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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. (Jul.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.15.
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. (Jun.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. (Jun. 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 Jul.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 HEREB

We held jointed concert of two windband and brassband (Jun.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 Jun.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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