Welcome to Newark & Sherwood Concert Band
Newark & Sherwood Concert Band is a wind band based in Newark, Nottinghamshire.
We have over 60 members who regularly attend rehearsals on Tuesday evenings. Age is immaterial; we have members who are still at school, right through to those who have retired. We are a friendly group of musicians and whilst taking our music seriously, the emphasis is very much on fun!
We have over 60 members who regularly attend rehearsals on Tuesday evenings. Age is immaterial; we have members who are still at school, right through to those who have retired. We are a friendly group of musicians and whilst taking our music seriously, the emphasis is very much on fun!
News and achievements
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As seen on BBC Bargain Hunt
We appeared in the 2018 Christmas special of BBC Bargain Hunt filmed in Newark, the band had great fun recording all the Christmas music with Anita Manning... in the middle of the year!
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Regional Platinum Award Winners 2018/2019In 2017 the band visited the National Concert Band Festival regional event held at Nottingham High School for Girls and earned a well deserved Gold award playing a range of concert music including Beauty and the Beast.
In 2018, they returned and achieved the highest level Platinum Award, with their performance of Laudate Dominum earning them a place at the National Concert Band Festival in Manchester in 2019. In December 2019 the band were awarded a Platinum Award for the second time for their performance of the suite Hymn of the Highlands by Philip Sparke. |
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National Gold Award Winners 2019This year was the first time the band had travelled over the hills to Manchester to compete at the National Concert Band Festival at the Royal College of Music, and they earned a Gold Award.
Their programme was made up of the third movement of Nigel Clarke's Gagarin (3. Homecoming), and the final movement of Gustav Holst's 2nd Suite in F for Military Band - Fantasia on the Dargason. |
Request a piece of music
Have you got a favourite piece of music you want to hear us play? Fill in the form below to send a request to Colum O'Shea, our Musical Director.