Welcome to Friary Diary issue 128 - a monthly round up of news about the Friary Brass Band. LEWES BONFIRE PARADE: Amid fireworks, effigies and tableaux, Friary Brass Band marched through  the streets of Lewes, East Sussex on 5 th  November, once again entertaining the thousands of spectators at the town’s historic Bonfire Night celebrations.  Believed to be the largest event of its kind in the UK, it not only remembers the 1605 'Gunpowder Plot' but also the town’s 17 Protesta

Amid fireworks, effigies and tableaux, Friary Brass Band marched through the streets of Lewes, East Sussex, once again entertaining the thousands of spectators at the town’s historic Bonfire Night celebrations.  Believed to be the largest event of its kind in the UK, it not only remembers the 1605 'Gunpowder Plot' but also the town’s 17 Protestant martyrs who were burnt at the stake during religious persecutions in the reign of Queen Mary.  Each one is commemorated by a fiery

Welcome to Friary Diary issue 127 - a monthly round up of news about the Friary Brass Band. A NEW FACE AND THE RETURN OF A FAMILIAR ONE FOR FRIARY: Friary is pleased to announce two new signings, Joe Latham on tenor horn and Nigel Winter on cornet, who returns after an absence of six years. Nigel began playing the cornet aged eight, joining the Camberley Silver Junior Band after taking lessons from Gerallt Hughes, its conductor and a local school music teacher.  Progression i

Our warmest congratulations go to our principal tenor horn player and military musician, Morgan Marston and his bride Chloe, who tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony in North Wales on 6th September.  Chloe - an opera singer, youth choir conductor and teacher – and Morgan first met while studying at the Guildhall where a chance encounter in the student union sparked their relationship. Now happily married, they’re looking forward to a big honeymoon adventure in 2026 — and per

Friary is pleased to announce two new signings, Nigel Winter on cornet, who returns after an absence of six years, and Joe Latham on tenor horn. Nigel began playing the cornet aged eight, joining the Camberley Silver Junior Band after taking lessons from Gerallt Hughes, its conductor and a local school music teacher.  Progression into the main band followed and he played there for 14 years moving onto flugel horn in the latter years.  After a short break, he joined the Friary

Welcome to Friary Diary issue 126 - a monthly round up of news about the Friary Brass Band. GOODBYE TO JANE: No, I don’t mean the 1972...

Welcome to Friary Diary issue 125 - a monthly round up of news about the Friary Brass Band. MEMORY LANE: Well, July was what could best...

Welcome to Friary Diary issue 124 - a monthly round up of news about the Friary Brass Band. SUMMER SERENADE AT ST NICOLAS - TEA FOR TWO...

photo: Shirley West Friary cornet player Simon Persin was again part of Guildford’s flag-raising ceremony to mark Armed  Forces Week on...

Amongst the 400 musicians taking part in the recent King’s Birthday Parade were Friary players Jack Beer (cornet) and Morgan Marston...

Recent concertgoers at St Nicolas Church, Great Bookham were treated to Friary Brass Band’s broad programme of music, ranging from the...

Welcome to Friary Diary issue 123 - a monthly round up of news about the Friary Brass Band. GRAND SHIELD CONTEST REVIEW: Sadly, it was...

A sunny Sunday afternoon in the park, family picnics on the grass, cattle grazing in the nearby meadow by the river, and a brass band...

A charity concert held at Wellington College earlier this month saw three generations of Friary’s flugel player, Lauren Straker’s family...

Sadly, it was another case of Friary travelling in hope to Blackpool for the British Open Spring Festival’s Grand Shield contest last...

Welcome to Friary Diary issue 122 - a monthly round up of news about the Friary Brass Band. GRAND SHIELD OPEN REHEARSAL: After the...

Welcome to Friary Diary issue 121 - a monthly round up of news about the Friary Brass Band. DISAPPOINTMENT FOR FRIARY AT STEVENAGE: ‘A...

‘A tough result, but we’ll take it on the chin and move on,’ reflected Friary Chairman, David Wicks, after our disappointing result at...

Aspiring young brass players from Ibstock Place School, Roehampton and Wandsworth primary schools received a boost from playing alongside...

Welcome to Friary Diary issue 120 - a monthly round up of news about the Friary Brass Band. IBSTOCK PLACE SCHOOL BRASS DAY: Our first...