The band is delighted to welcome Ian Wagdin and Pete Williams. Ian joined on BBb bass to help us out at the NW Area contest in February and has been persuaded to stay on, seemingly by the amount of cake on offer! Pete responded to our recent advert for a 2nd trombone. He's not a completely new face, having previously helped us out at one-off … [Read more...]

We now have our line-up completed for the Areas and have been preparing with full band and sectional rehearsals in the run-up to the contest in Blackpool on the 27th of this month. If you'd like to hear what we are making of Gilbert Vinter's classic test-piece, Spectrum, please do come along to our open rehearsal in Flixton on the Thursday before. See our … [Read more...]

The band wishes all our supporters the very best for the coming year. Hopefully there will be many more opportunities for music making and public performance than we have seen in the previous 20 months or so. It isn't easy to rehearse with fingers crossed! That's what we will be doing as we look forward to the return of the NW Regional Championships … [Read more...]

Flixton welcomes Tim Brocklehurst on soprano, Richard Bond on second baritone and Graham Bond on BBb bass. Tim is the latest to discover that there really is no escape from Flixton Band as he re-joins after a break of a few years. Richard and his father, Graham, are also not that new to the Flixton family. Richard continues to play solo euphonium in … [Read more...]