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A Clean Sweep!
Friary swept the board at the recent scaba Autumn Contest at The Hawth, Crawley. With a set programme to comprise a test piece and hymn...
Oct 1, 2018


Friary Diary - Issue 44 - September 2018
Welcome to Friary Diary issue 44 - a one page monthly round up of news about the Friary Guildford Brass Band. WESTMINSTER CONCERT: Last...
Oct 1, 2018


Friary Diary - Issue 43 - August 2018
Welcome to Friary Diary issue 43 - a one page monthly round up of news about the Friary Guildford Brass Band. GODALMING BANDSTAND: Friary...
Sep 1, 2018


Friary Diary - Issue 42 - July 2018
Welcome to Friary Diary issue 42 - a one page monthly round up of news about the Friary Guildford Brass Band. CORPUS CHRISTI PARADE: Once...
Jul 29, 2018


Friary Christmas Carolling Helps Air Ambulance Lift Off
Playing Christmas carols helped Friary Guildford Band support the Kent Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust with a donation of £1,116...
Jul 24, 2018


Corpus Christi
Once again, Friary provided the musical background for the festival of Corpus Christi in Westerham yesterday. On a blazing hot day, the...
Jul 24, 2018


Friary In Full Bloom
There are few more quintessentially British sounds than a brass band, nor events than a flower show, so Friary’s return to the Pyrford...
Jul 24, 2018


Top Kat for Friary!
Friary have boosted the strength of its cornet ranks as they look towards the second half of the year. Katherine (Kat) Hawkins, joins...
Jul 24, 2018


Talented Young Percussionist A Big Hit With Friary!
Friary Guildford is delighted to welcome percussionist William Rowling to the Band. From a brass-playing family, William started...
Jul 24, 2018


Flying High with Friary
Latest recruit for Friary Guildford is former Bandmaster of the RAF Regiment and the RAF Central Bands, David Richards who joins the Band...
Jul 24, 2018


Friary Diary - Issue 41 - June 2018
Welcome to Friary Diary issue 41 - a one page monthly round up of news about the Friary Guildford Brass Band. FRIARY HELPS AIR AMBULANCE...
Jul 2, 2018


Friary Diary - Issue 40 - May 2018
Welcome to Friary Diary issue 40 - a one page monthly round up of news about the Friary Guildford Brass Band. BLACKPOOL ROCK: Once again...
Jul 2, 2018


Friary Diary - Issue 39 - April 2018
Welcome to Friary Diary issue 39 - a one page monthly round up of news about the Friary Guildford Brass Band. STOP PRESS: FRIARY TROMBONE...
May 1, 2018


Friary Diary - Issue 38 - March 2018
Welcome to Friary Diary issue 38 - a one page monthly round up of news about the Friary Guildford Brass Band. LONDON & SOUTHERN COUNTIES...
Apr 6, 2018


Friary push the boundaries!
Last year it was a hat-trick, so to continue the cricketing analogy, this year it’s a four and a six! Earlier this month, Friary...
Apr 6, 2018


Friary Diary - Issue 37 - February 2018
Welcome to Friary Diary issue 37 - a one page monthly round up of news about the Friary Guildford Brass Band. BEST OF BRITT-ISH!: We are...
Mar 1, 2018


Friary Diary - Issue 36 - January 2018
BUTLIN'S MINEWORKERS CONTEST: Happy New Year! Skegness may not be everyone’s choice for a weekend break in January, but in recent years...
Feb 1, 2018


Best of Britt-ish for Friary!
Friary Guildford is delighted to announce that top soprano cornet player, Martin Britt, has joined the Band. Martin has long been...
Jan 20, 2018


Friary Diary - Issue 35 - December 2017
JANUARY: As for the last two years, 2017 started with a long but very worthwhile trip North with Friary invited to make a further...
Jan 1, 2018


Friary Diary - Issue 34 - November 2017
TONY FORD: At the end of October we received the very sad news that Tony Ford, a founder member of Friary Guildford Band, passed away...
Dec 1, 2017
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