We’re proud to support Julia’s House charity in 2025
We’re supporting Julia's House as our chosen charity for 2025, by raising funds and awareness through concerts and events.
Isle of Wight tour, 2024
Our Isle of Wight tour 2024 was SO good! Packed full of two concerts, horse riding, crazy golf, walking, swimming and a ride on a steam train.
Spotlight on: Martin - one year at BDCB
One year at BDCB flies by! Martin, one of our saxophonists, joined us last year and shares his experience of joining and playing with our band.
Joyful xylophone solo, a first for band
We spoke to our first ever xylophone soloist, Olly, to find out about his percussion background and performing Joyful Skeleton in our Spring concert.
Taskmaster chaos: potato sculptures, toilet roll towers and stuffing pyjama bottoms
We re-created Taskmaster which led to all sorts of chaos including toilet roll towers, potato sculptures and pyjama stuffing!
One year of online meet-ups
As we reach one year since the first lockdown, flute player Rebecca looks back on the year and what our weekly Thursday online meet-ups have meant to her.
Band memories... like the corners of our minds
We spent an evening reminiscing and laughing about band memories over the last 30 years, by playing 'guess whose memory' along with the year it happened!
What instruments are in a concert band?
Concert band instruments are mainly from the woodwind, brass and percussion families. Learn which instruments make up a full concert band.