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The 32nd Annual Concert was held. (Jun. 2 2024)
We successfully completed The 32nd Concert on June 2nd with full of audience. The weather was fine on the day and we hope that everyone enjoyed our concert. All the band members express sincere thanks to whom came to join the concert.
It is more than welcome if you give us any message or comment about the concert and the performance. We would like to take the advantages of your suggestions for our future activities.

Thank you very much.


We attended IKF Winter Concert 19 by Windbands. (Jan. 7 2024)


We attended The 36th Brass Ensemble Festival in Minamata, Kumamoto. (Sep. 17 2023)


Open Rehearsal & Mini Concert was held. (Apr. 30 2023)
We successfully completed Open Rehearsal & Mini Concert on April 30th with full of audience. Though it was rainy on that day we had so many audience. All the band members express sincere thanks to whom came to join the concert.
It is more than welcome if you give us any message or comment about the concert and the performance. We would like to take the advantages of your suggestions for our future activities.

Thank you very much.


We attended IKF Winter Concert 18 by Windbands. (Jan. 8 2023)


We attended The 35th Brass Ensemble Festival in Yamadera, Yamagata. (Sep. 4 2022)


We attended The 34th Brass Ensemble Festival in Hikarigaoka, Tokyo. (Oct. 24 2021)


We attended Wellington Citadel Band 2019 40th anniversary Brass Festival. (Dec. 3 2019)


Mini Concert 2019 was held. (Sep. 15 2019)


The 31st Annual Concert was held. (May 26 2019)
We successfully completed The 31st Concert on May 26th with full of audience. The weather was fine on the day and we hope that everyone enjoyed our concert. All the band members express sincere thanks to whom came to join the concert.
It is more than welcome if you give us any message or comment about the concert and the performance. We would like to take the advantages of your suggestions for our future activities.

Thank you very much.


Mini Concert 2018 was held. (Sep. 2 2018)


The 30th Annual Concert was held. (Apr. 29 2018)
We successfully completed The 30th Concert on April 29th with full of audience. The weather was fine on the day and we hope that everyone enjoyed our concert. All the band members express sincere thanks to whom came to join the concert.
It is more than welcome if you give us any message or comment about the concert and the performance. We would like to take the advantages of your suggestions for our future activities.

Thank you very much.


We attended The 52nd Sanbu-gunshi Wind Band Festival. (Nov. 12 2017)


The 29th Annual Concert was held. (Apr. 16 2017)
We successfully completed The 29th Concert on April 16th with full of audience. The weather was fine on the day and we hope that everyone enjoyed our concert. All the band members express sincere thanks to whom came to join the concert.
It is more than welcome if you give us any message or comment about the concert and the performance. We would like to take the advantages of your suggestions for our future activities.

Thank you very much.


We attended Christmas Concert by The Salvation Army. (Dec. 4 2016)


We attended The 30th Brass Ensemble Festival in Matsuyama. (Oct. 2 2016)


The 28th Annual Concert was held. (Apr. 24 2016)
We successfully completed The 28th Concert on April 24th with full of audience. The weather was fine on the day and we hope that everyone enjoyed our concert. All the band members express sincere thanks to whom came to join the concert.
It is more than welcome if you give us any message or comment about the concert and the performance. We would like to take the advantages of your suggestions for our future activities.

Thank you very much.


We joined Japan Staff Band Autumn Concert 2015 [Japan Staff Band & Tokyo Brass Concord Joint Concert]. (Nov. 1 2015)


We attended The 29th Brass Ensemble Festival in Nagoya as Ten Piece Brass. (Oct. 25 2015)


We attended Tokyo Brassband Festival 2015. (Jul. 26 2015)


Mini Concert 2015 was held. (Apr. 5 2015)
Tokyo Brass Concord Mini Concert 2015 finished successfully on Apr. 5. Though it was rainy on that day we had so many audience.
We are glad if you send your message or comment about the concert from inquiry form.

Thank you very much.


The Open Rehersal 2015 was held. (Feb. 15 2015)
We held "Open Rehearsal 2015" on February 15th at "Tobu Kumin-kan". We played and enjoyed variety of music with the guests. We appreciate all the players and audiences who joined this event.
We are glad to get your messages and comments about this event from inquiry form.

Thank you very much.


We attended ADONIS Winter Concert 10 by Windbands. (Jan. 11 2015)


The 27th Annual Concert was held. (Apr. 27 2014)
Tokyo Brass Concord The 27th Annual Concert was held on a high note on Apr 27th. It was a clear sunny day and the concert was held with full of audience. All the band member express sincere thanks to everyone who came to the concert.
It is more than welcome if you give us any message or comment about the concert and performance. We would like to take the advantages of your suggestions for our future activities.

Thank you very much.


We attended ADONIS Winter Concert 9 by Windbands. (Jan. 12 2014)


The 26th Annual Concert was held. (Apr. 28 2013)
Tokyo Brass Concord The 26th Annual Concert was held on a high note on Apr 28th. It was a clear sunny day and the concert was held with full of audience. All the band member express sincere thanks to everyone who came to the concert.
We sometimes struggled to find the direction of our activities after we finished previous concert a year ago as the first time concert since we lost our bound founder Mr. Kinji Inoue in Dec of 2011. The 26th concert was held successfully with the help of people who are warmly supporting Tokyo Brass Concord.
It is more than welcome if you give us any message or comment about the concert and performance. We would like to take the advantages of your suggestions for our future activities.

Thank you very much.


We attended ADONIS Winter Concert 8 by Windbands. (Jan. 13 2013)


Open Workshop & Mini Concert 2012 was held. (Nov. 18 2012)
Tokyo Brass Concord held an Open Workshop & Mini Concert on 18th Nov.
We'd like to express our thanks to everyone who attended the rehearsal and the concert.
Please let us know what you thought about it which will aid the planning of our next concert.

Thank you for your support.


The 25th Annual Concert was held. (Apr. 29 2012)
The April 29th was a good fine day and Tokyo Brass Concord The 25th Annual Concert was held with full of audience. The concert was the first time in three years and held at renewed Ishibashi Memorial Hall first time in five years. We express thanks for them who came to the concert.
It is our deepest regret that Mr. Kinji Inoue who was the founder of Tokyo Brass Concord passed away on Dec 20th last year. We would like to express great thanks to Mr. Inoue for giving us intensive lead and coaching of the band. We pray sincerely for the repose of his soul. Also in such a difficult situation, we have been encouraged from the people who greatly supported us for the concert. Thank you for everyone's constant support to Tokyo Brass Concord.
It is more than welcome if you give us any message or comment about the concert and performance. We would like to take the advantages of your suggestions for our future activities.

Thank you very much.


Salon Concert 2011 was held. (Nov. 20 2011)
We Tokyo Brass Concord successfully held Salon Concert 2011 on 20th Nov.
This time we invited our friends and guests whom we are getting supports from. Small bytes and drinks were served during the concert and enjoyed talking among the guests and band members.
It was a fine day and many guests came to see our concert. In the joint concert session, many guests joined the band and played with us. We truly express thanks to the guests who came to the concert.
If you have any findings, comments or suggestions, please do not hesitate to tell us through our web site. We value your opinion to improve our coming activities.

Thank you very much.


We attended ADONIS Winter Concert 6 by Windbands. (Jan. 9 2011)


The Open Rehearsal & Short Programme Concert was held. (Nov. 14 2010)
Tokyo Brass Concord held an Open Rehearsal & Short Programme Concert on 14th Nov.
We'd like to express our thanks to everyone who attended the rehearsal and the concert.
Please let us know what you thought about it which will aid the planning of our next concert.

Thank you for your support.


We attended ADONIS Winter Concert 5 by Windbands. (Jan. 10 2010)


The 24th Annual Concert was held. (Apr. 26 2009)
Tokyo Brass Concort The 24th Annual Concert finished on Apr. 26th.
There might have been a lot of puzzled people for a different hall last time. However, it had been given to nice weather, we had so many audience.
We are glad if you send your message or comment about the concert from inquiry form

Thank you very much.


We attended ADONIS Winter Concert 4 by Windbands. (Jan. 11 2009)


Joint Concert was held. (Jun. 29 2008)
We held a jointed concert of TBC and Blue Sky Wind Ensemble in which Inoue Kinji (our band director) acts as a music director on Jun.29. Though it was rainy on that day we have so many audience. We are glad if you send your message or comment about the concert from inquiry form

Thank you very much.


We attended Tokorozawa Windband Festival. (Feb. 10 2008)


We attended ADONIS Winter Concert 3 by Windbands. (Jan. 13 2008)


The 23rd Annual Concert was held. (Jun. 3 2007)
Tokyo Brass Concort The 23rd Annual Concert finished on Jun.3. Because of the beautiful day we had so many audience. We are glad if you send your message or comment about the concert from inquiry form

Thank you very much.


Autumn Concert in Hamura was held. (Nov. 19 2006)
Tokyo Brass Concort Autumn Concert in Hamura finished successfully on Nov.19. Though it was rainy on that day we have so many audience. We are glad if you send your message or comment about the concert from inquiry form

Thank you very much.


The 22nd Annual Concert was held. (Jun. 4 2006)
Tokyo Brass Concort The 22nd Annual Concert finished on Jun. 4. Though it was cloudy and cold on that day we have so many audience. We are glad if you send your message or comment about the concert from inquiry form

Thank you very much.


We attended Niihama Elementary School Windband's Regular Concert. (Mar. 21 2006)
By Niihama Elementary School Windband's invitation, we performed some music in their concert as a guest.
We are very glad to have had many audience. We are grateful to Niihama Elementary School Windband for the opportunity of performance.


We attended Winter Concert by Windbands. (Dec. 23 2005)


The Open Rehersal 2005 was held. (July 17 2005)
We held "The Open Rehersal 2005" at "Tobu Kumin-kan" on July 17. We played all music with audience. We appreciate that many people took part in this event.
We are glad if you send your message or comment about the concert from inquiry form

Thank you very much.


The 21st Annual Concert was held. (Feb. 13 2005)
Tokyo Brass Concort The 21st Annual Concert finished successfully on Feb. 13.
Though it was cloudy and cold on that day we have so many audience.
We are glad if you send your message or comment about the concert from inquiry form

Thank you very much.


The Open Rehersal 2004 was held. (June 20 2004)
We held "The Open Rehersal 2004" at "Tobu Kumin-kan" on June 20. We played all music with audience. We appreciate that many people took part in this event.
We are glad if you send your message or comment about the concert from inquiry form

Thank you very much.


The 20th Annual Concert was held. (Feb. 15 2004)
Tokyo Brass Concort The 20th Annual Concert finished successfully on Feb. 15.
Because of the beautiful day we had so many audience.
We are glad if you send your message or comment about the concert from inquiry form

Thank you very much.


We attended Kawamoto Wind Ensemble Concert. (June 22 2003)
By Kawamoto Wind Ensemble's invitation, we performed some music in their concert as a guest. We are very glad to have had many audience.
We are grateful to Kawamoto Wind Ensemble for the opportunity of performance.


The 19th Annual Concert was held. (Feb. 16 2003)
Tokyo Brass Concort The 19th Annual Concert finished successfully on Feb.16. Though it was rainy on that day we have so many audience. We are glad if you send your message or comment about the concert from inquiry form

Thank you very much.


Salon Concert 2002 was held. (Sep. 1 2002)
We held "Salon Concert 2002" at "Ki No Atrium" on September 1.
We played some music with audience.
We appreciate that many people took part in this event.


The 18th Annual Concert was held. (Feb. 17 2002)
Tokyo Brass Concort The 18th Annual Concert finished successfully on Feb.17. Though it was rainy on that day we have so many audience. We are glad if you send your message or comment about the concert from inquiry form

Thank you very much.


Open Rehersal was held. (Jul. 22 2001)
We held Tokyo Brass Concord & Conch-Shell Band Open Rehersal 2001 with Conch-Shell Band from Meguro-ku.
We will go on planning to organaize this kind of jointed concert.


The 17th Annual Concert was held. (Jan. 28 2001)
Tokyo Brass Concord the 17th Annual Concert successfully finished on Jan. 28. We had been anxious about snowy weather,but eventually it really snowed. Fortunately, the snow on the ground melted in the morning and we had many audience in the afternoon.
Your message about the concert is very welcome. Please send your message from inquiry form.

Thank you very much.



We held Salon Concert. (Sep. 17 2000)
We held mini-concert named "Salon Concert 2000" with families and friends of the members of TBC.
We played light music that everyone can enjoy, ensemble, and funny performance with "hose-trumpet" we invented(?).
We are sure that the audience enjoyed the concert slightly different from ordinary one of TBC.
Thank you very much for your coming.


We held the 16th Annual Concert. (Feb. 20 2000)
Tokyo Brass Concord the 16th Annual Concert on Feb. 20 was very successful. The weather forecast said it would be snowy that day, but fortunately we had no snow that day. (But it rained..) Thank you very much for your coming, and Please tell us about your impression about our concert from BBS or inquiry form.

Thank you so much.



"The Sword, Jewel and Mirror" (Philip Harper) will be adopted as a contest piece.
"The Sword, Jewel and Mirror" ("San-syu no Jingi" in Japanese) composed by Philip Harper, which was composed for and premiered by TBC, was adopted as a contest piece of the 2nd Section next year.

Below is quotation from the major magazine "British Bandsman"

SWORD, JEWEL AND MIRROR by Philip Harper, Written for Tokyo Brass Concord during the composer's two-year stay in Japan, this fascinating test-piece is based on Japanese mythology and has been chosen for next year's 2nd Section Regional Contests.

It will be published by Studio Music (London).



We performed in Narashino High School Wind Band's Regular Concert. (Oct. 10 1999)


Our friend Philip married. Congratulations!!
Philip Harper, who is the best friend and the best trainer of TBC, married on July 24 1999. Congratulations!!
The wedding ceremony was held at Bristol University. Some members of TBC attended that ceremony.
The Thornbury Band, in which Philip acts as a music director, played some music celebrating their happy wedding.
When coming to Japan on their honeymoon we had a party at Ginza, Tokyo and celebrated them. You can see photos HERE.


We held jointed concert of two windband and brassband (June 13 1999)
We held a jointed concert of TBC and two wind bands in which Inoue Kinji (our band director) acts as a music director on June 13. Blue Sky Wind Ensemble, Kawamoto Wind Ensemble and Tokyo Brass Concord gathered on a stagei to play. The hall was full of audience and so successful. We look foward to receiving your message about this concert. Please send your message from BBS or inquiry form.

Thank you very much.



We held the 15th Annual Concert (Mar. 14 1999)
Tokyo Brass Concord the 15th Annual Concert was held successfully on Mar. 14. With full audience, we were so glad to play music. We thank you very much for your coming. Please send your message from BBS or inquiry form

Thank you.



We attended Kodaira Youth Wind Band Concert. (Nov. 15 1998)
By Kodaira Youth Wind Band's invitation, we performed some music in their concert as a guest. We are very glad to have had many audience.
We are grateful to Kodaira Youth Wind Band for the opportunity of performance.



Andy returned to Britain.
Mr.Andrew Marsh, who plays a solo euphonium in Ever Ready Band which belongs to the Champion Section, has returned home. He came to Japan on Oct. 28 1998 and had been staying in Japan till Feb. 26, 1999. During that time, He became a member of our band. In the concert at Kodaira, he gave us a amazing solo performance.
We hope to play with him again.


Philip returned to Britain.
Mr.Philip Harper, who came to Japan a year before and took part in our rehersal, returned home the other day. He is from the southwestern part of Britain and majored in composition at Bristol University. He had been playing solo horn in Sun Life Band, which is one of top bands in Britain, until he came to Japan. During his stay in Japan, he performed a splendid solo performance in our 14th concert. His talent in music is so outstanding.
He gave us precious lessons which are quite valuable for our performance. We were impressed with his activity as a composer. He went so far as to compose a music piece for us.
We cordially hope his success in the future.

By the way, he took over as the music director of Thornbury Band, which is one of the Championship Section bands. Congratulations!










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