News

Happy New Year to all of our friends and supporters!! After a "snow-affected" Christmas, 2011 has finally arrived and we are now looking forward to our areas contest in March at To... Read More

Phoenix Playing in the Snow Last Friday saw the "hard core" few from Phoenix play Christmas Carols at the Crewkerne Light Switch On ... in the snow!!! This is the first time I can ... Read More

Due to work commitments we have said goodbye to 4 members of the band. Tom & Caron Lisett, Steve Taylor and Jim Packer. The Band would like to thank you all for your hard work and ... Read More

Following the recent departures there are a few empty gaps to be filled within the band. We now have positions open for 1 st & 2 nd Baritone, Bass Trombone and a Percussionist. We... Read More

Following on from our recent successful outing to the Exmouth Entertainment Contest, we took part in the SWBBA Annual Championships last Saturday (6th November), playing Philip Sparkes Kaliedescop... Read More

Over the last few weeks we are pleased to say that we have had some very talented players join. We are also glad to say that they are all Cornet players. Our new players are Anne, Julia and Andrew... Read More

While the “ True and Grown Up “ musicians in the Band went to listen to the best bands in the World at the National Brass Band Championships 2010 in the Royal Albert Hall, our New Cond... Read More

We played here as the Reigning Champions 2009. This was our first Contest under are new and talented ( he made me say talented! ) Musical Director Dave Hatton ATCL who chose the programme of music... Read More

It was with great joy that on 28th August 2010 at Barrington Village Fete that the Band welcomed their very latest talented new recruits and played their first Concert with the Band. Mark &a... Read More

Along with having Mark & Hannah’s talents on show we also had many talented players from Durnovaria Band from Dorchester. Some of our players were on Holiday and our Guests fitted ... Read More

After a few weeks of auditions and advertising, we are pleased to announce that we have appointed a new Musical Director, Dave Hatton. Dave is professional musician serving in the Army, based in Bovi... Read More

After 4 successful years, Paul Slator has decided it is time to move onto pastures new, therefore Phoenix Brass Band of Crewkerne, Somerset are inviting applicants for the position of Resident M... Read More

Thanks to Paul The band are very sorry to announce that after 4 very successful years with the band our musical director Paul Slator will be stepping down as MD. Paul is not only an extremely acc... Read More

Torquay Regionals Disappointment for Local Bands On Sunday the band all arrived in Torquay for an 8.30am  rehearsal at a nearby hotel, a little early for us all and possibly for the ... Read More

The band are excited to announce that later in the year we will be recording our first CD. It seems appropriate to choose this year as it coincides with the bands 15th anniversary since forming a... Read More