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The Chalk Farm Band is brass band of the Salvation Army located at the Salvation Army Centre in Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm, London, England. It is one of the best known brass bands of the Salvation Army in the UK. The Lochgelly Band, a Scottish colliery band, circa 1890 A brass band is a musical group consisting mostly of brass instruments, often with a percussion section. ...
The Salvation Army is an evangelical Christian denomination founded in 1865 by one time Methodist minister William Booth. ...
Chalk Farm is the name of a place in the London Borough of Camden. ...
London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ...
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The Lochgelly Band, a Scottish colliery band, circa 1890 A brass band is a musical group consisting mostly of brass instruments, often with a percussion section. ...
Brief History
It was formed in 1883 under the leadership of Bandmaster Worbouys to provide music for Salvation Army church services. In 1894, Bandmaster AW Punchard was appointed, (an association which continued for over 50 years). He added instruments such as saxophones and tenor cors to the normal set of cornets and trombones. Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ...
The cornet is a brass instrument that closely resembles the trumpet. ...
Never look at the trombones. ...
Michael Clack led the band for over thirty years, commencing in 1963. During his leadership, the band toured through most of Europe - including playing to the Pope in the Vatican City, Australia, and even to Japan where it took part in the Midosuji Parade in Osaka in [2000]. European redirects here. ...
The current Pope is Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who was elected at the age of 78 on 19 April 2005. ...
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The band's current bandmaster is Jonathan Evans, who is a Euphonium player with the International Staff Band 4-valved euphonium The euphonium is a conical-bore, tenor-voiced brass instrument. ...
Mission Like all Salvation Army Brass Bands the Band’s primary function is to participate fully in the weekly religious services, both indoor and in the open-air. In addition it regularly presents concerts at other Salvation Army corps both in the UK and abroad. The Band has appeared annually on the BBC TV Show Blue Peter throughout most of its record 40-year run, and has also made a number of appearances on Songs of Praise at the Royal Albert Hall and on BBC radio shows such as Gloria Hunniford's and Listen to the Band. The Salvation Army is an evangelical Christian denomination founded in 1865 by one time Methodist minister William Booth. ...
A corps (a word that migrated from the French language, pronounced IPA: , but originating in the Latin corpus, corporis meaning body; plural same as singular) is either a large military unit or formation, an administrative grouping of troops within an army with a common function (such as artillery or signals...
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For the Canadian 1980s New Wave band of the same name, see Blue Peter (band). ...
Songs of Praise is a BBC television programme based on religion and ethics, based around traditional Christian hymns. ...
Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences is an arts venue dedicated to Queen Victorias husband and consort, Prince Albert. ...
BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. ...
Gloria Hunniford was a presenter on BBC radio and television. ...
Make-Up All of the bands members are amateur players, and members of the Salvation Army. Despite having earlier feature other instruments, the band now features the standard brass band instrumentation being: The Salvation Army is an evangelical Christian denomination founded in 1865 by one time Methodist minister William Booth. ...
The cornet is a brass instrument that closely resembles the trumpet. ...
Flugelhorn- this is a standard 3-valved Bb model. ...
Known in the US as alto horn, in Germany as althorn, and in the UK as tenor horn, this brass instrument pitched in Eb has a conical bore (gradually widening), and normally uses a deep, cornet-like mouthpiece. ...
4-valved euphonium The euphonium is a conical-bore, tenor-voiced brass instrument. ...
In the United Kingdom a baritone horn, most often shortened to baritone, is a bass Saxhorn in Bâ™, which is also at trombone/trumpet transposition. ...
Never look at the trombones. ...
Tubas is a city in the Israeli administered West Bank. ...
Percussion instruments are played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped. ...
A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is mostly a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ...
A timpanist in the United States Air Forces in Europe Band. ...
Recordings and Repertoire The band has released 5 CDs (the most recent being Emblem of the Army), 6 records, and also appeared on a number of 78s. A video detailing its history is also available, which is entitled Blood & Fire & Brass - Blood & Fire being a feature of the Salvation Army flag the CDS may refer to: Commercial Data Systems, Ltd. ...
Record is also a music album by Montreal-based band Sofa. ...
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Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images which represent scenes in motion. ...
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The band's repertoire includes:
A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a god or other religiously significant figure. ...
Tune can refer to: a melody. ...
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In music, solo means to play or sing alone. ...
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Sir Dean Goffin (9 July 1916 to 1984) was one of New Zealands first prolific Salvation Army composers who composed not only music for the Army but for non-Army bands as well. ...
Ray Steadman-Allen was born 18 September 1922 in Muller Road, Horfield, Bristol to Salvation Army officer parents. ...
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External links - World of Brass CD Catalogue
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