Foden's Band
Over 120 years of musical excellence
Welcome to the Foden's Band Website
Foden's Band was formed in 1902 as part of the Foden's Motor Works.
The band have been based in Sandbach, Cheshire since its formation and are the current 'Number 1 ranked Brass Band in the World'
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Earlier this year Foden's were busy in the recording studio working on a number of exciting new CD projects. On Saturday, 'Sounds’ featuring the music of John Golland, will be officially released at the National Brass Band Championships at the Royal Albert Hall Foden's would like to thank Paul Hindmarsh for arranging the recording sessions and for providing such a fascinating insight into the music of John Golland and for World Of Brass for recording the project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVP-dXFb1v8 The soloist for the CD was the incredible Ross Knight, who delivers a fantastic performance of Golland’s Tuba Concerto.
In October, Foden's will travel to Sweden for a number of concerts, workshops and masterclasses under the baton of Russell Gray Saturday 17 October at 18:00 - Haninge Kulturhus in Handen Foden's will share the stage with Södertörns Brass ahead of their Swedish National appearance. Tickets via https://www.tickster.com/se/sv/events/zgldnfwpzn6yvz Sunday 18 October at 13:00 - Immanuelskyrkan in Stockholm Local youth brass students will spend the morning working with Principal players from Foden's as well as sharing the stage with the full band. Foden's will also reprise 'Music of the Spheres' from the British Open as well as an entertaining programme! Tickets via https://www.tickster.com/se/sv/events/xpd09539l3rlp9u If you are a brass player (or educator) you can register for a place on the Sunday workshops via - https://stockholm.rum.se/2026/brass-dag-pa-kmh-18-oktober/
On Friday 2 nd October Foden's travel to London to perform at the Regent Hall Salvation Army ahead of their appearance at the National finals the following day As well as giving a sneak preview of this years set work, the band also look forward to reprising their award winning 'Exodus: Moses in Egypt' SET performed at last year's Brass In Concert Contest Imperial Echoes - Safroni The Candle of the Lord – Graham (Soloist Mark Wilkinson) The Piper O’ Dundee – Downie (Soloist Grace Jeffers) Air from The Suite in D – Bach arr Snell Czardas – Strauss arr Snell A Road Less Travelled By - Sparke INTERVAL Soaring the Heights – Bond En Aranjuez con tu Amore – Rodrigo arr Bolton (Soloist Mike Eccles) Exodus : Moses in Egypt The River’s Lament – Bates Khamsawy – Egyptian Trad. Arr Bates The Wrath of the Plagues – Bates (Soloist Gary Curtin) The Parting of the Sea – Bates A Land of Promise – Bates When You Believe – Zimmer arr Bates TICKETS VIA - https://www.priorbooking.com/u/fodens
Galleries
View images of the band in full flow at The Albert hall, Symphony Hall, the RNCM and more
We believe.
Foden's band maintains a world class reputation for providing entertainment in the field of brass music with a tradition and unique style
Mark Wilkinson
