The Watersmeet Theatre, Rickmansworth

  • RAF Squadronaires
  • Friday 15th March 7:30pm
  • RAF Music Charitable Trust

More information and tickets here

 

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

  • Central Band of the RAF in concert with the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Wind Orchestra
  • Friday 19th April 7:00pm
  • Tickets are free (booking required)

More information and tickets here

 

St George's Academy, Sleaford

  • Band of the RAF College
  • Saturday 20th April

More information and tickets here

 

The Corn Exchange, Bourne

  • RAF Swing Wing
  • Friday 26th April

More information and tickets here

 

Thomas Clarkson Academy, Wisbech

  • RAF Swing Wing
  • Saturday 27th April 7:30pm

For tickets, call Ray and Jan Hutchinson on: 01945 584595

 

Public Duties: The Changing of the Guard

  • Buckingham Palace
  • Central Band of the RAF & Band of the RAF Regiment
  • 15th May: Dismount
  • 17th May: RAF perform the Mount and Dismount as part of the same ceremony
  • 19th May: Mount
  • 20th May: Dismount
  • 22 May: Mount
  • 24 May: Dismount

More information here

 

Lincoln Cathedral

  • Band of the RAF College
  • Saturday 11th May 7:30pm
  • 20th anniversary of the RAF Music Charitable Trust

More information and tickets here

 

Royal Hall, Harrogate

  • Band of the RAF College and the Band of the RAuxAF
  • Friday 28th June 7:30pm
  • 20th anniversary of the RAF Music Charitable Trust

More information and tickets here

 

Cast Theatre, Doncaster

  • Band of the RAF College
  • Thursday 19th September 7:30pm
  • 20th anniversary of the RAF Music Charitable Trust

More information and tickets here

 

Palace Theatre, Newark

  • Band of the RAF College
  • Friday 20th September 7:30pm
  • 20th anniversary of the RAF Music Charitable Trust

More information and tickets here

 

The Playhouse, Weston super Mare

  • Central Band of the RAF
  • Friday 27th September 7:30pm
  • 20th anniversary of the RAF Music Charitable Trust

More information and tickets here

 

West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge

  • Band of the RAF Regiment
  • Friday 4th October 7:30pm
  • 20th anniversary of the RAF Music Charitable Trust

More information and tickets here

 

 

 

 

Music services video playlist

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Leap Day

Composed by Adrian Quince

Performed by the Central Band of the Royal Air Force

 

Leap Day is a fantasia for band dedicated to February 29. Coming only once every four years, the leap day on our calendar offers an interesting occasion to pause and consider how much our lives and the world have changed in the last four years. Featuring dynamic rhythms, the piece centres on an energetic fanfare which returns periodically. Between these are episodes which illustrate the frequent ups and downs of modern life.

Leap Day

Composed by Adrian Quince

Performed by the Central Band of the Royal Air Force

 

Leap Day is a fantasia for band dedicated to February 29. Coming only once every four years, the leap day on our calendar offers an interesting occasion to pause and consider how much our lives and the world have changed in the last four years. Featuring dynamic rhythms, the piece centres on an energetic fanfare which returns periodically. Between these are episodes which illustrate the frequent ups and downs of modern life.

Soldier On!

Composed by Flight Lieutenant Michael Parsons

Performed by the Band of the RAF College

 

In 2015, the charity Soldier On! launched the competition for a quick march composition entitled ‘Soldier On!’. Competition winner Flight Lieutenant Michael Parsons, Director of Music of the Band of the RAF Regiment entry is performed on the steps of College Hall Officers’ Mess, RAF College Cranwell.

Saeculum

Composed by Senior Aircraftman Matthew Leach

Performed by RAF Music Services

 

The RAF Music Services perform Senior Aircraftman Matthew Leach piece 'Saeculum', meaning 'Century' in Latin. Matthew won the RAF Slow March competition, to celebrate a century of music in the RAF, and the piece will be performed in public for the first time at the Changing of the Guard Ceremony at Buckingham Palace, in January 2022.

Tornado To The Last

Composed by Andrew Stevens

Conducted by Squadron Leader Richard Murray

Performed by the Band of the RAF College

Moonlight Serenade

Composed by Glenn Miller

Performed by the RAF Squadronaires

Flying Home

Composed by Lionel Hampton

Performed by the RAF Shades of Blue

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