Welcome To The Bedford Town Brass Band Website
New and visiting players are always welcome.
Bedford Town Concert Brass
Bedford Town Concert Brass has proved very successful and provides a great musical outlet for players who want to enjoy playing a wide variety of concert repertoire but have no desire to contest.
Along with rehearsing programmes of varied music, the band aims to balance extending the players abilities while making the experience enjoyable, sociable, and fun for all.
The band has excellent membership and provides a progression for players from the Brass Academy and Progress Band.
Concert Brass has built up a following with its entertaining programmes playing a range of concerts and bandstands.
The band is conducted by Darren Smith, a musician who is a very experienced bass player and music teacher, previously with HM Royal Marines Band, currently with the Central Band Of The Royal British Legion, and often performing with various regional brass bands .
Concert Brass rehearses once a week on Monday Evenings from 7.15pm to 9pm in the Primary Hall, Newnham Middle School, Polhill Avenue, Bedford, MK41 9DT.
Upcoming Events
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Concert Brass Events
4th July 2026, 17:00 – 18:00 – Old Warden Airfield (Shuttleworth), Biggleswade – Triumph Stag Car Club Concert
19th July 2026, 11:00 – 12:30 – Bedford Town Bridge, St Mary’s St, Bedford – Bedford River Festival Concert
23rd August 2026, 14:00 – 16:00 – Wixams Retirement Village, Bedford – Concert
30th August 2026, 14:30 – 17:00 – Great Denham , Bedford – Village Fete
3rd Oct 2026, TBA – Priory Church, Bedford – Annual Concert
8th November 2026, 10:00 – Embankment War Memorial, Bedford – Remembrance Service
12th December 2026, 18:30 – 19:30 – St Marks Church, Bedford – Carols In The Car Park
21st December 2026, TBA – Wixams Retirement Village, Bedford – Christmas Carol
Latest News
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Saddleworth Whit Friday March Contest 2026
Concert Brass are back from another fabulous weekend performing at the Saddleworth Whit Friday March Contest . Thanks to all the volunteers, spectators and competing bands and followers who make this event so amazing. The band didn’t win any of the village prizes this year but achieved a very respectable 36th overall place out of the 154 bands who performed at the contest.
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All Bands Concert
On Saturday 9th May, Town Band, Concert Brass, Progress Brass and Academy Brass, performed a joint concert with a wide range of music, and including some combined pieces across the bands. All the income from the ticket sales was donated to the PTA of Castle Newnham School, our current home and the concert venue.
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MS Therapy Centre St George’s Day Charity Concert
Bedford Town Band Concert Brass will be performing a Charity Concert in aid of The Bedford MS Therapy Centre, on Sunday 26th April 2026, 3pm at St Mark’s Church, Calder Rise, Brickhill, Bedford, MK41 7UY.
Tickets (Adults £12, Concessions & Accompanied Children under 12 £2.50) available form the Bedford MS Therapy Centre of online at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/bedfordmstherapycentre/2070810 .
Price includes cakes and tea/coffee.
Our History
Video of The History Of Concert Brass
(from our 25th Anniversary Concert)
Our Players
| Conductor | Darren Smith |
| Soprano Cornet | Rosemary Fisher |
| Solo Cornets | Andy Bent (Principal) David Fisher Tanya Pitt Nick Carter Mark Glover |
| Repiano Cornet | Katie Wright Aiden Moore |
| 2nd Cornets | Andrew Eriksson Fiona Cartwright |
| 3rd Cornets | Alice Muzzlewhite Samantha Charlton |
| Flugel Horn | Callum Shields |
| Solo Horn | Angelina Gooding |
| 1st Horn | Katerina Bent |
| 2nd Horn | Tracey Foster |
| 1st Baritone | Mollie Muzzlewhite |
| 2nd Baritone | Sue Blunt |
| Solo Euphonium | Steve Gadsden |
| 2nd Euphonium | David Abrahams |
| Solo Trombone | Laurel Hodgkinson |
| 2nd Trombone | Emma Deards Paul Riggett David Barlow |
| Bass Trombone | Alex Gould |
| Eb Bass | Geoff Gaylor Alistair Staddon Barry Smith |
| Bb Bass | Graham Went Vacancy |
| Percussion | Jamie Bent Hannah Collins |
| Drums | Ricky Spencer |
Gallery
