Annual Concert 2012 – Featuring Phillip McCann
Posted by admin in Concerts, General News on March 25th, 2012
UNISON Kinneil Band will hold its Annual Concert on Friday 13th April in Bo’ness Town Hall at 7:30pm. Our very special guest for the evening will be the world famous cornet soloist Phillip McCann.
Phillip McCann is renowned all over the world for his unique style and tone quality and his acclaimed series of CD’s on the Chandos label – The World’s Most Beautiful Melodies – is universally admired; they are featured regularly on BBC Radio, Television and Classic FM. His mastery of the cornet has attracted composers with orchestrations for film and TV soundtracks such as “Anna of the Five Towns”, “Woman of Substance” and “Hetty Wainthropp Investigates” – the latter receiving an Ivor Novello Award for Best Music Commission. Bo’ness born and bred, Phillip first learned to play in Kinneil Band before heading south to occupy the principal cornet position in famous bands such as Fairy Aviation and Black Dyke Mills– it is great to welcome Phillip back home to perform at our Annual Concert this year.
UNISON Kinneil Band is also delighted to feature its immensely successful Kinneil Youth Band, who will perform a series of pieces on the evening. The Youth Band has continued to grow over the year – gaining a Gold Award at their first ever competition and a Silver Award at the Scottish Youth Brass Band Championships. The youngsters always delight the audience with their musical performances.
Tickets costing £8 (£6 concessions) are available from Lyons Hardware (South Street, Bo’ness), from any band member or by calling Brian Holmes on 01506 822388. We advise you purchase your tickets as early as possible as demand is expected to be extremely high.
The address for Bo’ness Town Hall is as follows:
Stewart Avenue
Bo’ness
EH51 9NJ
Prize Bingo
Posted by admin in General News on March 19th, 2012
UNISON Kinneil Band are holding a Prize Bingo on Wednesday 21st March 2012 in Kinneil Bowling Club. Tickets for the night are priced at only £1. Tickets are on sale now and can be bought from Kinneil Bowling Club, Any Band Member or by calling Ruth Kelly (01506 828721).
EYES DOWN AT 7:30PM - Please bring your own cup.
Runner-Up Award at the Scottish Solo Championships
Posted by admin in General News, Results on February 5th, 2012
Christopher Hamilton (16) was announced as the Runner-Up at this year’s Scottish Solo Championships. Christopher, who currently sits on the Solo Horn chair with UNISON Kinneil Band, entered in the 16 and under age category in the competition that was held on Saturday 4th February in the Howden Park Centre in Livingston. He chose to play the challenging Horn Solo ‘Silver Threads Amongst the Gold’ by William Rimmer. Christopher adds the Scottish Solo Runner-Up medal to his East of Scotland Winners Medal that he won in September.
Prize Bingo
Posted by admin in General News on February 5th, 2012
UNISON Kinneil Band is holding a Prize Bingo in aid of funds on Wednesday 21st March 2012 in Kinneil Bowling Club. Tickets are priced at ONLY £1 and are on sale now at Kinneil Bowling Club, from any band member or by contacting Scott on 01506 823461 (E-mail: scottwilliamgardner@gmail.com).
Anyone attending the Prize Bingo is reminded to bring your own cup. Eyes down at 7:30pm.
Russ Young to lead Unison Kinneil Band at Scottish Championships
Posted by admin in General News on January 16th, 2012
UNISON Kinneil Band is thrilled to announce that Russ Young will be conducting the band at this year’s Scottish First Section Championships. Russ has worked tirelessly over the last couple of months in his current Resident Conductors role with Kinneil. The band has responded extremely positively towards the approach Russ has decided to take with the set test piece ‘Mountain Views’ by Betrand Moren. The 2012 Scottish First Section Championship take place on Sunday 11th March in the Rothes Hall, Glenrothes.
The band also has a vacancy for a Solo Cornet player – if you are interested in joining a friendly, ambitious and hard working band then please contact our Secretary Robert Doherty via email at robertdoherty@blueyonder.co.uk or by mobile on 07843 421826.
Welcome in the New Year with Kinneil
Posted by admin in General News on December 29th, 2011
Kinneil Senior Band and Youth Band will be bringing in the New Year at Kinneil Bowling Club and Fisons Social Club on Monday 2nd January 2012.
Players and friends will be meeting at the Bandhall at 2pm on Monday and will move onto Kinneil Bowling Club for 2.30pm and then to Fisons Social Club for 4pm. Please come along and support the band and enjoy the new year with us. Anyone outwith the band are more than welcome to play please can you send an email to Ruth Kelly at gkellytuba@aol.com.
Christmas Concert
Posted by admin in Concerts, General News on December 8th, 2011
UNISON Kinneil Band look forward to getting together with the Youth Band on Friday 9th December for a joint Christmas Concert. The evening promises to get everyone into that Christmas spirit. Kicking the evening off will be the award winning Kinneil Youth Band starting at 7:30pm in Kinneil Bowling Club.
Tickets priced at ONLY £5 are selling very fast but there are some still available from Kinneil Bowling Club, Brian Holmes on 822388, Ruth Kelly on 828721 or from any other Band Member. We hope to see all our friends and supporters on the night!
Kinneil Welcome New Resident
Posted by admin in General News on November 30th, 2011
Russell Young Resident Conductor
UNISON Kinneil Band is delighted to announce the appointment of Russell Young as Resident Conductor.
Russ started his musical career at the age of seven as a trumpet/cornet player in Ripon, North Yorkshire and has played with various Championship Brass bands in the north. After gaining A level music at the Harrogate College of Arts and Technology he joined the Royal Marines Band Service in 1993 at Deal and completed his training in 1995, gaining awards for the best cornet player and the aural cup. In September that year, he joined the Royal Marines Band Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, Devon where he became the band’s principal cornet player, a position he held for over 10 years. During that time the BRNC band had many engagements internationally, highlights being San Diego, Oregon, Naples, Cyprus and Finland.
In September 2005 he attended the M1 music course passing with distinction. He was promoted to Band Sergeant in April 2006 and completed the twelve month Warrant Officer Bandmaster course in April 2007 gaining a LRSM diploma in music direction (Wind Band) and AMusTCL diploma in Musical Theory, Criticism and Literature. Following the Bandmaster course he joined RM Band Portsmouth and was fortunate enough to travel to Japan as part of a Brass Quintet and perform trumpet solos on the Mountbatten Festival of Music and the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall.
In April 2009 he was promoted to Colour Sergeant then later to Acting Warrant Officer 2nd Class to take on the role of the RM Band Service Engagements Co-ordinator at Headquarters, organising and planning the programme for all the Royal Marines Bands. He obtained a First Class Honours Degree in Music in the same year.
Russ was appointed as Resident Conductor of Ocean Brass in 2009 and led them to a credible 2nd place at the SCABA Contest in Folkstone. He then moved to Chichester City Brass for the last 6 months of 2010 winning the same contest the next again year.
Russ was appointed as Bandmaster of The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Scotland in January 2011 and resides in Rosyth with his wife Kerry and daughter Jasmine. UNISON Kinneil Band are thrilled to have appointed someone as experienced as Russ and we hope to have an extremely successful 2012 under his residency.
UNISON Kinneil Band would also like to take this opportunity to thank Paul Drury for the sterling effort and hard work he put in over the last few years with the band. He also contributed significantly in expanding the bands personal library and everyone at Kinneil wishes Paul all the very best in the future.
Silver Award at Scottish Youth Brass Band Championships
Posted by admin in General News, Results on November 27th, 2011
On Saturday 26th November Kinneil Youth Band met at the Kinneil Band Hall at 7am where a bus was waiting to take them to compete in the Scottish Youth Brass Band Championships at Perth Concert Hall.
Taking to the stage at 9am, from a first draw, the Band impressed the Adjudicators: David Childs & Ian Porthouse with a fine selection ranging from the march Blaze Away to The William Tell Overture. The band were awarded a Silver Award for their performance. A total of 8 bands from across the whole of Scotland competed in the Development Section for players aged 16 and under.
Kinneil Youth Band Conductor, Scott Gardner, was delighted with the performance “The kids have worked tremendously hard over the last couple of months and should be incredibly proud of their performance and the Silver Award that they achieved at the Scottish Youth Brass Band Championships.”
The day, however, wasn’t over as the Youth Band rushed back on the bus and headed for Glasgow. A long standing engagement for UNISON Kinneil Band is to play at the STUC St Andrews Day March which has an Anti Racism theme. Arriving at Glasgow Green just in time for an 11am start, the Youth Band managed to meet up with members of the Senior Kinneil Band. Once formed up the combined Band marched through the centre of Glasgow in very windy and wet conditions. Marching along at the back of the Band were some mothers and a Grandparent of some Youth Band members who came along to lend their support for the day! After about an hour the march arrived at The Glasgow Film Theatre where a rally took place. Everyone from both the Senior and Youth Band were delighted to get back on the bus for Bo’ness wet and tired after such a busy morning.
Both the Youth and Senior Band look forward to getting together again on Friday 9th December at 7:30pm in Kinneil Bowling Club for a joint Christmas Concert. Tickets priced £5 are available from Kinneil Bowling Club, Brian Holmes on 822388, Ruth Kelly on 828721or from any Band Member.
Kinneil Youth Band in Action at the Scottish Youth Brass Band Championships
Help to Raise Funds – for Kinneil for FREE!!!
Posted by admin in General News on November 23rd, 2011
If you are shopping online for your Christmas presents this year, then why don’t you use easyfundraising to help raise some much needed funds for the band? Remember it’s completely free and won’t add any extra expense to your shopping!
It’s very simple – just visit http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/kb/ to register and shop with over 2000 well known retailers like Amazon, Argos, M&S, eBay and many more. Whenever you buy something, the retailer makes a donation to Kinneil Band. They’ve helped other causes raise over £2,000,000 and Kinneil Band has managed to raise nearly £500 so it really does work!
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