Tayport Band made the long trip down to Cheltenham to take part in the National Brass Band Championships 4th section finals on Saturday September 20th. No silverware to bring home this time, but we still achieved a respectable 13th placing from a field of 19 bands and had a great weekend into the bargain (we […]
Read More →TIB Earns 2nd Place From Field of 14 at Scottish Brass Band Championships Gaining second place in section 4 of the Scottish Brass Band Championships held in Perth Concert Hall on Saturday 8th March is a great result for us which results in promotion back up to section 3 and a trip down to Cheltenham […]
Read More →Largely due to student migration away from our locality, we currently have vacancies in several sections within the band. In particular, we’re looking for additional cornets and horns – although whatever you play, we’ll be happy to hear from you! Please contact us using our contact form for more details.
Read More →Due to several of our younger members going off to attend university later this year, we now have vacancies for the following players to help us participate in the national brass band championships being held in Cheltenham on Saturday 24 September – Eb Bass, Baritone (or Euphonium), Trombones (2) If you’re interested and would like […]
Read More →Some of the band (and friends) are walking to raise funds for our visit to the national brass band championships in Cheltenham this September. The date is 11 June 2011 and the walk is from Dundee Tay Road Bridge to St. Andrews, led by Ray White and Charlotte Sloan. If you’d like to take part, […]
Read More →On Saturday 4 June, Tayport Band is hosting a ceilidh in the Gregory Hall, Tayport from 7.30 to help raise funds for our trip to the national championships in Cheltenham this September. Tickets ?7.50 (including stovies) – all welcome!
Read More →Tayport Band is delighted to welcome Jemima Wixted into our community. Jemima is on an exchange visit from Australia for one year and has previously played soprano cornet and flugel and joins us on cornet.
Read More →Our visit to the 2011 Scottish Championships in Perth Concert Hall on 26 February saw Tayport Band picking up the fourth section runner-up prize for our performance of John Golland’s “Prelude, Song and Dance” which placed us four clear points ahead of the third placed band. Our principal cornet player Irene Reid also won the […]
Read More →The band recently performed a short concert of old favourites at a paty to celebrate retired member Jim Murray’s 90th birthday. Jim was originally a trumpet player but in his most recent time with Tayport, he played bass.
Read More →We took part in the Scottish Challenge Shield on 20th November and came third in the fourth section with our own choice test piece “Dimensions” by Peter Graham. A Good result considering the two higher placed bands had actually just been promoted to the third section!
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