Fauldhouse Miner's (Youth) Brass Band

Fauldhouse Miner's (Youth) Brass Band
Fauldhouse

The following RealAudio clips of the Fauldhouse Miner's (Youth) Brass Band's early contest performances were provided courtesy of Tom Martin, the band's founder, conductor and musical instructor. Without Tom none of this would ever have been possible - thanks Tom! (Thanks to Scott Thomson for bringing me a copy of the tape)

NEWS

1978 Mexican Fiesta, 4th section Scottish Championships' testpiece. The band was 4th with this performance:

MEXICAN FIESTA

1979 Winter's Tale, 4th Section Scottish Championships' testpiece. The band was 2nd with this performance and progressed to the 3rd Section:

WINTER'S TALE

1980 Mainstreet, 3rd Section Scottish Championships' testpiece. The band was 1st with this performance and progressed to the 2nd Section:

MAINSTREET

1981 Concertino, 2nd section Scottish Championships' testpiece. The band was 1st with this performance:

coming soon

1982 Essay for Band, 1st section Scottish Championships' testpiece. The band was 8th with this performance:

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More recently, the band competed in the 4th section of the Boosey and Hawkes National Championships on September 19th 1998. After unluckily getting drawn first to play, the band finished 11th out of 17 bands. The test piece was "A Caledonian Journer" by John Fernie and Jane Callow conducted the band.
 

This page last updated on Jan 28th, 2002.

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