Newark Town Band At Castle Concert With Rupert Trippett Musical Director

• published: 06 Jul 2015
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Newark Town’s very own brass band has over 50 years of rich musical history, providing quality entertainment in the field of brass music both within Newark and the surrounding area. The last few years for the band have been an incredibly exciting time as, having been rejuvenated by Peter Footitt following its decline during the nineties, Peter’s success has served as an excellent platform from which new Musical Director, Rupert Trippet can build. The band’s repertoire includes a full spectrum of genres ranging from light popular music through film and operatic works to the more traditional brass band music of times gone by. With a mixture of performances from our many soloists through to full band ensembles Newark Town Band always delivers performances to be remembered. The band ‘family’ includes people from all walks of life and with ages ranging from 13 to 75 years old. There are currently a few official vacancies available in the band, but we are always welcoming of both new young talent and experienced players wishing to join us. The band practises every Wednesday evening between 7-9pm at the Bridge Community Centre, Lincoln Road, Newark, NG24 2DQ. If you are interested in joining the band please contact the Band Secretary on: 07799 640935 or send an email to: newarktownband@hotmail.com Trombonist, singer, pianist & percussionist. Head of Music at Elizabethan Academy, Retford. LRAM, GBSM, ABSM, PGCE, Dip Adv (RAM) To discuss tuition, please contact: rtrippett@ntlworld.com Rupert Trippett https://www.facebook.com/rupert.trippett?fref=ts Newark Town Band was founded in 1956, up until the mid fifties there had been a Newark Royal British Legion Band which then ceased to exist. The founder of Newark Town Band the late Mr Robert English along with other interested parties who had been involved in the Royal British Legion Band decided to hold a Meeting in December 1956, at the meeting a decision was made to start a new town band. Instruments were obtained, firstly on loan, then later purchased from the recently defunct Southwell Band. A collection was also taken to raise funds to be able to rent a rehearsal room, other funds were raised by playing Christmas carols. The first rehearsal room was at the Spread Eagle pub on Middlegate. During 1957 the membership grew, Mr Robert English was a Civilian Musical Director with the Royal Air Force and also a Music Teacher and Brass Instructor for schools in the Newark area. He soon had lots of youngsters joining the band, some of those youngsters are back in the band again now including Mr David Gatiss (Cornet player) and Mr Roger Bryan (Cornet player). The first official public engagement was on a Sunday evening in March 1958 at the Savoy cinema on Middlegate (now the Halifax Building Society). During the 1960s the band was involved in all the Civic events in the town as well as Christmas concerts in the Parish Church, concerts in the Town Hall ballroom, Sunday afternoon concerts in the Castle grounds and concerts in the Palace Theatre. Happily once again the band are playing at these venues. The bands 50th Anniversary concert was held at the Palace Theatre in 2006. There was also a social side to the band, this included a ladies section (mothers and wives of players) who worked hard in raising funds, a Junior section (which operated as a youth club), the band even had a Football team. To book the band for a concert, if you want to join the band or for press enquiries please contact: Samantha Sutton Band Secretary newarktownband@hotmail.com Also on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewarkTownBand Facebook: www.facebook.com/NewarkTownBandNTB http://www.newarktownband.org/theband.html