Welcome To The Bedford Town Brass Band Website
New and visiting players are always welcome.
Bedford Town Concert Brass
Bedford Town Concert Brass has proved very successful and provides a great musical outlet for players who want to enjoy playing a wide variety of concert repertoire but have no desire to contest.
Along with rehearsing programmes of varied music, the band aims to balance extending the players abilities while making the experience enjoyable, sociable, and fun for all.
The band has excellent membership and provides a progression for players from the Brass Academy and Progress Band.
Concert Brass has built up a following with its entertaining programmes playing a range of concerts and bandstands.
The band is conducted by Darren Smith, a musician who is a very experienced bass player and music teacher, previously with HM Royal Marines Band, currently with the Central Band Of The Royal British Legion, and often performing with various regional brass bands .
Concert Brass rehearses once a week on Monday Evenings from 7.15pm to 9pm in the Primary Hall, Newnham Middle School, Polhill Avenue, Bedford, MK41 9DT.
Latest News
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All Bands Concert
Join us on Saturday 9th May to enjoy a wide range of music from Town Band, Concert Brass, Progress Brass and Academy Brass, with some combined pieces across the bands.
All income from our ticket sales will be donated to the PTA of Castle Newnham School, our current home and the concert venue!
Tickets £10, free for under 18s
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MS Therapy Centre St George’s Day Charity Concert
Bedford Town Band Concert Brass will be performing a Charity Concert in aid of The Bedford MS Therapy Centre, on Sunday 26th April 2026, 3pm at St Mark’s Church, Calder Rise, Brickhill, Bedford, MK41 7UY.
Tickets (Adults £12, Concessions & Accompanied Children under 12 £2.50) available form the Bedford MS Therapy Centre of online at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/bedfordmstherapycentre/2070810 .
Price includes cakes and tea/coffee.
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Bedford Town Band Notice:
A permit was granted to Susan Blunt (STR 64 2024 112) to hold a street collection on behalf of Bedford Town Band within the area of Tesco, Riverfield Drive on 24 December 2025. £757.80 was collected, of which no money was appropriated on account of expenses and payments incurred in connection with the collection.
A permit was granted to Susan Blunt (STR 64 2025 111) to hold a street collection on behalf of Bedford Town Band within the area of Tesco, Riverfield Drive on 13 December 2025. £660.42 was collected, of which no money was appropriated on account of expenses and payments incurred in connection with the collection.
We would like to thank the people of Bedford for your generosity over the Festive Period. Your donations enable the band to survive, and allow us to provide free music tuition to the children of Bedford.
If you have a child in Year 2 or above, who would like to take up free lessons to learn a brass instrument, please contact us on askbedfordtownband@gmail.com
Our History
Video of The History Of Concert Brass
(from our 25th Anniversary Concert)
Our Players
| Conductor | Darren Smith |
| Soprano Cornet | Rosemary Fisher |
| Solo Cornets | Andy Bent (Principal) David Fisher Tanya Pitt Nick Carter Mark Glover |
| Repiano Cornet | Katie Wright Aiden Moore |
| 2nd Cornets | Andrew Eriksson Fiona Cartwright |
| 3rd Cornets | Alice Muzzlewhite Samantha Charlton |
| Flugel Horn | Callum Shields |
| Solo Horn | Angelina Gooding |
| 1st Horn | Katerina Bent |
| 2nd Horn | Tracey Foster |
| 1st Baritone | Mollie Muzzlewhite |
| 2nd Baritone | Sue Blunt |
| Solo Euphonium | Steve Gadsden |
| 2nd Euphonium | David Abrahams |
| Solo Trombone | Laurel Hodgkinson |
| 2nd Trombone | Emma Deards Paul Riggett David Barlow |
| Bass Trombone | Alex Gould |
| Eb Bass | Geoff Gaylor Alistair Staddon Barry Smith |
| Bb Bass | Graham Went Vacancy |
| Percussion | Jamie Bent Hannah Collins |
| Drums | Ricky Spencer |
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