Ottery St Mary

Silver Band

 

Ottery St Mary Silver Band based in the heart of East Devon are a progressive, friendly entertainment band always seeking to provide our audiences with varied and popular music.

 

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Back at Last!!! 

Ottery St Mary Silver Band has returned to weekly practice on Thursday evenings with a new Musical Director (Sally Bull).

We are always keen to welcome new players so if you are interested in joining a friendly and established band please contact Malcolm on 01404 234330.

Summer 2022

Summer Evening Concerts

Listen to band in the beautiful surroundings of Sidmouth Connaught Gardens. Starting May 2023, see our engagements page for other dates! 

Spring Concert Sunday 17th March 2024

We are really pleased to announce that we are holding our annual Spring concert on the 17th of March 2024. The concert will feature music from around the British Isles, with a performance from Brass Class

The concert is at The Institute in Ottery St Mary starting at 14:30 pm, Tickets are on sale in the bookshop in Ottery St Mary or on the door and are £8.00 for adults and free for children under 16

About Us

Led by musical director Sally Bull the players vary in age from 11 to “much older” and come from a variety of backgrounds.

The band is availible for a variety of events such as fetes, arranged concerts, charity events, carnivals, church events, christmas concerts etc etc.

Currently we rehearse at “The Methodist Chapel” in Ottery St Mary Mary on a Thursday evening between 1930 and 2130. There is also a training band (Brass Class) that rehearse in the Old Band Room in Ottery on a Monday evening between 1930 and 2030.

We are continually seeking new players and currently have a number of vacancies, if you are interested in coming to a practice night you would be made very welcome, for further information please contact us

Latest News

3rd August 2014 – World War 1 commemoration at Beer

The band was honoured to be asked to take part in an event at Beer in remembrance of the men that had left Beer a hundred years earlier to fight in WW1 . We marched to the church followed by serving members of the armed forces and some descendants of the soldiers that...

August 2014

Many thanks to everyone who came along to listen to the Brass Class concert on 20 July and to eat the delicious cream tea. Hopefully, you enjoyed the solos and the wide variety of band music including well-known pieces such as Mamma Mia, Pirates of the Caribbean and a...

July 2014 – Brass Class Cream Tea

You may well know that Ottery has two brass bands – the Silver Band and Brass Class. You may also know that brass instruments come in two colours – silver and brass. Is that the difference between the bands - silver instruments in the Silver Band and brass instruments...