Royal fanfare for Rochdale Music Service

Previous performance of Rochdale Music Service and Royal Artillery Band

Young musician’s will be banging the drum for the borough when they perform alongside a top army band.

Lancashire Royal Artillery Band will perform alongside the music services’ Youth Wind Band in for a special concert.

The Rochdale Music Services’ fanfare team will join with the Royal Artillery’s fanfare team to open with what promises to be a rousing rendition of Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man. 

Rochdale Music Service is the only music service in North West with a youth fanfare team and this unique team are delighted to be playing alongside their counterparts in the army.

Formed for only a year the team have already played on top stages like the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. They will be performing in April at the Royal Northern College of Music as part of the National Concert Band Festival.

Councillor Kieran Heakin, cabinet member for children’s services, who is a former member of the Royal Artillery and Territorial Army, said: “It is delightful to see our music service provide a concert like this and with my army background I know it will be a special event.

"The music service delivers fantastic shows throughout the year and to see our young bands performing with such established and revered bands as the Royal Artillery is a great reward for them.”