christmas Trees
Fantastic evening at the Festival of Christmas Trees in Trinity Church on 6th December. The audience certainly seemed to enjoy themselves and the display of trees was wonderful. Pam (our Box Office Manager) and her husband provided a tree on behalf of the band, with a theme based on our new colour scheme. It was beautiful as you can see from the photograph.
2011 – Autumn Concert
Our Autumn concert was a patron request concert, and we incorporated many of their favourites in the programme. Chrs I’Anson (Central RAF Band Percussionist), was our MD for the concert, and he produced an excellent concert after only three rehearsals.
2011 – Brighton Concert
The band played at Brighton bandstand on 31st July 2011, and some of our patrons joined us on the coach to enjoy a day out and support the band. Andy Porter chose a varied programme, which included ‘Fantasy on British Sea Songs’, ‘Singin in The Rain’, and a Sax solo ‘Harlem Nocturne’ played by Tim Newbury. Apart from the wind, the weather was perfect, with lots of sunshine. We had a couple of hours to enjoy lunch (fish and chips on the beach, no less), followed by ice cream, and beer after the performance. A great day was had by all, and the patrons are extremely eager to join us on future trips.
2011 – Liberty of Earley Concert
On a warm Sunday afternoon, family and residents of Liberty of Earley had a wonderful afternoon being entertained by two groups from Trinity Concert Band playing in the garden. Trinity Trombones played first, followed by a delicious cream tea, and then the Trinity Clarinet Choir. Some words from the residents – ‘brilliant’, ‘a wonderful afternoon’, ‘the band did a good job’, ‘the whole thing was lovely’, ‘excellent’.
2011 – Spring Concert
Trinity Concert Band’s Spring Concert proved to be yet another thrilling performance at All Saints Church in Wokingham on Saturday 9th April. Being their first formal concert without the leadership of Peter Cole, who stood down earlier this year, the concert was a huge success. While the band go through the process of finding a replacement for Peter, they sought the help of Andy Porter, a Musical Director familiar to them, having conducted two annual workshop days and a few rehearsals previously. The band performed three of the pieces that they rehearsed during this year’s annual workshop day. Tribute was paid to two of our late band members who passed away earlier this year. Jill Hart (Tuba) and Stephen Nye (Oboe) were remembered with a stirring performance of ‘With Each Sunset (Comes the Promise of a New Day)’ by Richard L. Saucedo.
2011 – January Concert
Peter Cole conducted his last concert for Trinity Concert Band in front of a capacity audience at Trinity Church, Lower Earley. Sadly, he has had to resign as MD due to family illness. Peter’s hard work and committment during the last five years has seen the band flourish. The concert also saw a unique collaboration with Reading Film & Video Makers as two of their members were there with four video cameras to record the whole concert.
