Brighouse and Rastrick Band are thrilled to hear we have received funding of £68,600 thanks to the government’s #CultureRecoveryFund so that we can continue to be here for you and #HereForCulture. More than £300 million has been awarded to thousands of cultural organisations across the country including Brighouse & Rastrick Band in the latest round […]
The Brighouse and Rastrick band would like to send their condolences to the family of Neil Jowett who passed away on the 26th January at 70 years of age. Neil was a well-liked and respected person, musician and businessman who played with B&R for only a short while 1988/89 but at a critical period for the band. […]
It is with great sadness that The Brighouse & Rastrick Band learned of the death of one of their former Professional Conductors. James Samuel Scott or ‘Jim’ to all who knew him died on the morning of 24th January. Jim came to B&R in early 1973 and conducted the band at the British Open, where […]
Brass Band England contacted Brighouse and Rastrick Band last week to enquire if we could raise a small group to play for a VIP group in Batley. Minimal information was given due to security and we were only informed of the location on the morning of the event. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were […]
The Brighouse and Rastrick Band are delighted to announce the signing of Tom Smith as their new principal cornet player. In recent weeks former principal cornet player, Kyle Lawson, has made the difficult decision to return to New Zealand permanently in order to be closer to his family and return to the stability of the […]
The Brighouse and Rastrick Band has announced the signing of Martin Irwin as their soprano cornet player. Martin Irwin is regarded as one of the finest soprano players in the business and returns to the band having previously had two successful tenures in the famous purple and gold colours. Martin was first in the band […]
