National Concert Band Festival

National Concert Band Festival

On Sunday 17th November, the Senior Wind Band and Youth Jazz Orchestra travelled over to Oldham for this festival. No strangers to this event, but as always at this early stage of the year, both ensembles had to contend with a fair change of personnel having lost many...
Percussionists Perform Perfectly

Percussionists Perform Perfectly

It was a very early start to catch the 5am coach from the Hexagon – the time an absolute necessity in order to reach the Royal Albert Hall for a sound check at 12.00 and a concert at 1.00pm. The East Riding Senior Percussion Ensemble had been selected from...
Music Service 2019 Report

Music Service 2019 Report

This year has got off to a good start despite the large number of Year 13 leavers last year. Looking back over the last year there were some memorable performances by some wonderfully talented young musicians. The Youth Orchestra gave their first performance of the...
Off they go again!

Off they go again!

On 18th July, members of the Senior Wind Band and Youth Jazz Orchestra will be piling onto the Hull – Zeebrugge ferry on the first leg of their journey of this year’s tour to Belgium and Holland. There’s a lot of ‘high quality’ planned – high quality youth...
The Friends Jazz & Quiz Night raises just over £800

The Friends Jazz & Quiz Night raises just over £800

Sunday 5th May was a great success, if the positive, parting comments of audience members were anything to go by. As always, the Youth Jazz Orchestra, directed by Rachael Dixon, played impressively. And the Friends organised a fantastic buffet. The quiz challenged in...
25 years old and stronger than ever!

25 years old and stronger than ever!

On Saturday 27th April, the concert hall at Longcroft Upper School was reverberating to the sounds of music being played by the massed ensemble of current and past members of the East Riding Senior Wind Band and Percussion Ensembles in celebration of 25 years since...