Saturday 2 December 2017

St Michael & All Angels’ ChurchPark Road, Abingdon OX14 1DS

Neil BrownlessPhil Coull

Charity CommissionRegistered no. 1089143

It’s Christmas!40 years of music for wind orchestra

4Concert Band

1977–2017

0Abingdon

www.abingdonconcertband.org.uk

Neil Brownless read maths at Portsmouth University where he was Director for the university big band and Assistant Conductor for the wind band. Whilst at university Neil played for many bands, including Portsmouth and Chichester University Symphony Orchestras, pit bands for various shows, the Dave Pearson Big Band, Woodfalls Brass Band, and Otterbourne Brass Band who competed at the 2012 National Brass Band Finals.

Neil recently played Bass Trombone for Wantage Brass Band in the National Brass Band Championships at the Royal Albert Hall in 2016 and Tuba for Kidlington Concert Brass in the 2017 First Section National Brass Band Championships where the band came 3rd. He currently holds the position of Musical Director for Towcester Studio Band and in three years of leading the band at competitions has won 4 of them. Neil has conducted other groups including Olney Brass Band, Brackley Brass Band, Daventry Brass Band, Kidlington Brass Band, Northampton Concert Band, Northampton Symphony Orchestra and Charity Symphony Orchestra amongst others. Neil took on the role of Musical Director for Abingdon Concert Band in 2013 and enjoys working with the band.

Philip Coull is a local peripatetic music teacher, focusing mainly on piano and brass, working in schools and pupils’ houses around the Didcot area. He has played in brass and wind bands from an early age and has been involved with many local bands over the last few years playing euphonium, trombone and tuba. He started conducting with the Oxford Salvation Army Band, where he was deputy band master. He has deputised as a conductor on several occasions for Blewbury Brass Band and Abingdon Concert Band. He is also accompanist for Didcot Community Gospel Choir.

Previous to his music career Philip gained a degree in Biological sciences from St. Peter’s College, Oxford; an MSc in Immunology from Kings College, London whilst training as a Clinical Scientist and then worked as a research scientist for Oxford University in the field of vaccine development.

ProgrammeChristmas Joy Erik Leidzén, arr. Brian Bowen

Moana arr. Jay Bocook

Yuletide Rag Richard Phillips

October Eric Whitacre

Let It Snow Jule Styne, arr. John Edmondson

Good Swing Wenceslas Piae Cantiones, arr. Sammy Nestico

Disney Movie Magic arr. James Christensen

Fairytale of New York MacGowan & Finer, arr. Jock McKenzie

INTERVAL

Jingle Bell Jazz! Richard Phillips

Dances from the Duck Pond Tchaikovsky, arr. Duncan Stubbs

The Nightmare Before Christmas Danny Elfman, arr. Michael Brown

The Christmas Song Mel Torme & Robert Wells, arr. Jerry Nowak

La La Land Justin Hurwitz, arr. Michael Brown

Up Michael Giacchino, arr. Michael Brown

It’s Christmas! arr. Warren Barker

Forthcoming eventsVarious carolling events throughout December See our website

Spring Concert Saturday 24 March, 7.30pm St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Abingdon

Flutes Caroline Bailey Lucy Dunbar Lucy Kettlewell Lucy Morel-Allen Jenny Sadie Thomas Shepherd

Oboes Mary Courtney Laura Sandford

Eb Clarinet Alan Bolder

Clarinets Cate Beavis Kelly Dodgson Hannah Johnson Mark Nightingale Emma Pope Aron Raimbach Louise Stott Hilary Treavis Kathy Wilcox

Alto Clarinets Tony Shepherd

Bass Clarinets Ruth Clarkson Graham Salsbury

Bassoon William Grainger Harriet Van der Vliet

Cornets & Trumpets Helen Budd Ben Sanders Emily Taylor Lucy Wainwright

Alto Saxophones Ian Challand Linda Haggarty Suzi Spencer Sandy Wallis

Tenor Saxophones Felix John Anna Shannon Kiri Wright

Euphoniums Jack Everington Nicky Warden

French Horns Ken Craig* Alistair Dorman-Smith Steve Guard Hannah Maeer*

Trombones Richard McManus Walter Stewart-Brown Alan Wallis

Bass Trombone Phil Coull

Tubas Sue Gill George Ryall

Percussion Paul Netherton Jenny Sadie Celia Wilson

*with thanks to our guest players

40 years of Abingdon Concert BandThe band was formed in 1977 as Abingdon Military Band and the formation of instruments remains the same as that found in modern military bands. Over the years the band has given around 200 public performances. The band plays a range of music from classic concert band pieces to film scores and television music, musicals, Disney and contemporary arrangements for concert band. In our 40th year we have enjoyed bringing you music indoors and out, on occasion with our friends from Abbey Brass, all washed down with a swig of Hornblower. Many thanks for your continued support.