Wessex Junior Fanfare Saturdays 9.15am – 10.15am Conductor: Pete Turnbull Playing level: Grades 1-4 (No audition requirement to join)
The Wessex Junior Fanfare is a concert wind band with between 20-25 players. Catering for wind and brass instruments of all shapes and sizes from the piccolo to the tuba, the WJF offers places to young musicians with a playing ability of grades 1-4. The WJF takes part in 3 main CWYM concerts each season but has given extra performances in the local area such as at the National Trust property of Kingston Lacy and Bournemouth Library’s Music Zone.
Awards:
November 2013 - Platinum Award - National Concert Band Festival regionals in Cheltenham
April 2014 - Gold in the NCBF nationals in Birmingham’s Conservatoire of Music
November 2015 - Platinum Award - NCBF - Shebourne
November 2017 - Silver Award - NCBF regionals - Cheltenham
Wessex Youth Fanfare Saturday Morning Rehearsals 10:30am – 12pm Conductor: Peter Turnbull Playing level grades 5-7 (No audition requirement to join)
The Wessex Youth Fanfare is a wind band with currently more than 30 players. It welcomes young musicians with a playing ability of grades 5-7. As wind and brass players require grade 7 or higher to be able to request an audition for the Wessex Youth Orchestra, these members tend to spend many happy years learning their trade with the WYF, rehearsing a wide variety of music from the traditional concert band repertoire as well as music from film, musicals, jazz and rock. The WYF rehearses for 90mins each week, giving the members the opportunity not only to work on more advanced repertoire, but also to reap the benefits and rewards of longer rehearsals:
working in a more detailed fashion
improving concentration
building stamina
The WYF takes part in the three main CWYM concerts each year including two appearances at Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts. But the WYF but has also added to its annual concert quota taking part in concert tours (most recently to Cornwall), and also performing at Bournemouth Library’s Music Zone, Cherry Tree Nurseries and Kingston Lacy. Awards:
November 2013 - Gold Award - National Concert Band Festival regionals in Cheltenham
November 2017 - Silver Award - NCBF regionals, Cheltenham