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Highbury Area Band
Bringing live music into the community
Welcome to Highbury Area Band Website
Our Next Concert:![[image] hab chairty concert, october 5th 2008, poster](http://www.highburyareaband.org.uk/gallery/gal_56.gif)
Sunday 5th October. 3pmThe Church of the Resurrection, Penarth Avenue, Drayton
Advance ticket prices: £5 and £3.50 for concessions
Email your ticket requirements, or phone the Band Manager, Claire Moody on 023 9269 7372.
Tickets will also be available on the door @ £5.50 and £4 (Concessions).
Click on the image on the left to open poster in new window - please print this out and display it prominantly!
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Musical Director
Under Steve Tanner's directorship since 1989, the band perform many concerts in aid of local charities, and in 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 provided all the music at the Mayor Making Ceremonies in Portsmouth Guildhall for the incoming Lord Mayors of Portsmouth.HAB CD : Just £5
Featuring a selection of our favourite tunes. Orders now being taken. Email: Highbury Area Band to order you CD.
Talented Young Muscians
The Band has grown from a small ensemble of wind players who attended Highbury Junior School in Portsmouth to their current status as one of the most accomplished symphonic youth wind bands in Hampshire, England with members drawn from a number of schools and colleges in South East Hampshire.Charity Fund-Raising
In March 2000 we helped raise over £1100 for the Lord Mayor's Appeal for equipment for Riding for the Disabled. A similar amount was raised in April 2002 for The Inner Wheel of Cosham at a concert in aid of two local charities. In 2005 a donation of £522 was made to The Lord Mayor's Spectrum Appeal, in aid of Bliss, The Premature Baby Unit, and Stroke Care. A concert for the BHF Emma Carter Appeal raised £800
See our
![[image] tuba](http://www.highburyareaband.org.uk/gallery/gal_31.gif)
We are always pleased to hear from young musicans who would like to join HAB. At present we'd be particularly interested to hear from tuba and french horn players!The band is a superb opportunity for players to deveop their skills and members find it a great to meet with other young people - often from different schools and backgrounds.
Rehersals are on Wednesday evenings at Fort Widley and we perform several concerts a year - usually raising money for charity and with different 'guests' who complement the music of HAB. We also arrange tours - such as last year's successful trip to the Duisburg area of Germany.
If you'd like to find out more - please contact the Band Manager, Claire Moody by email or telphone her on 023 9269 7372
Extensive Repitoire
The Band has travelled extensively throughout Europe, representing the city during civic events in the twin cities of Duisburg (1980 and 2000) and Caen (1992), as well as visiting Canada (1996) and have recently returned from Germany where they played several concerts with Duisburg's NMKS Band. In October 2001 we were hosts to our friends from Duisburg on their visit to Portsmouth
In 2002 we played at Gunwharf Quays for the Golden Jubilee visit by Her Majesty the Queen, and in the summer we played 3 open air concerts during a tour of The Rhineland and the Black Forest in Germany.
The Band's aim is to bring music into the community and to raise money for charity - well over £65,000 has been raised since its founding in 1976. In April 2006 we performed a concert in aid of The Emma Carter British Heart Foundation Nurse Appeal, at The Church of the Resurrection, Drayton, raised £800.