Barton Community Band
Meet The Band
Garry oglesby
Garry oglesby
Garry oglesby
Garry is Barton Community Band's extremely talented Musical Director. Garry studied music at both Leeds and Birmingham, becoming an Associate of Birmingham School of Music in both performance (French Horn) and teaching. As a freelance professional in London, Garry played with, amongst others, the Doyle Carte ballet company.
As well as bra
Garry is Barton Community Band's extremely talented Musical Director. Garry studied music at both Leeds and Birmingham, becoming an Associate of Birmingham School of Music in both performance (French Horn) and teaching. As a freelance professional in London, Garry played with, amongst others, the Doyle Carte ballet company.
As well as brass banding as a ‘hobby’, Garry holds down several teaching posts including Head of Brass at the Hull Collegiate School, Tranby Croft.
Besides playing the Tenor Horn with the City of Hull Band, Garry also finds time to play French Horn for orchestras and theatre companies, and conduct Barton Community Band. Garry was also the Musical Director of the Barton Town Band, and under his stewardship Barton have gone from the 4th to the 1st Section in consecutive years, with promotion to the Championship Section following in January 2011 and then created the Barton Community Band which is now competing in the third section and continues to support youth banding whenever and wherever possible.
Away from brass instruments, Garry is also a talented keyboard player, who has performed professionally in various pit orchestras, including a production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
liz
Garry oglesby
Garry oglesby
Position - Principle Cornet
Started playing age 12 years
Joined the band in 2005
Favourite music - One Moment in Time
Band highlight - Going on stage to receive the winning trophy for the band in 2018. Oh and playing for the Queen!
Instruments played: trumpet and flugel horn.
pete
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pete
Position - Soprano Cornet
Started playing age 12 years
Joined the band in 2022
Favourite music - Lots - do I have to choose just one??!
Band highlight - One of Pete’s earliest claims to fame is that he once appeared on Yorkshire TVs ‘Junior Show Time’ playing post horn gallop with Harold Street school brass band in 1972.
Instruments played: cornet and trumpet.
Matt
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pete
Position - Repiano Cornet
Started playing age 10 years
Joined the band in 2022
Favourite music -Anything that doesn't have "copyright 1960"... (or earlier!) printed at the bottom.
Band highlight - Filling out my band bio for the band (secretly it's Seaside Rendezvous so he can play the kazoo!!)
Instruments played: Cornet, Flugel, Tenor Horn, Bb Bass
richard
richard
richard
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isla
richard
richard
Position - 2nd Cornet
Started playing age 8 years
Joined the band in March 2022
Favourite music - Pirates of the Caribbean
Band highlight - Qualifying for the nationals (and then playing at the nationals!)
Instruments played: Kazoo and maracas!
rachael
richard
rachael
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olivia
richard
rachael
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kay
leeann
leeann
Position - 3rd Cornet
Started playing age 11 years
Joined the band in April 1986
Favourite music - Resurgum and Anglian Dances.
Band highlight - The Zoom quiz nights during lockdown, because you didn't even have to play before you could have a drink!
Instruments played: Tenor Horn, Kazoo and Cabassa!
leeann
leeann
leeann
Position - Cornet (3rd)
Started playing age 8 years
Joined the band in 1988
Favourite music - I will follow him
Band highlight - All the wins at the areas and watching my daughter enjoying playing her cornet.
Instruments played: cornet, baritone and euphonium.
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Helen
Helen
Helen
Position - Flugel Horn
Started playing age 7 years
Joined the band in 2019
Favourite music - Prelude for an Occasion
Band highlight - Winning the Yorkshire areas in 1987 with Barrow Concert Band, the first non-Yorkshire band to do so!
Instruments played: cornet, piano and guitar (badly!)
Nicki
Helen
Helen
Position - Tenor Horn
Started playing age 7 years
Joined the band in January 2022
Favourite music - anything by Gordon Langford.
Band highlight - Winning first section National Championships in 2012 with Unite the Union Band.
Instruments played: cornet, flugel, baritone (but not for some time!)
Ali
Helen
Jane
Position - 2nd Horn
Started playing age 6 years (Barrow Junior Band) then moved up to the seniors aged 11 years.
Joined the band in 2023 (after a 16 year break)
Favourite music - anything by John Williams.
Band highlight - Playing in Germany with Barrow Band & playing with Barton Community Band at the Nationals in Cheltenham.
Instruments played: Tenor Horn, cornet and piano.
Jane
Helen
Jane
Position - 1st Horn
Started playing aged 46
Joined the band in June 2022
Favourite music - Born Free and Lion King
Band highlight - Playing percussion for Cheltenham Nationals on the Glockenspiele
Instruments played: Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone, recorder and piano!
emiily
emiily
emiily
Position - Tenor Horn
Started playing age 8 years
Joined the band, Since birth - after all the years dressed up in various costumes and forced to stand in the freezing cold collecting! Following a recruitment day I joined the Youth Band in 2018. I then played for the Community Band in the Remembrance Day Parade in 2019 and enjoy sitting wit
Position - Tenor Horn
Started playing age 8 years
Joined the band, Since birth - after all the years dressed up in various costumes and forced to stand in the freezing cold collecting! Following a recruitment day I joined the Youth Band in 2018. I then played for the Community Band in the Remembrance Day Parade in 2019 and enjoy sitting with more experienced players.
Favourite music - Slaidburn
Band highlight - Zoom quizzes during Covid!
Instruments played: Tenor Horn and Kazoo.
Mel
emiily
emiily
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LUCY
emiily
LUCY
Position - Euphonium
Started playing age 8 years
Joined the band in April 2024
Favourite music - Paganini Variations, Pines of Rome, Variations on Laudate Dominum, Light Walk
Band highlight - Playing for the Queen when she visited Beverley in 2002
Instruments played: Euphonium and Baritone
Lily
emiily
LUCY
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linzi
Solo Trombone
elaine
Position - 1st Baritone
Started playing aged 12 years
Joined the band in 1988
Favourite music - Bohemian Rhapsody
Band highlight - 1st section area 2010 playing A Moorside Suite: the late great Dick Evans conducting, Garry playing solo horn, in a section with Mel, Steve and Liz, just perfect!! Best performance I'll ever be part of!
Instruments played: Nothing well!
elaine
Solo Trombone
elaine
Position - 2nd Baritone
Started playing aged 11/12 years
Joined the band in 2012
Favourite music - Born Free
Band highlight - When the conductor has said 'Well Done!' doesn't happen often! Seriously though, placing 3rd at Cheltenham this year and 1st at Durham in 2017.
Instruments played: Cornet and the Spoons!
Solo Trombone
Solo Trombone
Solo Trombone
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Luc
Solo Trombone
Solo Trombone
Position - 2nd Trombone
Started playing age 8 years (Baritone Horn)
Joined the band in 2024
Favourite music -Hoots Mon
Band highlight - Being asked to join the band!
Instruments played: Baritone Horn, Trombone, Cornet, Eb Bass, Tenor Horn, Euphonium, Flugel.
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Sam
Stuart
Stuart
Position - Bass Trombone
Started playing aged 11 years
Joined the band in 2021
Favourite music - Anything but Slaidburn!
Band highlight - Appearing on the poster for the 132nd Durham Miners Gala
Instruments played: Trombone and Tuba
Stuart
Stuart
Stuart
Position - Bb Bass
Started playing age 10 years
Joined the band in October 2019
Favourite music - The Last of the Mohicans
Band highlight - Winning the Yorkshire Areas Contest 1987 with Barrow Concert Band. The 1st non Yorkshire band to do this
Instruments played: Cornet and Euphonium
Shane
Stuart
Adrian
Position - Bb Bass
Started playing age 12 years
Joined the band in 2023
Favourite music - Procession to the Minster
Band highlight - Participating in a Marching Contest in France with Yorkshire Co-op. Just great fun!
Instruments played: Sadly no other instruments played.
Adrian
Stuart
Adrian
Position - Eb Bass
Started playing age 13 years
Joined the band in 2023
Favourite music - Anything with a nice tunes.
Band highlight - Playing at the Royal Albert Hall
Instruments played: Eb and Bb Bass
Dan
Daniel
Lewis
Position - Eb Bass
Started playing age 11 years on tenor horn then moved to tuba a year later as I saw the light (forgot my tenor horn to a rehearsal and just got given a tuba!)
Joined the band in 2024
Favourite music - Bare Necessities
Band highlight - My first ever contest ever which was with Barton Community Band, literally weeks after I j
Position - Eb Bass
Started playing age 11 years on tenor horn then moved to tuba a year later as I saw the light (forgot my tenor horn to a rehearsal and just got given a tuba!)
Joined the band in 2024
Favourite music - Bare Necessities
Band highlight - My first ever contest ever which was with Barton Community Band, literally weeks after I joined!
Instruments played: Tenor Horn, Piano, Classical Guitar and Tuba.
Lewis
Daniel
Lewis
Kit / Drums
Jay
Daniel
Daniel
Position - Tuned Percussion & Timpani
Started playing age 7 yrs
Joined the band December 2019
Favourite music - Pirates of the Caribbean
Band highlight - Being placed 2nd in the areas and qualifying for the National Championships.
Instruments played: Cello, piano, timpani, and lots of percussion!
Daniel
Daniel
Daniel
Position - Tuned Percussion & Timpani
Started playing age 14 yrs
Joined the band in 2023
Favourite music: Film especially John Powell and Hans Zimmer
Band Highlight: Tour of Czech Republic and Slovakia with Northamptonshire Youth Brass Band
Instruments Played: Baritone Horn, Percussion, Timpani
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