Event date
Starts: Saturday, 15 June, 2024 - 11:15
Ends: Saturday, 15 June, 2024 - 22:00
Event description
Gala Concert with finalists: 7.30pm
This Gala Concert will feature the Eccles Borough Band giving an entertaining and enjoyable concert programme for all the family. This event is also the culmination of the Brass Band Conductors’ Association Conducting Competition, which will have been taking place throughout the day. The five finalists will each conduct Eccles Borough Band in a concert item in the concert. Whilst the band entertains us the adjudicators will select the winners who will be announced and presented with their prizes at the end of the evening.
Watch the Conducting Competition Semi-final: from 11.15am
Eccles Town Hall will be open during the day from 11.15am to 3.00pm for members of the public who wish to watch the semi-finals of the conducting competition, during which ten semi-finalists rehearse the Hammonds Band playing sections of 2 chosen test pieces. There is no entry fee and the cafe will be open.
The day will provide a great opportunity for conductors, and would-be conductors to speak to representatives and members of the Brass Band Conductors' Association and find out more about what it has to offer.
The whole event is free, with a retiring collection made at the Gala Concert, just turn up!
For more information please contact bbca@bbe.org.uk
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