• In 1995 Alan Corry was asked to provide music for
a concert in aid of Tor Bank Special School, Dundonald, to
raise funds for the school and also raise public
awareness of the school's role in the community. Alan made
contact with a number of friends from various brass bands
in the greater Belfast area and in September 1995 a group
of approximately thirty amateur musicians performed for the
first time as "Festival Brass", with Alan as their
conductor. The
concert, originally intended to be a one off performance,
was a resounding success and a number of requests were received
for Festival Brass to perform again. The members, encouraged
by the success of this venture, decided to continue for the
benefit of those in need. The band has raised funds in excess
of £200k for various charities.
• Festival Brass now perform on average six times a
year, and have shared the stage with many well known artists
such as West End stars Jeff Leyton (Les Misérables),
Joanna Ampil (Les Misérables), Alex Sharpe (Miss Saigon),
Carmen Cusack and our very own Peter Corry.
• Festival Brass have also performed at music festivals in Spain on a number of occasions, as well as on a Mediterranean Sea cruise.
• In 2023 Festival Brass raised about £14,00 for charities, including over £5,500 for the Friends of the Cancer Centre, Belfast City Hospital.
Festival Brass on social media
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FUTURE EVENT
Festival Brass are pleased to announce that the band will be presenting their annual Christmas Concert 'Festive Brass & Voices' on Saturday 21st December 20024 at Glenmachan Church of God, commencing at 7.30pm.
Our guest choir joining us this year will be the wonderful Belfast Operatic Company under the leadership of their conductor Colin Scott, who will present a number of Christmas favourites from their repertoire, as well as featuring a selection of soloists fron within their company.
We look forward to having Belfast Operatic Company with us for this years's Christmas concert, and we know without a doubt that their musical contribution at our concert this year will ensure that this will be a wonderful night of music making!
Compere for the evening this year will again be Gerry Kelly, who has done a marvellous job of leading the festivities for us last few years and it will be a pleasure to have him with us again for this year's concert.
Tickets for our Christmas concert are £15, and are available from our main ticket outlet at Matchett's Music, as well as from the Glenmachan Church Office and ourselves at Festival Brass Direct.
For those looking to have tickets posted out to you, as per the poster, please contact Festival Brass Direct on Tel: 07980 306425 and we can arrange to have your tickets personally sent out to you.
This will be a wonderful evening of Christmas music as we celebrate this special time of year and we look forward to seeing you all there.
Tickets for this event always sell out quickly so please get your tickets early to avoid disappointment.
For more information please see the poster here.
Festival Brass performing in Holywood parish church on Saturday 27th October 2018.
