This June I will be travelling to England with the Weston Silver Band. The WSB is one of North America’s best brass bands and we are all very excited to be visiting the motherland of the British Brass Band tradition. As you can imagine, this is a very expensive undertaking and I would be most grateful if you would consider contributing to our Kick In Kilometres fund raising campaign. Please check out this winning performance from the 2017 North American Brass Band Association championships and visit us at our website to learn about our upcoming performances.
Weston Silver Band Places First at NABBA
I had the great pleasure of performing with the Weston Silver Band at the North American Brass Band Association championships March 10 and 11 2017 in Fort Wayne Indiana. We worked very hard in preparation for this event and were fortunate enough to place first in the First Division. Very exciting!
Weston Silver Band Goes Camping
The Weston Silver Band was in attendance at Camp Wehanowin near Orillia this weekend to work on repertoire for our upcoming season. The band is sounding great and this season promises to be amazing! I hope that you will join us for our concerts this season!
WSB in Rehearsal
CNE Mardi Gras Band
Playing with the CNE Band prior to the parade
I am having a lot of fun (and getting a lot of exercise) playing with some of Toronto’s finest musicians in the Mardi Gras Band at the CNE again this year. We perform daily, starting with a 10 minute performance just inside the Prince’s Gates followed by the parade. The parade steps off at 6pm, the pre-parade performance starts around 5:45 pm
Mardi Gras Band at CNE 2016
Weston Silver Band Performs in Cornwall, Ontario
On Saturday, May 7, 2016 I had the great pleasure of performing withThe Weston Silver Band when we travelled to Cornwall Ontario to perform a concert of British brass band music. The Aultsville Theatre is a beautiful venue with very nice acoustics and our performance was warmly received by audience members who turned out in large numbers for the event.
Many Thanks to the Cornwall Concert Series Association
The Aultsville Theatre in Cornwall Ontario
and members of the audience for making us feel so welcome and I hope we have the opportunity to perform in Cornwall again in the not too distant future.
Weston Silver Band Impressive at NABBA Championships
The Embassy Theatre was home to the 2016 NABBA competition
I had the great pleasure of performing with the Weston Silver Band at the North American Brass Band Championships in Fort Wayne Indiana. The band placed 2nd in division one and was only a whisker away from winning the division title. Many thanks to Larry Shields, Theresa MacDonald and all of the band members who made me feel so welcome. It was a joy to perform with such fine musicians.
TheJazzBox.ca
It’s time to mention once again the treasure trove of talented Canadian jazz artists to be found at thejazzbox.ca
I am very pleased to have my own jazz tuba album Buckhorn Morning available on the site and the site is THE place to go to find out about the Canadian jazz scene. Please check out the site!
Doug Burrell Buckhorn Morning available at thejazzbox.ca
Dixie Demons in Waterloo
The Dixie Demons will be playing at the Royal Canadian Legion on Saturday, January 16, 2016 from 2pm to 5 pm. Please note the new address as the Legion has moved. The new location is 316 Marsland Drive in Waterloo. Please click Here to see a map and directions.
This should be a great concert with lots of high energy playing from all the members of the band. Hope to see you there!
Doug
Brassackwards Christmas Concert
on Monday, December 14, 2015 at 8 p.m., Brassackwards will be performing our third annual Christmas Concert at The Smiling Buddha, 961 College Street in Toronto. It should be a great concert. Brassackwards is an eight piece brass group (four trumpets, three trombones and tuba) with some very talented musicians and great arrangements. It’s a great band to play tuba in with some very exciting charts. Please click here to go to our Facebook events page . I hope to see you there!
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