The First Wind Band

Directed by the Director of Music, Tim Venvell, this is a full symphonic wind band, which rehearses for 30 minutes a week on Tuesday lunchtime. The band appears at big concerts at school, and has played at the National Festival regional round every year for the last five years, reaching the final round twice in that period, being selected as one of just ten top school wind bands.

A Senior member of First Wind Band writes:

"Musicians at the RGS who are of about grade five standard can join the First Wind Band.  We rehearse weekly, playing well-known music from film soundtracks (such as Gladiator, The Lion King and Chicken Run), as well as more classical works by composers such as Gershwin and Holst.

We regularly perform at school concerts and in recent years have competed with some success in the National Festival of Music for Youth.  It was in the finals of this competition that we got the chance in 2003 to perform at the South Bank Centre, London, and at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham, in 2004.  The First Wind Band is not only good fun, but also an excellent way to gain musical experience and also get to know more people at the school."

Ali Americanos, Trumpet