If you’re an enthusiastic woodwind, brass or percussion player with ensemble experience, we’d like to hear from you!

Spring 2026.  We’d love to welcome another experienced Euphonium, and additional Percussion to join our section would be perfect! One more Alto Sax would also be great. We also welcome enquiries for other instruments (so sorry – our flute section is currently full, we’ll advertise any future vacancies here) and wish to include as many players as possible.  New members are asked to play for a few weeks before we all chat about how it’s going – we don’t do auditions. Then if you join us we just ask for commitment to regular rehearsals, practice and our concert schedule.   Do get in touch via barnessec@gmail.com.

Barnes Concert Band is a community ensemble that celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2025. We include all the woodwind and brass instruments plus percussion.  We have 50+ members, amateur players from South-West London who enjoy practising and performing a wide range of wind band music from contemporary to classical, films and shows.   The Band supports the activities of local community organisations and regularly plays on Summer Bandstands.  We  also invite audiences to formal concerts – such as the prestigious Barnes Music Festival – so we can tackle the more challenging pieces in the Wind Band repertoire.

The band meets weekly on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 – 9:30 pm at St Richard Reynolds Catholic College, Clifden Road, Twickenham, TW1 4LT, which is a short walk from Twickenham Station. [We use the separate teaching building, accessed through the pedestrian gate in Station Road, across the field/playground and then on your right.]  Parking is usually easy in the evening.

Anyone wishing to join the Band must understand our Child/Young Person Protection Policy  – we are an adult ensemble but, occasionally, young players rehearse and perform with us.  Before any such rehearsal/event we brief our players on their responsibilities, and require them to re-familiarise themselves with the policy, which is reviewed annually by the Committee.