The Royal
Marines Association Concert Band (RMACB) was formed in May 2006 with the
approval of the Commandant General Royal Marines and Principal Director of
Music. For a complete history of how we started, please read Paddy's excellent
article 'A band is Born'.
The band has gone from strength to strength under the direction of its initial
Director of Music, Capt. Ted
Whealing, current Director of Music
Capt David Cole and the effort
and support of its members.
Many
of the band members are former Royal Marines musicians who have settled in the
Portsmouth/Hampshire area after completing their service - although some travel
down as far afield as Deal and Newbury to attend rehearsals. The band has grown
significantly into 'staff band' proportions with a complement of some of the
best musicians the RM band service has ever had. At the time of writing the
leader and Solo Clarinet is
Malcolm
Kennard a former clarinet professor at the Royal Marines School of Music;
the trumpet section is equally supported and led by
Jon Yates,
currently the trumpet professor at the Royal Marines Schools of Music. With
members such as these, the RMACB has built a reputation of being the premier
veteran's concert band in the UK.
Please take the time to look around the website and we hope you find
something of interest. Check back regularly as new concert dates are being
added all the time. Should you find yourself at one of our concerts, please
come up and say hello. We look forward to meeting and chatting with all our
supporters and friends. We have a mailing list that you can join so that you
can be kept up to date of our concerts and such like; if you would like a
special gift then please visit our online shop where you can purchase
from our range of CD's.
See you
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The RMACB
regulary produces Newsletters packed with information about the band, its
members as well as providing the latest updates to all our public concerts. Our
Newsletters are in PDF format. (so you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view
these pages). To save a Newsletter for off-site reading, simply right click on
any of the link(s) below and select 'Save As' (Windows)
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