DIARY OF

EVENTS

Winner of the Bury Music Centre Bake off, judged by the Mayor of Bury and Consort, December 2016

SPRING TERM 2017

Thursday 26th January HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL SERVICE – FLUTE QUARTET Longfield Suite, Prestwich 7.00pm Thursday 2nd February

NEW YEAR CONCERT – BURY JUNIOR STRING ORCHESTRA, BURY INTERMEDIATE STRING ORCHESTRA, BURY JUNIOR BRASS BAND, BURY INTERMEDIATE BRASS BAND,

BURY JUNIOR CLARINET CHOIR, BURY TRAINING CLARINET CHOIR, BURY JUNIOR FLUTE CHOIR, BURY TRAINING FLUTE CHOIR, BURY INFANT VOICES

Longfield Suite, Prestwich 7.00pm Monday 20th – Saturday 25th February HALF TERM – NO REHEARSALS Saturday 4th March

BANDS CONCERT – BURY JUNIOR CONCERT BAND, BURY TRAINING CONCERT BAND, BURY YOUTH CONCERT BAND, BURY SAXOPHONE ENSEMBLE Morning rehearsals will take place at the venue: times tbc.

Peel Hall, University of Salford 7.00pm Monday 6th March

JOINT CONCERT WITH BURY GRAMMAR SCHOOL BURY YOUTH STRING ORCHESTRA Bury Grammar School, Bridge Road, Bury 7.00pm

Saturday 11th March ‘CHILDREN OF BURY SING’ BURY YOUTH STRING ORCHESTRA Castle Leisure Centre, Bury All day Sunday 12th March BRASS BAND CELEBRATION CONCERT BURY INTERMEDIATE BRASS BAND Peel Hall, University of Salford 6.00pm

Friday 17th March BURY WIND ENSEMBLE, BURY TROMBONE QUARTET, BURY INTERMEDIATE BRASS BAND, BURY INTERMEDIATE STRING ORCHESTRA, WOODHEY HIGH SCHOOL GUITAR GROUP & DERBY HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR Bolton Road Methodist Church 7.00pm

Saturday & Sunday 19th March ‘PURPLE FOR POLIO’ – ROTARY EVENT Provisional Times: Saturday Millgate Centre - BURY YOUNG VOICES 1.30 – 2.00 Sunday Millgate Centre - BURY YOUTH CONCERT BAND 12 – 12.45 BURY SAXOPHONE ENSEMBLE 12.45 – 1.15 BURY JUNIOR CONCERT BAND 1.15 – 1.45 BURY TRAINING CONCERT BAND 2.45 – 3.30 BURY JUNIOR STRING ORCHESTRA 3.30 – 4.00 The Rock - BURY JUNIOR BRASS BAND 2.15 – 3.15 Thursday 23rd March EVENING OF JAZZ WITH BURY CHURCH OF ENGLAND HIGH SCHOOL BURY YOUTH BIG BAND, BURY SAXOPHONE ENSEMBLE Bury Church of England High School, Haslam Brow, Bury 7.00pm Monday 20th – Saturday 25th March - LAST REHEARSALS OF TERM

FUTURE DATES

FIRST REHEARSALS OF SUMMER TERM – week commencing Tuesday 18

th April

Friday 21

st April – REHEARSAL FOR STOLLER HALL EVENT BELOW

Selected string players from Bury Music Service tbc.

Saturday 22

nd April – OPENING WEEKEND OF THE STOLLER HALL

Selected string players from Bury Music Service 11.15am Saturday 24

th June – GREATER MANCHESTER YOUTH CHORAL FESTIVAL

Stoller Hall, Chethams School of Music Sunday 25th June – BURY MUSIC CENTRE FESTIVAL SERIES #1 Featuring Bury Youth Big Band, with Bury Junior Brass Band, Bury Intermediate Brass Band, Bury Junior Concert Band, Bury Training Concert Band, Bury Junior String Orchestra, Bury Intermediate String Orchestra, Bury Infant Voices, Bury Young Voices, Bury Junior Clarinet Choir, Bury Training Clarinet Choir, Bury Junior Flute Choir, Bury Training Flute Choir, Bury Guitar Ensemble.

Bury Music Centre All day

Sunday 2

nd July – GM Hub Celebration Concert

All members of the GM Hub Brass Band, String and Wind Orchestras

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 3.00pm Sunday 9

th July – BURY MUSIC CENTRE FESTIVAL SERIES #2

Youth Orchestra, Bury Youth Concert Band, Youth Strings, Wind Ensemble, Sax Ensemble

Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester Morning rehearsals, 7.00pm concert _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sunday 18

th March 2018 – BANDS CONCERT

Bury Youth Concert Band, Bury Training Concert Band, Bury Junior Concert Band, Bury Sax Ensemble

Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester Morning rehearsals, 7.00pm concert

If pupils are unable to attend their rehearsals at any time, we ask that either a parent or pupil contact us

at the office during the day, or leave a message on the answer machine so that the apologies can be passed to the member of staff concerned. This will help reduce telephone calls to parents after the

event.

CONCERTS AND EVENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION

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