Stratford Concert Band performs in and around the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, in beautiful Warwickshire.
Our repertoire covers a wide selection of styles including selections from popular films and musicals, light classical arrangements and original works for concert band.
Stratford Concert Band is the primary concert band in Warwickshire and consists of some forty players. The instrumentation is that of a typical concert band – woodwind consisting of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons and saxophones; brass including trumpets, trombones, horns, bass guitar, tuba/ Sousaphone; and percussion.
Stratford Concert Band has origins which stretch back to 1974 when it was the South Warwickshire Schools Wind Band, but in 1977, when the economic axe fell on music in schools, the Stratford upon Avon Wind Bands Association was formed and the band became independent and now boasts Stratford Concert Band as its performing band.
The band’s activities centre on the town of Stratford-upon-Avon and the surrounding villages, with a range of formal concerts and outdoor appearances such as bandstands and fetes.
The band supports both fundraising by local charities and civic occasions, having played each year at the Remembrance Gardens on Remembrance Sunday, and has been part of the Shakespeare Birthday celebrations in April. The band has been invited to play on several occasions when Royalty visited Stratford-upon-Avon.
