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Da Capo Winds is a friendly concert band for adults and children. We are based in Yateley (North East Hampshire) and serve Camberley, Farnborough, Aldershot, Farnham, Basingstoke and the surrounding areas as well as Yateley itself. We even have members that live as far away as Guildford and Whitehill (near Bordon). Unlike many bands we do not follow a busy programme of engagements. Our aim is to “Pursue Musical Excellence” and have a good time doing it. To this end each rehearsal starts with a musicianship training session that helps us all to improve underlying skills like tuning, musical balance, the ability to play better together etc. We only carry out a limited number of engagements so that we have enough time to work on the quality of the music we perform. Our concerts usually take place on a Monday evening with the exception of our Christmas concert which is scheduled for a Saturday afternoon late in December.
Our Spring concert 2010 was a huge success. The whole thing started with the band showing the audience one of the musicianship exercises that we use to help us improve our musical sounds. The ‘concert proper’ got off to a rousing start with the Marching Song by the British composer Gustav Holst with the first half being brought to a close with a selection of music from Bizet’s famous Carmen. After some well earned interval refreshments the second half started with a selection of disco music followed by a Minuet by Boccherini. The programme also included some Latin sounds (Mango Tango) and the big band classic Mood Indigo. The evening came to a close with an exciting performance of music from Pirates of the Caribbean.
Our next concert will be our Summer Concert on the evening of Monday 19 July at 7.15pm. Make a note in your diary and come along to join the band for a programme of music designed for a summer evening.
Our first ever PLAY DAY took take place on Sunday 28th February and was a great success. Over 40 local musicians, both children and adults came together and enjoyed a day making music.