Author: John Sampson
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St Mark`s Festival Performance
“Brass Tracks, the five-strong group performing their take on movie and theatre soundtracks, is celebrating its tenth anniversary of live performances this year. This shows in the ease they have in playing together and the comfortable banter with the audience….what Brass Tracks manage to do is bring the power and fullness of the melody into…
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Haddington Psalms
Brass Tracks, Garleton Singers St Mary`s Church Haddington. 11/06/2022 We recorded the Haddington Psalms during lockdown which entailed recording our individual parts on our iphones in our living rooms while filming ourselves doing it! It was then edited together and put online and miraculously it worked! This major work running just over 30 mins long…
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Trinity Church, Rothesay, Bute
2022.03.25 Brass Tracks were warmly received by the hosts of Bute Arts and are very grateful for the efforts they went to make us feel relaxed and comfortable. Many thanks go to our agent Daisy Henderson at Classical Music Scotland for reorganising the concert after the unplanned 2 + year gap of the original booking…
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Brodick Town Hall, Arran 2022.03.21
We had an interesting time getting there caused by ferry cancellations causing us to not have our cars permitted to board the ferry and having to decant onboard as foot passengers with Tuba, Trombone, French Horn, trumpets & flugelhorns etc. We arrived in time and had a great well attended concert regardless of the heavy…
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Ayr Music Club
4/12/2021 We drove through the snow and sleet until we reached Ayrshire where the weather was clear and the sun shone. Alloway Church hall had a fine acoustic and a welcoming committee who provided a lovely meal and genuine friendliness. We mostly played a new programme including Carnival of the Animals but peppered the concert…
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Heart of Hawick, Scottish Borders 2018.11.30
We had a most enjoyable concert in Hawick with a lovely audience performing in a very well run music club.Great review in the local press and the organiser said:“Brass Tracks are such a lovely quintet . So professional and slick without being cocky or showing off. Really entertaining, they had the audience engaged from start…
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Ryan Centre, Stranraer 2015.11.21
It was quite a long drive to Stranraer in Ayrshire but well worth the effort as we had a great reaction to the quintet in concert. The Ryan Centre is a well used venue by the community and it was a pleasure to play for the music society. The organisers were very friendly and helpful…
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