The Brecon Town Concert Band has been entertaining people across Mid Wales and beyond for half a century and it is inviting new members to come and join them in making music.

The group includes wind, brass and percussion players of all levels - from learners to professionals, aged from eight to eighty. The repertoire takes in a wide range of music. What’s more members reckon they can get non-musicians starting to play in just six months!

The Band is all about sharing their love of music with the public. They stage shows at Theatr Brycheiniog, many local agricultural shows, in bandstands, on sea fronts, in gardens and in Bethel Square. The total runs to some two dozen events a year. And the range of music is mind-boggling!

“We play arrangements of pop songs, film music, TV scores, stage music, classical music, jazz and Christmas carols,” explains conductor and director Dave Jones.

 

“From Abba to Wallace and Gromit, via Elton John, Take That and Tchaikovsky. (Look below for a list of the current repertoire.) Rehearsals happen at Theatr Brycheiniog from 7-9pm on Monday evenings with band members playing fun music and having a good time.

“I’ve got a very light-hearted approach,” adds Dave. “And I think people appreciate that. We don’t take ourselves too seriously, but we do play to a decent standard, and we do have fun.”

 

So do you need an instrument? “No! If you haven’t got an instrument,” says band member Mavis, “we’ve got instruments. So there’s nothing to stop you coming along, unless you’re doing something else on a Monday evening. In which case I’d suggest you change!” “I’d say give it a go,” adds Emma, another band member. “What have you got to lose?
We’re a really nice bunch.”

And if you need a band for an event, give Dave Jones a shout to discuss where and when. The Band has posted a range of videos, as co-productions with Brecon Story on YouTube here: 

● Welcome to Brecon Band – Brecon Show 2022 (Music: Green Onions)
● Band for Hire – Brecon Jazz Festival, Bethel Square 2022 (Music: Copacabana, Lady Marmalade)
● Time and Travel – The band from 1967 to now (Music: Doctor Who highlights)
● Great Escape – The band’s answer to lockdown!

Or just drop in at rehearsals from 7pm on a Monday evening at Theatr Brycheiniog! 

 

Meet the Band 
An opportunity to meet the band, hear them play, talk to them about joining, and try some instruments! Saturday 12th November 2022, Llangors Community Centre, Llangors LD3 7TR

Carol Concerts
Get into the festive spirit with the sound of Christmas carols, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, Do they know it’s Christmas, All I want for Christmas is You, and much, much
more!

Bethel Square, every Saturday in December (3rd,10th,17th,24th) between 11am and 1pm.

If you would like to hear the band, hire them or even join them, please email Dave Jones, at conductorbtcb@aol.com or call 07779 390954. The Band’s website is https://www.brecontownband.com

What the band playing?

Abba Gold
Africa
Aladdin (Music from)
Alley Cat
Amparito Roca
A-Team
The Avengers
Back to the Future
Batman Theme (Original)
Beauty and the Beast
Beguine Festival
Behind The Mask
Beyond The Sea
Birdland
Bonanza
Burning Love
Chicago
City of Stars
Come Fly With Me
Copacabana
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Defying Gravity
Despacito
District of Columbia
Doctor Who (Theme)
Doctor Who (Highlights from)
Don’t Stop Me Now
Entry of the Gladiators
Epic Gaming Themes
Everybody Needs Somebody
Eye of the Tiger
Family Guy
Faroese Circle Dance
Feel It Still
Fiddler on the Roof
Formula One Theme
Frozen II (Music from)
Gabriel’s Oboe
Game of Thrones
Get Smart
Ghostbusters
Go West
God Only Knows
Greatest Showman (Highlights from)
Gonna Fly Now
Great Escape
Green Onions
Harlem Nocturne
Hawaii Five-O
I Drove All Night
I See You
Irish Party in Third Class
It Don’t Mean A Thing
It’s Not Unusual
James Bond Theme
Jump, Jive and Wail
Jurassic Park
La Bamba
Lady Marmalade
Lion King (Selections from)
LMR600 Gordon
Mambo No.5
Mas Que Nada
Mission Impossible
Moana (Highlights from)
Muppet Show Theme
A Night in Tunisia
One Moment in Time
Peter Gunn Theme
Pink Panther
Pirates of the Caribbean (Soundtrack highlights)
Puttin’ on the Ritz
Raiders of the Lost Ark Medley
Rain
Rhapsody in Blue
Rocketman (Highlights from)
Rock Around The Clock
Shrek (Medley from)
The Simpsons
Skyfall
Slumdog Millionaire (Music from)
Sogno di Volare
Something Stupid
Somewhere Out There
Soul Bossa Nova
Spiderman (Theme from)
St. Thomas
Suspicious Minds
Sweet Caroline
Take On Me
Tara’s Theme (from Gone With the Wind)
That's Entertainment
This Is Me
Walking on Sunshine
Wallace and Gromit
We Are The Champions
West Side Story
What A wonderful World
Wings of Freedom
Yakety Sax
Yesterday
You Can’t Stop The Beat
Plus a whole range of Christmas music!