Cast Theatre, Doncaster

  • Band of the RAF College
  • Thursday 19th September 7:30pm
  • 20th anniversary of the RAF Music Charitable Trust

More information and tickets here

 

Palace Theatre, Newark

  • Band of the RAF College
  • Friday 20th September 7:30pm
  • 20th anniversary of the RAF Music Charitable Trust

More information and tickets here

 

Sherborne Abbey, Dorset

  • Band of the RAF Regiment
  • Saturday 21st September, 6.30pm
  • Raising funds for Dementia UK and the RAF Benevolent Fund

More information and tickets here

 

Chester Cathedral

  • Band of the RAF College
  • Friday 27th September, 7.30pm
  • 'Music in the Air' featuring tributes to the Battle of Britain 
  • Royal Air Forces Association

More information and tickets here

 

The Playhouse, Weston super Mare

  • Central Band of the RAF
  • Friday 27th September 7:30pm
  • 20th anniversary of the RAF Music Charitable Trust

More information and tickets here

 

West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge

  • Band of the RAF Regiment
  • Friday 4th October 7:30pm
  • 20th anniversary of the RAF Music Charitable Trust

More information and tickets here

 

RAF Music Services Solo Competition, Regent Hall, London

  • Band of the RAF Regiment
  • Wednesday 9th October
  • Featuring soloists from RAF Music Services
  • Free entry

 

Brass Arts Festival, Regent Hall, London

  • Brass Ensemble of the Band of the RAF Regiment
  • 11th October, 3pm
  • Free entry

 

Winston Churchill Hall Theatre, Ruislip

  • RAF Squadronaires
  • Friday 18th October, 3pm
  • The first concert of the Esprit de Corps three concert series
  • RAF Music Services Association

Information about a three concert package here

 

Festival of Music, St Paul's Church, Barnsley

  • Brass Ensemble of the Band of the RAF College
  • Saturday 19th October, 7.30pm

Tickets available from church wardens. For the church website click here

 

The Guards' Chapel, Birdcage Walk, London

  • Central Band of the RAF
  • Friday 25th October
  • Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers and RAF Benevolent Fund
  • Tickets are free

Further information and tickets here

 

Terry O'Toole Theatre, Lincoln

  • RAF Swing Wing
  • Friday 25th October
  • RAF Music Charitable Trust

Further information and tickets here

 

Performing Arts Centre, Hinchingbrooke School, Huntingdon

  • Massed Bands Charity Concert
  • Band of the RAF Regiment and RAF Wyton Voluntary Band
  • Saturday 26th October

Further details to follow

 

Carlton-in-Lindrick Civic Centre

  • RAF Swing Wing
  • Sunday 27th October

Further information here

 

Winston Churchill Hall Theatre, Ruislip

  • Central Band of the RAF
  • Friday 15th November, 3pm
  • The second concert of the Esprit de Corps three concert series
  • RAF Music Services Association

More information and tickets here

 

Another Evening With Cranwell, Newark Palace Theatre

  • Band of the RAF College
  • Featuring the Cranwell Military Wives Choir
  • Thursday 21st November, 7:30pm
  • Newark Patriotic Fund

More information and tickets here

 

Regent Hall, London

  • Band of the RAF Regiment
  • Friday 22nd November
  • Free entry

Further information to follow

 

Evangelische Hauptkirche Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, Germany

  • In tribute to those who we tragically lost in 1985
  • Band of the RAF College
  • 1st December, 4pm
  • Free entry
  • Retiring collection

 

St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury

  • Band of the RAF Regiment
  • Christmas Carol Concert
  • Tuesday 3rd December

Further information to follow

 

Winston Churchill Hall Theatre, Ruislip

  • Band of the RAF Regiment
  • Friday 6th December, 3pm
  • The final concert of the 2024 Esprit de Corps three concert series
  • RAF Music Services Association

More information and tickets here

 

St Wulfram's Church, Grantham

  • Band of the RAF College
  • Saturday 7th December, 7.30pm
  • Sir Frank Whittle Christmas Concert
  • Tickets are free

More information and tickets here

 

Ruislip Methodist Church

  • Brass Ensemble of the Central Band of the RAF
  • Tuesday 10th December

Further details to follow

 

St Wulfram's Church, Grantham

  • Christmas Carol Concert
  • Band of the RAF College
  • Saturday 14th December, 6pm
  • BBC Radio Lincolnshire

 

Dorchester Abbey

  • Central Band of the RAF
  • Thursday 19th December, 6.30pm
  • RAF Benevolent Fund

Further details to follow

 

Lincoln Cathedral

  • Band of the RAF College and Cathedral Choir
  • Saturday 17th May, 7:30pm
  • Marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day
  • RAF Music Charitable Trust

Further information and tickets here

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Leap Day

Composed by Adrian Quince

Performed by the Central Band of the Royal Air Force

 

Leap Day is a fantasia for band dedicated to February 29. Coming only once every four years, the leap day on our calendar offers an interesting occasion to pause and consider how much our lives and the world have changed in the last four years. Featuring dynamic rhythms, the piece centres on an energetic fanfare which returns periodically. Between these are episodes which illustrate the frequent ups and downs of modern life.

Leap Day

Composed by Adrian Quince

Performed by the Central Band of the Royal Air Force

 

Leap Day is a fantasia for band dedicated to February 29. Coming only once every four years, the leap day on our calendar offers an interesting occasion to pause and consider how much our lives and the world have changed in the last four years. Featuring dynamic rhythms, the piece centres on an energetic fanfare which returns periodically. Between these are episodes which illustrate the frequent ups and downs of modern life.

Soldier On!

Composed by Flight Lieutenant Michael Parsons

Performed by the Band of the RAF College

 

In 2015, the charity Soldier On! launched the competition for a quick march composition entitled ‘Soldier On!’. Competition winner Flight Lieutenant Michael Parsons, Director of Music of the Band of the RAF Regiment entry is performed on the steps of College Hall Officers’ Mess, RAF College Cranwell.

Saeculum

Composed by Senior Aircraftman Matthew Leach

Performed by RAF Music Services

 

The RAF Music Services perform Senior Aircraftman Matthew Leach piece 'Saeculum', meaning 'Century' in Latin. Matthew won the RAF Slow March competition, to celebrate a century of music in the RAF, and the piece will be performed in public for the first time at the Changing of the Guard Ceremony at Buckingham Palace, in January 2022.

Tornado To The Last

Composed by Andrew Stevens

Conducted by Squadron Leader Richard Murray

Performed by the Band of the RAF College

Moonlight Serenade

Composed by Glenn Miller

Performed by the RAF Squadronaires

Flying Home

Composed by Lionel Hampton

Performed by the RAF Shades of Blue

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