Chapeltown Silver Prize Band are delighted to announce two new signings as we move into 2022. We welcome Emily Holian on 1st Horn and Mick Bellfield who is taking the helm as Principal Cornet. Emily moved to Sheffield in September from Liverpool where she played with the Formby Band and Mick most recently played on…
Chapeltown Silver Prize Band are delighted to announce the appointment of Colum O’Shea as their new Musical Director. The band received multiple excellent applications for the position of MD. Every candidate brought different positive attributes to the role and we are very thankful for their interest in the position. Having a wealth of brass band…
The Band are delighted to announce that we have received our midpoint payment of £1170.80 from the 2020-2021 Co-op Local Community Fund. We have to say, this was beyond all our expectations. Our application was for funding towards new music to give us new material to use in our programmes, especially for our local community…
A huge thank you to everyone who supported our fundraising this Christmas. Thanks to Brass Bands England for organising the national campaign, #SaveOurBrassBands and to Crowdfunder, who waived their usual fee in support of the campaign. We’re delighted to have exceeded our original target, raising £1,504! This will help towards covering the increased costs associated…
Please support your local brass band so that we can continue to play an active part in the life of your community. For more details of what we do, why we need your help, how to donate and to claim rewards, please visit our Crowdfunder page: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/chapeltownsilverprizeband
The Band are delighted to have again been selected as one of the causes to benefit from the Co-op Local Community Fund for 2020-2021. For our supporters who live locally and have a Co-op membership card, the band can benefit enormously as your chosen cause if you shop at either the Co-op store or Co-op…
The Band are delighted to have received a cheque donation of £300 from the Asda Foundation. We had been scheduled to be a nominated cause in the Chapeltown Asda Superstore green token giving scheme. Unfortunately due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19, it has not been possible for the green token scheme to be available…
The Band are delighted to announce that we have had an update from the 2019-2020 Co-op Local Community Fund to say that the final statement has been prepared and the band will receive a total for the year of £2152.12. We have to say, this is beyond all our expectations. Our original application was for…
Due to the continuing Coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing restrictions, regrettably we have had to take the decision to cancel the Proms Concert scheduled to be held at the Newton Hall on Friday 26th June. Our next scheduled concert at the Newton Hall is the annual Autumn Concert on Friday 16th October, at this point in…
Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic and following Government guidelines, regrettably we have had to take the decision to postpone the Patron’s Concert scheduled to be held at Newton Hall on Friday 24th April. Please understand this decision has not been taken lightly and is made with the best interests for all concerned. We are…