Our Tuesday Sounds Evening got off to a brilliant start with the MD of Amersham Band, Paul Fisher. Paul has led the band in their promotion from the fourth section of the brass banding world to the Championship Section, along the way qualifying the band for the National Finals on no fewer than six occasions. …
Making Music Virtual Concert Series
Covid-19 continues to challenge everyone’s world as we come to terms with this challenging, strange and unsettling time. The band has been busy putting together a video of Going Home, a piece of music from our latest CD, Bandstand. This has received lots of good comments and has recently been accepted to be part of …
Lofthouse welcome special guests
Lofthouse Brass Band has been welcoming some special guest in recent weeks — with more to come and chat…
Lofthouse Brass Band 2020 Regional Success
As a result of our performance in the Third Section at the Yorkshire Area Brass Band Contest at Huddersfield Town Hall on Sunday March 8th 2020, Lofthouse Brass Band and our MD Andrew Whitaker were not only awarded Second Place in the contest, a silver trophy and prize money too but we have now qualified …
Taking a look into what 2020 holds
They are undeniably a marker by which we judge one another, and there’s some real snobbery out there about what section your band is in – it’s one of the first questions many banders ask on meeting a new player, and if the resulting answer is ‘we don’t compete’ it can cause people to back …
Review of new CD, Bandstand
Lofthouse 2000 is a fine example of a community band built on strong, sustainable foundations. Ambition is tempered by Yorkshire realism, commitment and dedication. The results achieved since their formation in 1999 correlate to solid incremental progression based on musical common sense, determined application and a fine MD at the helm. This celebratory CD of …