Trinity Concert Band

18/10/2026

🎄✨ A LITTLE CHRISTMAS MAGIC IS COMING TO READING MINSTER! ✨🎄

Make a date in your diary for Sunday 13th December at 4pm, when Trinity Concert Band returns to the beautiful surroundings of Reading Minster for 'Christmas at Reading Minster'.

Join us for a magical afternoon of festive music, traditional carols and much-loved Christmas movie favourites. Our programme will include the enchanting music of The Nutcracker, the ever-popular Sleigh Ride, White Christmas, Fairytale of New York and Nigel Hess’s magnificent Christmas Overture, frequently heard on Classic FM during the festive season 🎶

🎁 The perfect excuse for a Christmas shopping trip!
Spend Sunday afternoon browsing the shops in Reading, soak up the festive atmosphere, then round off your day with our uplifting concert full of Christmas cheer. And with a 4pm start, you'll still be home in good time for the evening!

This concert is part of our More than Music campaign, raising money for Reading Men's Shed and supporting the fantastic work they do to bring men together through friendship, shared skills and community 💜

Bring your friends, bring your family and join us for a wonderful afternoon of music for all ages.

🎟️ BOX OFFICE OPENS SUNDAY 1ST NOVEMBER!

📍 Reading Minster, St Mary's Butts, Reading
📅 Sunday 13th December
🕓 4pm

Find out more and book your tickets from 1st November on our website (link in comments).

We can't wait to celebrate the season with you! 🎄

15/10/2026

💜 INTRODUCING OUR NEW CHARITY PARTNER! 💛

We're delighted to announce that, for the next 12 months, Trinity Concert Band will be supporting Reading Men's Shed as part of our More than Music initiative! 🎉

Based near Oxford Road, Reading Men's Shed provides a friendly, welcoming space where men can come together to work on practical projects, share skills and enjoy a good cuppa and a chat ☕🔨

For many older men, particularly those who have retired, leaving behind the routine and social connections of working life can be a real challenge. Reading Men's Shed helps fill that gap, offering a place to meet others, make new friends, learn new skills and enjoy a renewed sense of purpose and belonging.

Whether it's woodworking, metalworking or another project entirely, members can work at their own pace, share their knowledge and be part of a supportive community. It's about so much more than what's made in the workshop - it's about connection, companionship and looking out for one another. 💛

Over the coming year, we'll be raising funds and awareness to support the fantastic work Reading Men's Shed does in our local community.

Please join us in welcoming our new charity partner! 💜

14/10/2026

We’re delighted to share this upcoming concert from Reading Phoenix Choir, supporting such an important local cause 💜

The Royal Berkshire Cancer Centre provides vital care and support to so many people in our community. If you’re free this Saturday, why not join them at Reading Minster for an afternoon of music for a wonderful cause? 🎶

Wishing the choir every success with their concert!

Join us this coming Saturday 17th October at 5pm at Reading Minster as we raise funds for Royal Berks Charity.

The concert begins at 5pm and features the full breadth of Reading Phoenix Choir's repertoire: everything from the musical Hamilton to the choral legend Harris.

We'd love to see you!
Get your tickets from www.rpchoir.com/berkshirecancer

13/10/2026

💜 MORE THAN MUSIC: £1,933 RAISED FOR PARENTING SPECIAL CHILDREN! 💛

What an incredible way to round off our year of support! 🎉

Over the past 12 months, Trinity Concert Band has raised a fantastic £1,933 for Parenting Special Children, helping them continue their invaluable work supporting families of children and young people with additional needs across Berkshire and beyond.

And a special shout-out to everyone who supported our raffle at our recent concert - the raffle alone raised a whopping £451.57! 🤩 Thank you to everyone who bought tickets, donated prizes and helped make it such a success.

It's been a real privilege to support a charity that makes such a meaningful difference to so many families in our region 💜

But our More than Music journey doesn't stop here! Since launching the initiative in 2021, we've raised over £6,000 for five different charities through our concerts and fundraising activities 🎶🙌

Tonight, at our AGM, our band members will vote to choose the charity we'll support over the coming year, following another round of nominations. We can't wait to find out who we'll be supporting next!

A huge thank you to everyone who has supported our fundraising over the years. It really does show that we're about so much more than the music 💛

12/10/2026

🎶 We’re heading back to NCBF! 🎺🥁

We’re delighted to be taking part in the National Concert Band Festival again this year! We’ll be heading to the Northampton Regionals on 29th November, ready to celebrate the concert and big band community and enjoy another fantastic festival.

We’re already hard at work preparing our programme, and we can’t wait to take part alongside bands from across the region!

Good luck to everyone preparing for this year’s festival. We’ll see you in Northampton! 💜🎵

🎺 A BIG NCBF WELCOME TO OUR 2026/27 BANDS! 🎷

The entries are coming in thick and fast, and we're delighted to welcome the 43 bands who are joining us for this year's National Concert Band Festival regionals so far! 🩵

From school and youth bands to community bands, university ensembles, wind orchestras and big bands, it's fantastic to see so many different groups getting ready to take part.

So, a huge welcome to:

Altrincham Grammar School for Boys Big Band
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys Concert Band
Bangor University Concert Band/Jazz Band
Barnsley Town Concert Band (Barnsley Wind Bands)
Berkshire Music Trust Reading Senior Wind Band
BMS Concert Band
Cardiff University Symphonic Winds
Cheadle Hulme School Concert Band
Co-operative Wind Bands Community Wind Band
Co-operative Fusion Band
Crumpsall Concert Band
Durham University Concert Band
Ealing Wind Orchestra
Fife Schools Wind Band
Haberdashers' Abraham Darby Showband
Haberdashers' Boys' School & Haberdashers' Girls' School Elstree Symphonic Winds
HMS Collingwood Royal Naval Volunteer Band
Huddersfield Wind Band
London Youth Concert Band
Luton Music Service Youth Concert Band
Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) Wind Orchestra (MUWO)
Nantwich Bands Symphonic Wind Band
Northampton Concert Band
Northampton School for Boys Big Band
Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust - NMPAT County Youth Big Band
Northamptonshire County Youth Concert Band
North Cheshire Wind Orchestra
Rochdale Music Service Community Wind Band
Stafford Grammar School Big Band
Stafford Grammar School Concert Band
Staffordshire Community Wind Orchestra
St Dunstan's College Big Band
Telford Concert Band
The Silverwood Band
Trinity Concert Band
Trinity School Big Band
Trinity School Symphonic Wind Orchestra
University of Warwick Big Band
University of Warwick Wind Orchestra
Woking Wind Orchestra
Woodley Concert Band
Wrekin College Concert Band
Wrekin College Jazz Band
XBY Concert Band

👏 Thank you for being part of NCBF! We can't wait to hear you play.

And if your band hasn't entered yet, there's still time to get involved! Join a festival that celebrates the joy of playing, the value of constructive feedback and the wonderful community that brings us all together through music.

🎶 It's not about competing against each other. It's about making music together.

23/09/2026

💜 We're so looking forward to welcoming Parenting Special Children once again to our 25th Anniversary Gala Concert this Saturday!

It's particularly special to have PSC with us as we reach the end of our year as their charity partner. Together, our audiences and supporters have helped us raise more than £1,400 for this fantastic local charity over the past 12 months, and we're hoping to add to that total on Saturday! 🎺🎶

A huge thank you to everyone who has supported our fundraising this year. We're incredibly grateful to have been able to support the wonderful work that PSC does for local families.

And, of course, we're looking forward to celebrating 25 years of Trinity Concert Band with a very special evening of music at the Great Hall, University of Reading.

🎟️ Tickets are still available for Saturday's 7pm concert: trinityband.co.uk

Come and celebrate with us, and help us give PSC a fantastic finale to their year as our charity partner! 💜💛

25 years. One very special evening 🎺✨

We’re delighted to announce our 25th Anniversary Gala Concert, taking place on Saturday 26th September at 7pm in the magnificent Great Hall at the University of Reading.

And this one is going to be rather special…

🎶 WORLD PREMIERE- wind band arrangement of Debbie Wiseman’s 'Elizabeth II', arr. Paul Speed
🎷 A special performance from our clarinet ensemble
🎵 Gabriel’s Oboe featuring our Principal Oboist, Helen Lofthouse
🎂 Our 25th anniversary cake cutting
🎶 Plus music by Shostakovich, John Williams, The Beatles and many more!

It’s also our final concert of 2026 supporting our charity Parenting Special Children. Together, our audiences and supporters have helped us raise more than £1,480 since December.

🎟️ The box office is now OPEN!

Come and celebrate 25 years of Trinity Concert Band with us. We’d love to see you there 💜✨

🎟️ Tickets from trinityband.co.uk.

03/09/2026

What an amazing way to spend a Bank Holiday Monday! ☀️🎪🎺

We loved being part of The Swallowfield Show fun and playing to a lovely crowd - but there was plenty more going on around the showground too!

From 🚜 tractors, 🚗 classic cars, 🍦 ice cream, 🎢 the dragon roller coaster, dodgems, 🐴 the horse show and even a bit of hula-hooping… there was something around every corner.

And we couldn't resist the Lion Train from the local Lions Clubs, and all the people simply enjoying a great day out ❤️

Thanks to The Swallowfield Show for having us - we had a brilliant time and hope you'll have us back next year!

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27/04/2026

👏 Amazing effort from Ruth & John! 👏

On 19th April, our clarinettist Ruth Wise and her husband John took on The Wokingham Walk, tackling the full 15-mile route in an impressive 5½ hours 💪

They did it all to raise money for our 2026 charity partner, Parenting Special Children - and they’ve already smashed their original £200 target, raising £240 so far! 🎉

There’s still 2 days left before their fundraiser closes, so if you’d like to support them (and help push that total even higher), you can donate via the link in the comments below 👇

Every contribution makes a real difference - thank you! 💜