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QUANES GET CREATIVE WITH MANX MUSIC

04 Dec 2015


Ramsey Town Band gave a second performance of “The Celebration March” at their recent gala concert - a new piece by Frank Woolley which was commissioned by Ramsey Town Commissioners for their 150th anniversary. The piece, originally written for organ, features trad tunes “Mylecharaine’s March” and “Ramsey Town”, and it was arranged for brass band by conductor Robert Quane and his son Illiam.

Another highlight of the concert was a virtuosic jazz arrangement of “Arrane y Voirrey” (tune by Peddyr Cubberley), written and performed on solo trumpet by Illiam Quane (currently studying at the Royal Northern College of Music) accompanied by Ramsey Town Band. You can download the score and hear a midi version of the piece here.

Peddyr’s original “Arrane y Voirrey” is on p. 22 of Kiaull yn Theay 3 (AKA the purple book!) [Pics - Steve Colvin and Chris Leach]

For the Island of Culture 2014, Robert Quane was commissioned by Culture Vannin to write an original piece of music for brass band. He produced a fantastic suite called “Shift” and it was premiered by Ramsey Town Band in 2014. You can now download the music score and hear the midi versions of each movement in our LEARN PAGE.

If you’d like the parts to use with your band, get in touch with us

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