16 March 2025
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We had a couple of new songs at the Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra rehearsal tonight. One was a medley of tunes from the band Madness. There is a fair amount of syncopation but it was a fairly easy read, probably … Continue reading
2 February 2025
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The Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra is looking for a new conductor as, sadly, our the present and wonderful incumbent needs to move on. Tonight we see the first of two weeks when we have a potential new conductor auditioning. It … Continue reading
5 January 2025
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In a couple of hours time I’ll be setting up for the first CSWO rehearsal of the New Year. Fortunately the snow and ice around this part of the East Midlands haven’t been too bad so it hasn’t ended up … Continue reading
22 June 2024
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The Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra (CSWO) is back out tonight for a gig at All Saints Church Thorpe Acre with Dishley. We’ve been working on the set for most of the last two terms, bar a few breaks for other … Continue reading
2 June 2024
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This afternoon, I’m playing electric bass with the Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra (CSWO) at the bandstand in Queen’s Park, Loughborough. We’re on from 2-3pm and it is a free event for anyone who fancies popping down to the park.
22 April 2024
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The Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra has a few weeks to go before the concert we were preparing for last term (Thorpe Acre Church on Saturday 22nd June) but the pieces are ready enough for now so we’re doing some weeks … Continue reading
17 March 2024
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There was a bit more sight-reading to be done at tonight’s band, with an arrangement of Eternal Flame by the Bangles. I’m just taking a listen back to it now and trying to figure out if the bass part on … Continue reading
3 March 2024
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At tonight’s Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra, we spent the first half working on Eighties Flashback. It is a new piece to us and consists of various pop hits from the 1980s, like Thriller, Time After Time and Eye of the … Continue reading
11 February 2024
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Eighties Flashback is the title of a piece arranged by Paul Murtha that got handed out at the CSWO rehearsal tonight. Gulp! Three pages, with some reasonably up tempo tunes and quite a few syncopated rhythms among them. Two things … Continue reading
18 December 2023
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Whoops. I turned up to my gig tonight (the third carol service), unloaded the car and realised that I’d forgotten to pack one rather vital component, namely my bass! Fortunately the venue wasn’t far from home so Jane, who’d dropped … Continue reading