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The Chalk Farm Band is brass band
Brass band

A brass band is a musical group generally consisting entirely of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section. Ensembles which include brass and woodwind instruments can in certain traditions also be termed brass bands , but are usually more correctly termed military bands, concert bands, wind bands or wind ensembles....
 of the Salvation Army
Salvation Army

The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the Christian Church. It has a quasi-military structure and it was founded in 1865 in Great Britian as the East London Christian Mission by William Booth and Catherine Booth....
 located at the Salvation Army Centre in Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm
Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm is an area of the London Borough of Camden in north London, England. It lies directly to the north of Camden Town and Chalk Farm tube station is the closest tube station to the nearby, upmarket neighbourhood of Primrose Hill....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

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. It is one of the best known brass bands of the Salvation Army in the UK.
as formed in 1883 under the leadership of Bandmaster
Bandmaster

A bandmaster is the leader and conducting of a band , usually a military band or marching band....
 Worbouys to provide music for Salvation Army church services. In 1894, Bandmaster AW Punchard was appointed, (an association which continued for over 50 years).






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The Chalk Farm Band is brass band
Brass band

A brass band is a musical group generally consisting entirely of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section. Ensembles which include brass and woodwind instruments can in certain traditions also be termed brass bands , but are usually more correctly termed military bands, concert bands, wind bands or wind ensembles....
 of the Salvation Army
Salvation Army

The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the Christian Church. It has a quasi-military structure and it was founded in 1865 in Great Britian as the East London Christian Mission by William Booth and Catherine Booth....
 located at the Salvation Army Centre in Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm
Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm is an area of the London Borough of Camden in north London, England. It lies directly to the north of Camden Town and Chalk Farm tube station is the closest tube station to the nearby, upmarket neighbourhood of Primrose Hill....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. It is one of the best known brass bands of the Salvation Army in the UK.

Brief History

It was formed in 1883 under the leadership of Bandmaster
Bandmaster

A bandmaster is the leader and conducting of a band , usually a military band or marching band....
 Worbouys to provide music for Salvation Army church services. In 1894, Bandmaster AW Punchard was appointed, (an association which continued for over 50 years). He added instruments such as saxophone
Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-Bore transposing instrument musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a Single-reed instrument mouthpiece similar to the clarinet....
s and tenor cors to the normal set of cornet
Cornet

Not to be confused with coronetThe cornet is a brass instrument very similar to the trumpet, distinguished by its conical Bore , compact shape, and mellower tone quality....
s and trombone
Trombone

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass instrument family. Like all brass instruments, it is a lip-reed aerophone: sound is produced when the player?s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate....
s.

Michael Clack led the band for over thirty years, commencing in 1963. During his leadership, the band toured through most of Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 - including playing to the Pope
Pope

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and head of state of Vatican City. The current pope is Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected April 19, 2005 in Papal conclave, 2005....
 in the Vatican City
Vatican City

Vatican City , officially the State of the Vatican City , is a Landlocked country sovereignty city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, the Capital of Italy....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, and even to Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 where it took part in the Midosuji Parade in Osaka
Osaka

is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....
 in [2000].

The band's current bandmaster is Jonathan Evans, who is a Euphonium
Euphonium

The euphonium Bore , tenor-voiced brass instrument. It derives its name from the Greek language word euphonos, meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" ....
 player with the International Staff Band
International Staff Band

The International Staff Band is the premier brass band of the Salvation Army....


Mission

The Band’s primary function is to participate fully in the weekly religious services, both indoor and in the open-air. The band which appears from Sunday to Sunday is much smaller than the one which appears on special occasions. Where do these extras come from? In addition it regularly presents concerts at other Salvation Army
Salvation Army

The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the Christian Church. It has a quasi-military structure and it was founded in 1865 in Great Britian as the East London Christian Mission by William Booth and Catherine Booth....
 corps
Corps

A Corps is either a large formation , or an administrative grouping of troops within an armed force with a common function such as Artillery or Signals representing an arm of service....
 both in the UK and abroad. The Band has appeared annually on the BBC TV Show Blue Peter
Blue Peter

Blue Peter is a long-running BBC television programme for children. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC Channel....
 throughout most of its record 40-year run, and has also made a number of appearances on Songs of Praise
Songs of Praise

Songs of Praise is a BBC television programme based around traditional Christianity hymns. With an average of nearly 3 million viewers weekly it is believed to be the most-watched and one of the longest-running religious television programmes in the world....
 at the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is an arts venue situated in the Knightsbridge area of the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
 and on BBC Radio
BBC Radio

BBC Radio is a service of the BBC which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company, Ltd....
 shows such as Gloria Hunniford
Gloria Hunniford

Gloria Hunniford is a TV and radio presenter, and formerly a singer. She is the mother of Caron Keating who died of breast cancer in 2004....
 and Owen Spencer-Thomas
Owen Spencer-Thomas

Owen Robert Spencer-Thomas Member of the British Empire was born into a farming family on 3 March 1940 in Braughing, Hertfordshire, England. He is perhaps best known as a television and radio news journalist over three decades, but he has also done a wide range of philanthropric work as volunteer Charitable cause fundraiser, pioneer and cam...
's Sounding Brass
Sounding Brass

Sounding Brass was a pioneer phone-in programme presented by Gloria Hunniford on BBC Radio 2. Listeners were invited to choose a Christmas carol or hymn while a Salvation Army band, which included the famous Chalk Farm Band, stood by in the studio to play their requests live....
 and Listen to the Band.

Make-Up

All of the bands members are amateur players, and members of the Salvation Army
Salvation Army

The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the Christian Church. It has a quasi-military structure and it was founded in 1865 in Great Britian as the East London Christian Mission by William Booth and Catherine Booth....
. Despite having earlier feature other instruments, the band now features the standard brass band instrumentation being:
    • 4 cornet
      Cornet

      Not to be confused with coronetThe cornet is a brass instrument very similar to the trumpet, distinguished by its conical Bore , compact shape, and mellower tone quality....
      s
    • 1 Flugel horn
    • 2 tenor horns
      Alto horn

      Althorn redirects here. For the village in Essex, see Althorne.'Genis redirects here. For the Tales of Symphonia character, see List of characters in Tales of Symphonia#Genis Sage....
    • 2 Euphonium
      Euphonium

      The euphonium Bore , tenor-voiced brass instrument. It derives its name from the Greek language word euphonos, meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" ....
      s
    • 1 Baritones
      Baritone horn

      The baritone horn, or simply baritone, is a member of the brass family of instruments. Like others of the family, the tuba, euphonium, alto horn, flugelhorn and bugle the instrument has a conical bore....
    • 2 trombone
      Trombone

      The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass instrument family. Like all brass instruments, it is a lip-reed aerophone: sound is produced when the player?s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate....
      s
    • 2 EEb and BBb Basses
      Tubas

      Tubas or Toubas is a small Palestinian people city in the northeastern West Bank, located northeast of Nablus, a few kilometers west of the Jordan River....
    • NOpercussion
      Percussion instrument

      A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration....
       - normally Drum Kit
      Drum kit

      A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
       or Timpani
      Timpani

      Timpani are musical instruments in the percussion instrument family. A type of drum, they consist of a skin called a drumhead stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper, and more recently, constructed of more lightweight fiberglass....


Recordings and Repertoire

The band has released 5 CDs
CDS

CDS, CDs, Cds, etc. may refer to:...
 (the most recent being Emblem of the Army), 6 records, and also appeared on a number of 78s. A video
Video

Video is the technology of electronics Videography, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing Scene in motion....
 detailing its history is also available, which is entitled Blood & Fire & Brass - Blood & Fire being a feature of the Salvation Army flag
Flag

A flag is a piece of cloth, often flown from a pole or Mast , generally used symbolically for signaling or identification. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic design employed by a flag, or to its depiction in another medium....
 the

The band's repertoire includes:
  • hymn tune
    Hymn tune

    A hymn tune is a musical composition to which a hymn text is sung. Some tunes consist of only the melody, sung in unison or parallel octaves, with or without accompaniment....
     arrangements such as Light Of The World;
  • marches;
  • solos
    Solo (music)

    In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer. In practice this means a number of different things, depending on the type of music and the context....
     - normally featuring the principal cornet (Ken Loukes) the Bandmaster Jonathan Evans on euphonium, a piano
    Piano

    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
    /organ
    Organ (music)

    The organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard played either Manual or Pedal clavier. The organ is one of the oldest musical instruments in the European classical music....
     solo featuring Retired Bandmaster Michael Clack or even a light hearted xylophone
    Xylophone

    The xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion instrument family which probably originated in Slovakia. It consists of wooden bars of various lengths that are struck by plastic, wooden, or rubber drum stick#Malletss....
     item from the percussionist;
  • classical music
    Classical music

    Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of Western art history Religious music and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 9th century to present times....
     from composers such as Handel
    HANDEL

    HANDEL was the code-name for the United Kingdom's National Attack Warning System in the Cold War. It consisted of a small console consisting of two microphones, lights and gauges....
     and Tchaikovsky;
  • major (symphonic) works by composers such as Edward Gregson
    Edward Gregson

    Edward Gregson was born in Sunderland, United Kingdom, in 1945.He is an English people composer. His works include compositions for orchestra, wind band, brass band, musical ensemble and choir, as well as various educational books for wind instruments....
    , Eric Ball
    Eric Ball

    Eric Ball is a former professional American football player who played running back for seven seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals and Oakland Raiders....
    , Dean Goffin
    Dean Goffin

    Sir Dean Goffin was one of New Zealand's first prolific Salvation Army composers who composed not only music for the Army but for non-Army bands as well....
    , and Ray Steadman-Allen
    Ray Steadman-Allen

    Ray Steadman-Allen was born 18 September 1922 in the Salvation Army 'Mother's Hospital', Clapton, while his Salvation Army Officer parents were living in the Horfield area of Bristol....
     (that have a hymn tune as their theme);
  • light numbers - such as Olympic Fanfare and Theme;
  • vocals
    Singing

    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
     items, featuring the entire band singing unaccompanied to melodies such as Finlandia
    Finlandia

    Finlandia is a symphonic poem by Jean Sibelius.Finlandia may also refer to:* Finlandia Hymn, a section of the Sibelius symphonic poem Finlandia...
    .


See also

  • International Staff Band
    International Staff Band

    The International Staff Band is the premier brass band of the Salvation Army....
  • Maidenhead Citadel Band
    Maidenhead Citadel Band

    Maidenhead Citadel Band is a Salvation Army Band and part of the Maidenhead Corps of The Salvation Army. For over 120 years the band has consistently contributed to the worship and evangelical outreach promoted by the Maidenhead Corps in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead....
  • Parramatta Citadel Band
    Parramatta Salvation Army

    Parramatta Salvation Army is a Salvation Army Corps located in the Central business district of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the oldest active Salvation Army Corps in Australia....


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