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CCYWB concerts and events archive

Concerts and events archive for the City & County Youth Wind Band.

2022 Autumn Residential and Concert

  • Residential
    23-26 October 2022 at Whitemoor Lakes Centre, nr. Lichfield
  • Concert
    Wednesday 26 October 2022 at Whitemoor Lakes Centre, nr. Lichfield
  • Programme 

    Jubilee Overture (Sparke), Foxtrot and Samba from Bridgewater Breeze (Gorb), Hambone (Larsen), The Severn Suite (Elgar), When the Stars Began to Fall (Allen), Ghost Walk (Brubeck)

  • Conductor
    Mark Heron
  • Media
    Live broadcast: Ghost Walk
    Live broadcast: When the Stars Began to Fall

2022 Spring Residential and Concert

  • Residential
    19-20 March 2022 at The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick
  • Concert
    Sunday 20 March 2022 at The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick
  • Programme included

    English Folk Song Suite (Vaughan Williams), Festivo (Gregson)

  • Conductor
    Mark Heron

2021 Autumn Residential and Concert

  • Residential
    24-27 October 2021 at The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick
  • Concert
    Wednesday 27 October 2021 at The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick
  • Programme included

    Flying God Suite (Carpenter), Song of Lir (Carroll)

  • Conductor
    Tom Griffin

2020 Spring Residential and Concert

  • Residential
    14-15 March 2020 at The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick
  • Concert
    Sunday 15 March 2020 at The Riverside Centre, Derby
  • Programme

    Suite no.1 in Eb (Holst), Incantation and Dance (Barnes Chance), Black Dog (McAllister), Highlights from Riverdance (Whelan)

  • Soloist
    Melissa Demarjian (Clarinet)
  • Conductor
    Mark Heron

2019 Autumn Residential and Concert

  • Residential
    27–30 October 2019 at the Whitemoor Lakes Centre, nr. Lichfield
  • Concert
    Wednesday 30 October 2019 at the Whitemoor Lakes Centre, nr. Lichfield
  • Programme

    Suite no.2 in F (Holst), Lichtweg (Jennifer Jolley), Natalis (Ellerby), Tight Squeeze (Shapiro), Peterloo Overture (Arnold)

  • Conductor
    Mark Heron

2019 Spring Residential and Concert

  • Residential
    17-19 February 2019 at The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick
  • Concert
    19 February 2019 at The Riverside Centre, Derby
  • Programme
    Rant (Stephen McNeff), Aue! (Christopher Marshall), Diversions on Calon Lan (Tom Davoren) − Matthew Seddon (Trombone), Tranquility (Adam Gorb), Lincolnshire Posy (selected movements) (Percy Grainger)
  • Conductor
    Mark Heron
  • Media
    Follow the following links to the Music Partnership Facebook page (you do not need a Facebook account to view this content). 
    − Video − Rant (view the live broadcast)

2018 Autumn Residential and Concert

  • Residential
    28-31 October 2018 at Whitemoor Lakes Centre, nr. Lichfield
  • Concert
    31 October 2018 at Whitemoor Lakes Centre
  • Programme
    The Sun Will Rise Again (Sparke), A Name Perpetual (Eseld Pierce), Over Great Waves and Far Away (Yo Goto) 
    Wolf Tears (Nelson Jesus), Rhapsodie Norvegienne No.1 (Johan Halvorsen)
  • Conductor
    Mark Heron

2018 Spring Residential and Concert

  • Residential
    34-25 March 2018 at Cliff College, Baslow
  • Concert
    25 March 2017 at the Palace Hotel, Buxton
  • Programme
    Folk Song Suite (Vaughan Williams), Angels in the Architecture (Frank Ticheli), Fantasy for Euphonium and Concert Band (Philip Sparke), Ghosts (Stephen McNeff) 
  • Solo Euphonium
    Daniel Morris
  • Conductor
    Mark Heron

2017 Autumn Residential and Concert

  • Residential
    22-25 October 2017 at the Whitemoor Lakes Centre, nr. Lichfield
  • Concert
    25 October 2017 at the Whitemoor Lakes Centre, nr. Lichfield
  • Programme
    Slava! (Leonard Bernstein), A Cambrian Suite (Michael Ball), Ronde for Isolde (David Bedford), Spring at Nine Stones (Fergal Carroll), Paris Sketches (Martin Ellerby)
  • Conductor
    Mark Heron

2017 Spring Residential Concert

  • Residential
    19-20 March 2017 at Cliff College, Baslow
  • Concert
    20 March 2017 at Cliff College, Baslow
  • Programme
    Aeolian Carillons (Edwin Roxburgh), Four Character Studies from Master Humphrey's Clock (Malcom Binney) 
    Allelulia! Laudamus Te (Reed), Eine Kleine Yiddische Ragmusick (Gorb), When the Stars Began to Fall (Allen)
  • Conductor
    Jon Malaxetxebarria

2017 National Concert Band Festival Heats

  • Date
    16 November 2016
  • Programme
    First suite in E-flat (Holst), Give Us This Day (Maslanka)
  • Conductor
    Mark Heron
  • Result and adjudication
    CCYWB scored a PLATINUM award

2016 Autumn Residential and Concert

  • Residential
    23 − 26 October 2016 at the Whitemoor Lakes Centre, nr. Lichfield
  • Concert
    26 October 2016 at the Whitemoor Lakes Centre
  • Programme
    Suite in E-flat (Holst), Celebration (Woolfenden), Give Us This Day (Maslanka), Finding Metropolis (Garner) 
  • Conductors
    Mark Heron and Alex Webb
  • Media
    Photos can be seen on the Derby & Derbyshire Music Partnership Facebook Page (You do not need an account to see these photos)

CCYWB at the RNCM

  • Master class and workshop day
    CCWYB took part in master class workshops with professors from the RNCM
  • Concert
    17 April 2016 at the Martin Harris Centre, University of Manchester 
  • Programme
    Illyrian Dances (Woolfenden), Five Folk Songs (Gilmore) with Sophie Price (Soprano), Andante e Scherzo (Bozza) by the RNCM Saxophone Quartet, Mojito (Buckland) by the RNCM Saxophone Quartet, Clarinet Concerto (Ellerby) with Linda Merrick (Clarinet), Friar Laurence and Montagues & Capulets from Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) 
  • Conductor
    Mark Heron

2016 Spring Residential and Concert

  • Residential
    12−13 March 2016 at the Lea Green Centre, nr. Matlock
  • Concert – Young Sounds
    13 March 2016 at The Riverside Centre, Derby 
  • Programme
    Illyrian Dances (Woolfenden), Five Folk Songs (Bernard Gilmore) with Sophie Price (Soprano), Macbeth (Peter Meechan), Friar Laurence and Montagues & Capulets from Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) 
  • Conductor
    Mark Heron

2015 Autumn Residential Course and Concert

  • Residential
    25−28 October 2015 at the Whitemoor Lakes Centre, nr. Lichfield
  • Concert
    28 October 2015 at the Whitemoor Lakes Centre 
  • Programme
    Grand Central Station (Hess), Blue Shades (Ticheli), Sleep (Whitacre) 
  • Conductor
    Mark Heron
  • Media
    Photos can be seen on the Derby & Derbyshire Music Partnership Facebook Page (You do not need an account to see these photos)

2015 National Concert Band Festival Finals

  • Date
    12 April 2015
  • Programme
    Cane River Murals (Ellerby) 
  • Conductor
    Mark Heron
  • Result and adjudication
    CCWYB scored a majority PLATINUM level in 5 of the 7 categories with the judges applauding the overall attention to tempi, rhythmic accurate and confident solo playing.

2015 Spring Residential and Concert

  • Residential
    21−22 March 2015 at the Lea Green Centre, nr. Matlock
  • Concert – Young Sounds
    22 March 2015 at the Riverside Centre, Derby 
  • Programme
    Sonata pian'e forte (Gabrieli) for Brass Ensemble, Suite for Winds (Gorb)
  • Conductor
    Mark Heron

2014 National Concert Band Festival Heats

  • Date
    16 November 2014
  • Programme
    Festivo (Gregson), Shoemaker Levy 9 (Widdowson), Bohemian Revelry (Gorb)
  • Result and adjudication
    CCYWB scored a PLATINUM level in 6 of the 7 categories with the judges applauding the overall balance and blend of sound, accuracy of performance and well played solos.

2014 Spring Residential and Concert

  • Residential
    22−23 March 2014 at the Lea Green Centre, nr. Matlock 
  • Concert
    23 March 2014 at Derbyshire County Council, County Hall, Matlock
  • Programme
    Winter Dances (Carroll), Gallimaufry (Woolfenden), Variations on a Korean Folk Song (Barnes Chance)
  • Media
    Photos can be seen on the Derby & Derbyshire Music Partnership Facebook page (You do not need an account to see these photos)

2014 Autumn Residential Course and Concert

  • Residential
    26−29 October 2014 at the Whitemoor Lakes Centre, nr.Lichfield
  • Concert
    29 October 2014 at the Whitemoor Lakes Centre
  • Programme
    Festivo (Gregson), Blithe Bells (Grainger), Colonial Song (Grainger), Shoemaker Levy 9 (Widdowson), Bohemian Revelry (Gorb)
  • Media
    Two sets of photos can be seen on the Derby & Derbyshire Music Partnership Facebook Page (You do not need an account to see these photos) 
    Outdoor adventures
    Rehearsal

CCYWB Japan Tour − Toyota City

  • Tour
    26 October − 3 November 2013 
  • Concerts
    4 concerts in 8 days with a feature concert at the Toyota City Hall attended by the Mayor of Toyota City 
  • Programme included
    Overture to Candide (Bernstein arr. Grundman), The Sun Will Rise Again (Sparke), March from First Suite for Band (Holst), Gloriosa Il Cantus, Movement III. Dies Destus (Yashuhide Ito), Global Variations (Hess)
  • Conductor
    Jon Malaxetxebarria