The band were recently featured as Club of the Month in the March edition of Phonebox magazine.

Full details of the article and a link to the post are in this news item.

On Saturday 17 February , the Welsh Open Brass Band Entertainment Championship witnessed an outstanding performance by Milton Keynes Brass, leaving a lasting impression on both judges and the audience. The band’s captivating theme, “Kings and Queens,” featured repertoire that showcased their musical competence. Under the direction of conductor Matt Brown, Milton Keynes Brass presented “The Crowning” by Jonathan Bates, “Castell Caerfyrddyn” by Alex McGee, a stunning solo performance on Soprano Cornet by Martin Groves of Mozart’s “The Queen of the Night Aria,” from “The Magic Flute”, “The Boy King” by Jonathan Bates, and Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King.”

Saturday 9 December saw the much anticipated joint concert between MK Community Choir and Milton Keynes Brass partly due to interference from Covid and a broken heating system which saw the concert postponed. 

Milton Keynes Brass Band's performance at the Leicestershire Brass Band Association contest on 19 November, 2023, was a noteworthy event with the band performing Paganini Variations by Philip Wilby.

Despite the challenging weather during the Remembrance Day parade in Newport Pagnell, the resilient spirit of the participants, including the Milton Keynes brass band, veterans, cadets, guides, scouts, brownies, and mopeds, prevailed as we marched up High Street to the church.

Milton Keynes Brass delivered a captivating performance at the Park's Trust "Apple Day" on 21 October, 2023.

Milton Keynes Brass made their mark at the Bolsover Festival of Brass during Matthew Brown's inaugural competition as the band's musical director. The ensemble's performance was centred around the theme of dance, captivating the audience with their musical finesse.

Milton Keynes Brass recently delivered a delightful evening proms concert at the Leighton Buzzard bandstand. Against the backdrop of this scenic outdoor venue, the band's performance featured an array of beloved British classics, including Pomp and Circumstance, Jerusalem, I Vow to Thee My Country, and Famous British Sea Songs.

Milton Keynes Brass is delighted to announce the appointment of Matthew Brown as the band’s new Musical Director. We look forward to working with Matt and have already started preparations for the upcoming concerts and contests.

Milton Keynes Brass recently had the pleasure of performing at Loughton Manor First School's May Fayre fete gig on Saturday, 20 May 2023. The sun shone brightly, warming both the atmosphere and our new hats! The band delighted the audience with a selection of crowd-pleasing favourites, including "Blaydon Races," "Carmen Fantasy," "Feelin Good," and "Bat Out of Hell."

Performing on the bandstand at Abington Park in Northampton is an opportunity that Milton Keynes Brass always look forward to, and it often attracts large crowds. Although we were given a much better date in mid May this year (following the icy 1 or 2 degrees at the beginning of April last year!), the forecast was rain. However, the local crowds didn’t let us down, and even brought the sunshine with them.

Sunday 7 May saw the first outing for our 10 piece band at the Big Coronation Lunch. With over 500 people attending to enjoy the sunshine, mobile farm, fire engine and a picnic whilst listening to the band. The interval saw the band choosing between ice cream or coffee.

Milton Keynes Brass would like to say a HUGE thank you and farewell to Jonathan Mott who has been our Musical Director for the last 6 years. We wish him all the best for the future and we are sure that our paths will cross again soon.

Like hundreds of brass bands all over the country, on 18 March MK Brass travelled to The Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage, to compete at the qualifiers for The National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain.

Playing for two of the Open University graduation ceremonies was the band’s first 10 piece performances of 2023. A couple of rehearsals beforehand left us feeling confident for the mammoth blow ahead. Held at the amazing Milton Keynes Theatre, the auditorium was almost full and it was quite daunting playing to such a large crowd as a smaller group.

A fantastic day was had by all at Milton Keynes Brass on Sunday in preparation for the London and Southern Counties Area Competition on 18 March.

Milton Keynes Brass achieved second place and also won awards for Best Bass Section and Best Cornet for Principal Cornet Matt Ball. With three weeks remaining until our Area Contest, a chance to improve the piece some more there are exciting times ahead.

Milton Keynes Brass are pleased to announce that Shaun Pope and Luke Colvin have recently joined the band on 1st Baritone and EEb Bass respectively. With Kathy Gifford on the Solo Cornet bench and Paul Fensom returning from Norway to help on Percussion, the band is looking forward to the Regional Brass Band Championships in March.

We returned to Hanslope Church for their annual Christmas concert on Saturday 3 December and were joined by the Hanslope School Choir. 

The church was full, but we managed to fit in a special guest from the North Pole who delivered some early Christmas presents to the children there. 

Midway through the Christmas build-up, the band had a very busy Sunday.

After many requests from Milton Keynes and further afield we had to prioritise our regular performances and returned to Milton Keynes Village for the Christmas Lantern Parade.

While the rest of the band was in the cold playing for the Parks Trust, 6 players were keeping warm with hot chocolate and mulled wine inside at the village hall.