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About South Berks Concert Band

South Berks Concert Band is a community woodwind, brass and percussion music group which has performed in and around the Reading and West Berkshire area for over 45 years, since our formation in 1976. We are normally based in Mortimer, Berkshire, rehearsing most Friday evenings at Mortimer Methodist Church Hall, but for a while we have to allow for social distancing and other Covid 19 precautions, so have temporarily located to the Community Hall in Tadley, which is a larger space.
 
We currently have over forty members from the local area who have a mix of ages, experience and abilities, but all pride ourselves on our commitment to improving the band and helping build each other’s musicianship in order to bring great quality live music to our audiences.
 
Whatever your tastes in music, whether that be film scores, selections from musicals, jazz pieces, traditional marches, contemporary wind band music, classical works, original compositions or arrangements of your favourite pop music, it is all there waiting for you to hear and enjoy at our concerts. Why not discover the delight of listening to a live performance for yourself?  The band includes 16 different types of wind instrument: woodwind such as flutes, clarinets and saxophones, and brass such as trumpets, trombones and French horns. There are also many different percussion instruments, ranging from the tiny triangle to huge timpani. The different combinations of instruments in a windband can create some wonderful sounds that you may not expect!
 
We perform several concerts each year, including evening concerts, afternoon family events, and at local fayres and bandstands, as well as going on tour abroad and performing at local charitable events. Our most recent concerts have taken place at St Mary's Church in Burghfield.

We are a self-supporting group, and over the years have helped raise thousands of pounds for charity. 
SBCB: Summer Concert 2015, Mortimer. Photo: MJK Photography
SBCB Musical Director, Paul Speed
SBCB Anniversary Concert 2016
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