Summer Sounds Concert 2014

Dates: 

Friday, 25 July 2014 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm

Venue: 

Barbican Centre, Peters St, Drogheda

Event Details: 

Drogheda Brass Band, current National Brass Band Champions of Ireland, have teamed up with the incredible Allan Ramsay to put together one of the most ambitious programs of music the band has ever attempted. In addition to Allan the band will be bolstered by some of the best players in banding:

  • Andrea Casey – Flugel - Co-Op 
  • Daniel Fairley – Percussion - Co-Op 
  • Owen Garbutt – Bass - Hammonds 
  • Jamie Smith – Cornet - Hammonds 
  • Richard Rock – Composer- Fairey 
  • Charlotte Ankers – Cornet - Hammonds 

The concert will feature guest players Andrea Casey and Jamie Smith along with music from Paul-Lovatt Copper in a program that will appeal to all tastes.

Highlight of the year

Summer Sounds is the bands annual week long workshop. It sees the band practice twice a day for a week culminating in a concert which is the highlight of the year for our supporters and players alike.

The band will once again be led by Allan Ramsay, conductor of the Scottish Champion Band Co-Operative Funeral Care Band. Allan is one of the most successful conductors in the brass band world and is renowned for producing entertaining programs and getting exciting performances from his bands.

Our Youth Band will also take to the stage having spent a week developing a new program and learning from Owen and Jamie.

The concert takes play on Friday the 25th of July in the Barbican Centre, Peter's St, Drogheda at 7:30. Admission is €6.