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 2024, see our engagements page for other dates! 

Summer Concert Season

Our summer season concerts have started, the band will be holding fortnightly concerts at the Connaught Gardens in Sidmouth on the 30th May, 13th & 27th June, 11th and 25th July and the 8th & 22nd of August. Concerts start at 7.45pm, entry is free but donations are welcome, bring a chair, bring a picnic and listen to the music in the sunshine (hopefully). Brass Class will also be performing alongside the band on the 13th of June.

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 “Escot Village Hall, Gosford Lane, Taleford, EX11 1NE ” near Ottery St 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 St Mary 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...