During Foden's recent performance at the Festival of Brass in Manchester, the band gave a world premier performance of composer in residence Andy Scott's new work "Spirit of Mingus".
A video is now available of the live performance. Click below for full details and to view the video in full.
Patrons Choice V is dedicated to Granville Jennings who joined the band on Soprano Cornet in 1963, helping them to win the 1964 British Open Brass Band Championship under the legendary conductor, Rex Mortimer.
Staying with Fodens until 1974, he moved to Royal Doulton Band, under the baton of Ted Gray (former principal cornet with Fodens) and was then enticed by a conducting position of his own at Berisford Band where he remained from 1978 until 1990 .
Granville then returned to his first love, Fodens Band, where he has worked alongside his friend, Jimmie Charles, with the music library ever since. Patrons Choice V continues in similar style to the first four volumes, i.e. repertoire of an easy-listening nature and featuring the band s stunning array of soloists.
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The band maintains a world class reputation for providing quality entertainment in the field of brass music with a traditional and unique style. The repertoire includes the full spectrum from light popular music both old and new through operatic, film and light orchestral works to the serious original brass band music performed by outstanding soloists and supported by an enviable collection of fine musicians.
The aim of the band is to consistently provide music of the highest quality at a cost which reflects outstanding value for money. The benefits for concert promoters are the guarantee that the reputation and stature maintained will always command audiences which fill concert venues. The top British brass bands are renowned throughout the world for the standard and quality of their concert performances and the Foden's Band are no exception. Recent highlights have included radio and television work as well as a Scandinavian tour.
To keep ‘up to date’ and make use of social network sites ‘Foden’s Youth’, as we call ourselves, have also become regular posters on sites such as ‘Twitter’ and ‘Facebook’ and now have our own very popular pages! Through these sites we hope to encourage many more youngsters to follow Foden's Band and the Youth Patrons.
The web page has some great articles, photographs, competitions, a shop, ‘tips from the top’, and many other exciting features. To ensure we constantly produce what the youngsters want to see, we have even formed a ‘working party’ made up of Young patrons themselves. The first Working Party, held very recently, had the fun task of approving a new logo for the Youth side of things. The logo was designed by one of Foden’s Bands partners Wright’s printers from Sandbach.
To keep ‘up to date’ and make use of social network sites ‘Foden’s Youth’, as we call ourselves, have also become regular posters on sites such as ‘Twitter’ and ‘Facebook’ and now have our own very popular pages! Through these sites we hope to encourage many more youngsters to follow Foden's Band and the Youth Patrons.