Middleton Band 1876-
Also/previously known as:
Middleton Borough,
Middleton Perseverance Brass Band,
Middleton Perseverence,
Middleton Public
| Section: | Second |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.middletonband.com/ |
| Region: |
North West
|
| Rehearsals: | Monday Thursday |
| Date | Contest | Position | Test Piece | Draw | Conductor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Mar 2026 |
|
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 2024 | Unknown | ||
| 13 Sep 2025 |
|
15 | Suite from Adam Zero 2024 | 14 | Jamie Cooper |
| 29 Jun 2025 |
|
3 |
March: Viva Birkinshaw
In Love For Me |
1 | Jamie Cooper |
| 15 Jun 2025 |
|
8
|
March: Viva Birkinshaw
In Love For Me |
4 | Jamie Cooper |
| 23 Feb 2025 |
|
1 | Friendly Takeover 2016 | 11 | Jamie Cooper |
| 29 Sep 2024 |
|
13 | 3 | Jamie Cooper | |
| 01 Sep 2024 |
|
1
|
March: Viva Birkinshaw
Hymn: Blaenwern 1905 |
7 | Jamie Cooper |
| 16 Jun 2024 |
|
5 |
March: Viva Birkinshaw
Hymn: Nicaea [arr. Himes] 1989 |
2 | Jamie Cooper |
| 25 Feb 2024 |
|
16 | High Peak 1969 | 16 | Jamie Cooper |
| 01 Oct 2023 |
|
8 | 18 | Jamie Cooper | |
| 01 Oct 2023 |
|
9 | 13 | Jamie Cooper | |
| 18 Jun 2023 |
|
7
|
March: Ravenswood
Mid All The Traffic 1998 |
11 | Jamie Cooper |
| 21 May 2023 |
|
2 |
A London Overture
1984
|
1 | Jamie Cooper |
| 26 Feb 2023 |
|
12 | A Day in the Life of a Knight | 8 | Jamie Cooper |
| 27 Feb 2022 |
|
13 | Spectrum [Vinter] 1968 | 13 | Kevin Gibbs |
| 28 Feb 2021 |
|
Kevin Gibbs | |||
| 23 Feb 2020 |
|
10 | Legacy 2019 | 5 | Kevin Gibbs |
| 11 Jan 2020 |
|
8 | Symphonic Episodes for Brass Band | 3 | Kevin Gibbs |
| 02 Nov 2019 |
|
15 | 15 | Kevin Gibbs | |
| 02 Nov 2019 |
|
18 | 4 | Kevin Gibbs | |
| 20 Oct 2019 |
|
4 |
A London Overture
1984
|
5 | Kevin Gibbs |
| 24 Feb 2019 |
|
6 | Symphony of Marches 1963 | 11 | Kevin Gibbs |
| 27 Jan 2019 |
|
10 | Symphony of Marches 1963 | 2 | Kevin Gibbs |
| 21 Oct 2018 |
|
4 |
Firestorm
1992
|
1 | Kevin Gibbs |
| 15 Sep 2018 |
|
1 | Firestorm 1992 | 13 | Kevin Gibbs |
| 25 Feb 2018 |
|
1 | Ex Terra Lucem 2017 | 14 | Kevin Gibbs |
| 13 Jan 2018 |
|
11 | Variations for Brass Band [Vaughan Williams] 1957 | 8 | Kevin Gibbs |
| 29 Oct 2017 |
|
2 |
Renaissance
2003
|
9 | Kevin Gibbs |
| 10 Sep 2017 |
|
W | 16 | Les Webb | |
| 26 Feb 2017 |
|
12 | Rhapsody in Brass 1942 | 2 | Kevin Gibbs |
| 23 Oct 2016 |
|
4 |
Perseverance
2016
|
4 | Andrew Baker |
| 28 Feb 2016 |
|
10 | The Mermaid of Zennor 2015 | 14 | Andrew Baker |
| 16 Jan 2016 |
|
15 | Fire In The Blood 2011 | 17 | Martyn Evans |
| 25 Oct 2015 |
|
8 |
Fire In The Blood
2011
|
8 | Martyn Evans |
| 01 Mar 2015 |
|
5 | Variations on Maccabeus | 15 | Martyn Evans |
| 26 Oct 2014 |
|
6 |
Purcell Variations [Downie]
1995
|
6 | Martyn Evans |
| 09 Mar 2014 |
|
11 | Chaucer's Tunes 1998 | 11 | Martyn Evans |
| 18 Jan 2014 |
|
5 | Kenilworth 1936 | 10 | Martyn Evans |
| 21 Sep 2013 |
|
4 | Purcell Variations [Downie] 1995 | 12 | Martyn Evans |
| 28 Apr 2013 |
|
7 |
The Plantagenets
1972
|
5 | Martyn Evans |
| 10 Mar 2013 |
|
4 | The Plantagenets 1972 | 4 | Martyn Evans |
| 19 Jan 2013 |
|
4 | In Memoriam [Sullivan] | 2 | Martyn Evans |
| 18 Nov 2012 |
|
6 |
The Plantagenets
1972
|
5 | Jonathan Davies |
| 26 Feb 2012 |
|
12 | Cross Patonce 1990 | 9 | Martyn Evans |
| 21 Jan 2012 |
|
14 | The Frogs of Aristophanes 1952 | 18 | Neil Samuel |
| 20 Nov 2011 |
|
6 |
Purcell Variations [Downie]
1995
|
8 | Carl Whiteoak |
| 11 Sep 2011 |
|
3
|
6 | Carl Whiteoak | |
| 27 Mar 2011 |
|
5 |
Resurgam
1950
|
4 | Alan Lawton |
| 27 Feb 2011 |
|
8 | Resurgam 1950 | 2 | Matthew Stringer |
| 06 Feb 2011 |
|
6 |
Resurgam
1950
|
10 | Matthew Stringer |
| 20 Jun 2010 |
|
2 | Matthew Stringer | ||
| 28 Mar 2010 |
|
4 |
Kingdom of Dragons
2008
|
Matthew Stringer | |
| 14 Mar 2010 |
|
8 | Kingdom of Dragons 2008 | 9 | Matthew Stringer |
| 23 Jan 2010 |
|
6 | Folkmusic | 4 | Matthew Stringer |
| 04 Oct 2009 |
|
2 |
Variations on a Ninth
1964
|
David Holland | |
| 13 Jun 2009 |
|
1 | Matthew Stringer | ||
| 03 May 2009 |
|
3 |
Crusade
|
1 | Matthew Stringer |
| 29 Mar 2009 |
|
2 |
Crusade
|
Matthew Stringer | |
| 01 Mar 2009 |
|
5 | New World Sketches 2008 | 5 | Matthew Stringer |
| 17 Jan 2009 |
|
4 | Crusade | 15 | Matthew Stringer |
| 16 Nov 2008 |
|
9 |
Prisms
1986
|
1 | Matthew Stringer |
| 12 Oct 2008 |
|
2 |
Prisms
1986
|
Matthew Stringer | |
| 09 Mar 2008 |
|
9 | Three Part Invention 2005 | 4 | Matthew Stringer |
| 19 Jan 2008 |
|
3 | An Alberta Suite | 4 | Matthew Stringer |
| 29 Sep 2007 |
|
1 | Imperium | 9 | Matthew Stringer |
| 25 Mar 2007 |
|
1 |
Oceans
1984
|
Carl Whiteoak | |
| 11 Mar 2007 |
|
2 | Prelude and Jubilate | 6 | Carl Whiteoak |
| 04 Feb 2007 |
|
6 | 11 | Carl Whiteoak | |
| 19 Nov 2006 |
|
1 |
Oceans
1984
|
Carl Whiteoak | |
| 04 Nov 2006 |
|
13 | Episodes for Brass [Churcher] | 3 | Carl Whiteoak |
| 01 Oct 2006 |
|
2 |
Oceans
1984
|
5 | Carl Whiteoak |
| 17 Sep 2006 |
|
3 | Carl Whiteoak | ||
| 29 Mar 2006 |
|
6 | Carl Whiteoak | ||
| 26 Mar 2006 |
|
6 | Carl Whiteoak | ||
| 12 Mar 2006 |
|
5 | Entertainments 1968 | 1 | Carl Whiteoak |
| 20 Nov 2005 |
|
4 |
Purcell Variations [Downie]
1995
|
9 | Carl Whiteoak |
| 29 Oct 2005 |
|
8 | Excelsior! [Snell] | 3 | Carl Whiteoak |
| 02 Oct 2005 |
|
6 | Carl Whiteoak | ||
| 03 Apr 2005 |
|
1 |
Tam O'Shanter's Ride [Wright]
1956
|
Carl Whiteoak | |
| 13 Mar 2005 |
|
4 | Tam O'Shanter's Ride [Wright] 1956 | 7 | Carl Whiteoak |
| 06 Feb 2005 |
|
3 |
Purcell Variations [Downie]
1995
|
2 | Carl Whiteoak |
| 03 Oct 2004 |
|
1 |
Music for a Festival [Sparke]
1985
|
4 | Carl Whiteoak |
| 14 Mar 2004 |
|
10 | Vizcaya 1967 | 16 | Alan Widdop |
| 23 Nov 2003 |
|
11 | Bryan Warrington | ||
| 16 Nov 2003 |
|
4 |
Sunset Rhapsody
1958
|
8 | Bryan Warrington |
| 09 Mar 2003 |
|
12 | Northern Landscapes 2002 | 5 | Graham Smith |
| 26 Jan 2003 |
|
3 |
Music for a Festival [Sparke]
1985
|
Graham Smith | |
| 24 Nov 2002 |
|
W | Unknown | ||
| 21 Sep 2002 |
|
3 | Cherchebi 2000 | 11 | Shane Foster |
| 07 Apr 2002 |
|
Shane Foster | |||
| 10 Mar 2002 |
|
3 | St. Austell Suite 2001 | Shane Foster | |
| 27 Jan 2002 |
|
6 | Shane Foster | ||
| 25 Nov 2001 |
|
1 | David W. Ashworth | ||
| 01 Apr 2001 |
|
3 | 9 | Bryan Warrington | |
| 11 Mar 2001 |
|
8 | Sinfonietta Pastorale 1946 | Bryan Warrington | |
| 28 Jan 2001 |
|
1 | 3 | Bryan Warrington | |
| 26 Nov 2000 |
|
1 | Bryan Warrington | ||
| 28 Oct 2000 |
|
16 | Dunwich Sinfonietta 1999 | Bryan Warrington | |
| 02 Apr 2000 |
|
2 | Bryan Warrington | ||
| 12 Mar 2000 |
|
4 | The Haslemere Suite 1998 | 11 | Bryan Warrington |
| 30 Jan 2000 |
|
6 | Bryan Warrington | ||
| 23 Oct 1999 |
|
6 | Little Suite for Brass [Arnold] 1963 | 9 | Bryan Warrington |
| 28 Mar 1999 |
|
4 | Bryan Warrington | ||
| 31 Jan 1999 |
|
5 | 6 | Bryan Warrington | |
| 22 Nov 1998 |
|
1 | Bryan Warrington | ||
| 25 Jan 1998 |
|
3 |
Little Suite for Brass [Arnold]
1963
|
1 | Bryan Warrington |
| 23 Nov 1997 |
|
7 | Bryan Warrington | ||
| 16 Nov 1997 |
|
Little Suite for Brass [Arnold] 1963 | 1 | Bryan Warrington | |
| 26 Nov 1995 |
|
1 |
Partita [Gregson]
1970
|
1 | S. Sharples |
| 03 May 1987 |
|
10 | 4 | N. Sanders | |
| 29 Mar 1987 |
|
The Margam Stones | 15 | N. Sanders | |
| 22 Feb 1987 |
|
11 | 11 | N. Sanders | |
| 23 Nov 1986 |
|
W | Henry the Fifth [Vaughan Williams] | 4 | Unknown |
| 02 Mar 1986 |
|
15 | California Legend | 1 | Gordon Higginbottom |
| 24 Nov 1985 |
|
W | Main Street 1961 | 5 | N. Sanders |
| 05 May 1985 |
|
P. McAuley | |||
| 24 Mar 1985 |
|
Music for a Brass Band 1962 | David Lever | ||
| 03 Mar 1985 |
|
Triumphant Rhapsody
1965
|
4 | P. McAuley | |
| 02 Dec 1984 |
|
Connotations
1976
|
5 | David Lever | |
| 18 Nov 1984 |
|
Facets of Glass 1984 | 2 | David Lever | |
| 13 May 1984 |
|
A French Suite 1982 | Unknown | ||
| 25 Mar 1984 |
|
3 | Dimensions 1983 | Alec Evans | |
| 04 Mar 1984 |
|
4 |
The Plantagenets
1972
|
11 | Fred Bowker |
| 29 Jan 1984 |
|
2 | Fred Bowker | ||
| 20 Nov 1983 |
|
9 | 2 | Fred Bowker | |
| 08 Oct 1983 |
|
1 | A French Suite 1982 | 14 | Fred Bowker |
| 22 May 1983 |
|
Swiss Festival Overture [Ball] 1969 | Fred Bowker | ||
| 02 Apr 1983 |
|
Egmont [arr. Ball] 1949 | Fred Bowker | ||
| 27 Mar 1983 |
|
2 | Wheatlands 1982 | 13 | Fred Bowker |
| 06 Feb 1983 |
|
3 | Fred Bowker | ||
| 30 Jan 1983 |
|
3 | Fred Bowker | ||
| 21 Nov 1982 |
|
Rhapsodic Symphony 1982 | Fred Bowker | ||
| 17 Oct 1982 |
|
4 | A Moorside Suite 1928 | 4 | Fred Bowker |
| 15 May 1982 |
|
Entertainments 1968 | 6 | Fred Bowker | |
| 10 Apr 1982 |
|
The Shipbuilders 1960 | 1 | Fred Bowker | |
| 20 Jun 1981 |
|
W | 8 | Colin Angell | |
| 18 Apr 1981 |
|
Swiss Festival Overture [Ball] 1969 | Garry Cutt | ||
| 01 Feb 1981 |
|
3 |
Main Street
1961
|
3 | Garry Cutt |
| 09 Nov 1980 |
|
3 | Unknown | ||
| 26 Oct 1980 |
|
Unknown | |||
| 04 Oct 1980 |
|
6 | Concertante Music 1979 | Garry Cutt | |
| 15 Jun 1980 |
|
4 | Garry Cutt | ||
| 05 Apr 1980 |
|
Entertainments 1968 | 3 | Garry Cutt | |
| 30 Mar 1980 |
|
1 | Main Street 1961 | 14 | Garry Cutt |
| 02 Mar 1980 |
|
3 |
Scheherazade
|
8 | Garry Cutt |
| 02 Mar 1980 |
|
3 |
Main Street
1961
|
2 | Garry Cutt |
| 17 Feb 1980 |
|
1 | Themes from Symphony No. 5 [Beethoven] | 6 | Garry Cutt |
| 27 Jan 1980 |
|
3 |
Scheherazade
|
1 | Garry Cutt |
| 01 Dec 1979 |
|
1 | Unknown | ||
| 04 Nov 1979 |
|
1 | 19 | Garry Cutt | |
| 28 Oct 1979 |
|
3 | 8 | Garry Cutt | |
| 29 Apr 1979 |
|
2 | The Shipbuilders 1960 | 7 | Garry Cutt |
| 14 Apr 1979 |
|
Land of the Mountain and the Flood | 15 | Garry Cutt | |
| 18 Feb 1979 |
|
3 | The Shipbuilders 1960 | 4 | Garry Cutt |
| 28 May 1978 |
|
1 | Unknown | ||
| 07 May 1978 |
|
3 | Little Suite for Brass Band No. 2 1967 | 3 | Kevin Bolton |
| 25 Mar 1978 |
|
11 | Snowdon Fantasy 1955 | 5 | Kevin Bolton |
| 29 Jan 1978 |
|
6 | Kevin Bolton | ||
| 15 May 1977 |
|
1 |
Promenade
1969
|
1 | Gordon Dean |
| 09 Apr 1977 |
|
Othello | Gordon Dean | ||
| 06 Mar 1977 |
|
6 | 5 | Gordon Dean | |
| 30 Jan 1977 |
|
Gordon Dean | |||
| 23 May 1976 |
|
2 |
Promenade
1969
|
Gordon Dean | |
| 09 May 1976 |
|
Three Inventions 1968 | 3 | Gordon Dean | |
| 17 Apr 1976 |
|
Sinfonietta [Wilson] 1967 | Gordon Dean | ||
| 07 Mar 1976 |
|
6 | Gordon Dean | ||
| 01 Feb 1976 |
|
7 | Gordon Dean | ||
| 07 Dec 1975 |
|
4 | Gordon Dean | ||
| 10 May 1975 |
|
Scheherazade | 10 | Gordon Dean | |
| 04 May 1975 |
|
1 |
Scheherazade
|
Gordon Dean | |
| 29 Mar 1975 |
|
9 | Gordon Dean | ||
| 29 Mar 1975 |
|
1 | Indian Summer 1950 | 2 | Gordon Dean |
| 09 Mar 1975 |
|
3 | Unknown | ||
| 02 Feb 1975 |
|
8 | 6 | Gordon Dean | |
| 06 May 1972 |
|
Little Suite for Brass [Arnold] 1963 | Gordon Dean | ||
| 05 Dec 1971 |
|
Mexican Fiesta 1970 | Gordon Dean | ||
| 13 Jun 1971 |
|
1 | Gordon Dean | ||
| 30 Nov 1963 |
|
Rigoletto [unknown arranger] | Unknown | ||
| 13 May 1961 |
|
Suite in Bb [Purcell] 1960 | 7 | R. Eastwood | |
| 22 Apr 1961 |
|
Suite in Bb [Purcell] 1960 | 12 | R. Eastwood | |
| 09 Apr 1960 |
|
The Princess and the Poet 1960 | R. Eastwood | ||
| 13 Feb 1954 |
|
Beautiful Britain | Chris Davis | ||
| 13 Oct 1951 |
|
Macbeth [Verdi arr. Greenwood] | 9 | Chris Davis | |
| 21 May 1938 |
|
Beautiful Britain | 2 | John Williamson | |
| 09 May 1936 |
|
Songs of the Homeland | 8 | John Williamson | |
| 05 May 1934 |
|
Semiramide [unknown arranger] | Unknown | ||
| 06 Jun 1931 |
|
La Favorita | Unknown | ||
| 11 Nov 1905 |
|
Gemma di Vergy [unknown arranger] | 10 | Alexander Owen | |
| 27 Aug 1904 |
|
1 | Anna Bolena [arr. Round] | 1 | Alexander Owen |
| 06 Aug 1904 |
|
1 | Anna Bolena [unknown arranger] | 3 | Alexander Owen |
| 30 Jul 1904 |
|
7 | Anna Bolena [arr. Round] | 3 | Alexander Owen |
| 05 Sep 1903 |
|
1 | Casket of Gems | 9 | Alexander Owen |
| 15 Aug 1903 |
|
6 | Mercadante | 7 | Alexander Owen |
| 16 Aug 1902 |
|
1 |
Halevy [arr. Round]
1895
|
24 | Alexander Owen |
| 30 Jun 1899 |
|
3 | Unknown | ||
| 31 Jul 1897 |
|
Smiles and Tears | 12 | Percy Owen | |
| 24 Jul 1897 |
|
3 | Smiles and Tears | 4 | P. Power |
| 27 Feb 1897 |
|
Eureka 1895 | Unknown | ||
| 02 May 1896 |
|
4 | Lucrezia Borgia [arr. Round] 1895 | Thomas Valentine | |
| 18 Aug 1894 |
|
4 | Elixir of Love 1892 | Alexander Owen | |
| 14 Jun 1890 |
|
4 | Nil Desperandum 1890 | Unknown | |
| 21 Sep 1889 |
|
5 | Excelsior [Round] 1888 | Alexander Owen | |
| 03 Aug 1889 |
|
1 | Excelsior [Round] 1888 | 10 | Alexander Owen |
| 27 Jul 1889 |
|
1 | Unknown | ||
| 13 Jul 1889 |
|
4 | Il Bravo [arr. Godfrey] 1889 | Alexander Owen | |
| 29 Jun 1889 |
|
3 | Excelsior [Round] 1888 | Unknown | |
| 15 Jun 1889 |
|
Excelsior [Round] 1888 | 9 | Unknown | |
| 01 Jun 1889 |
|
1 | Excelsior [Round] 1888 | Alexander Owen | |
| 20 Apr 1889 |
|
2 | Excelsior [Round] 1888 | 24 | Alexander Owen |
| 01 Sep 1888 |
|
1 | Victory [Round] 1887 | 10 | Alexander Owen |
| 05 May 1888 |
|
Cleopatra | Unknown | ||
| 10 Jul 1886 |
|
I Puritani [arr. Godfrey] 1886 | 17 | Edwin Swift | |
| 24 Apr 1886 |
|
Hohenlinden
1880
|
4 | Edwin Swift | |
| 29 Aug 1885 |
|
5 | 4 | Edwin Swift | |
| 03 Aug 1885 |
|
2 | 1 | Unknown | |
| 04 Jul 1885 |
|
All We Like Sheep | Unknown | ||
| 16 May 1885 |
|
2 |
'Worthy is the Lamb' and 'Amen' from The Messiah
|
11 | Edwin Swift |
| 04 Apr 1885 |
|
W | The Last Judgement [arr. Round] 1879 | Unknown | |
| 31 May 1884 |
|
The Heavens are Telling | 5 | George Frederick Birkinshaw | |
| 24 May 1884 |
|
3 | 3 | J. Birkenhead | |
| 17 May 1884 |
|
The Heavens are Telling | 8 | George Frederick Birkinshaw | |
| 12 Apr 1884 |
|
W | Jeanette 1884 | Unknown | |
| 12 Apr 1884 |
|
I Puritani | Unknown | ||
| 02 Aug 1883 |
|
1 | The Forest Queen 1882 | George Frederick Birkinshaw | |
| 21 Jul 1883 |
|
Unknown | |||
| 07 Jul 1883 |
|
3 | George Frederick Birkinshaw | ||
| 30 Jun 1883 |
|
Hours of Beauty 1883 | 7 | George Frederick Birkinshaw | |
| 12 May 1883 |
|
Iolanthe (selection) | 4 | George Frederick Birkinshaw | |
| 21 Apr 1883 |
|
Hallelujah Chorus [arr. Round] 1880 | 7 | George Frederick Birkinshaw | |
| 24 Mar 1883 |
|
4 | The Forest Queen 1882 | 10 | George Frederick Birkinshaw |
| 07 Aug 1882 |
|
The Rose of England | Unknown | ||
| 29 Jul 1882 |
|
4 | James Wood | ||
| 15 Jul 1882 |
|
Kyrie and Gloria from Mozart's 12th Mass [arr. Frost] | Unknown | ||
| 22 Apr 1882 |
|
Marion
|
2 | Joseph Taylor | |
| 08 Apr 1882 |
|
Marion
|
1 | James Wood | |
| 27 Aug 1881 |
|
W | Unknown | ||
| 27 Aug 1881 |
|
Unknown | |||
| 20 Aug 1881 |
|
2 | 3 | Unknown | |
| 09 Jul 1881 |
|
Wheel of Fortune
|
9 | James Wood | |
| 16 Apr 1881 |
|
W | Unknown | ||
| 11 Sep 1880 |
|
Hohenlinden 1880 | Unknown |