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About The GUS Band

The GUS Band is a world-famous brass band, based in Northampton, England. Originally known as the Munn and Felton Works Band, it was formed by Fred Felton in 1933 in Kettering, England. Since then, the band has gone on to establish itself as one of the leading bands, with a string of titles to its name and regular appearances at the National Brass Band Championships in the Royal Albert Hall.

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The President March

William Gerrman
Winner of best march at the the 2024 Dr Martins contest.

Malaguena

Composed by Ernesto Lecuona, arr. Mark Freeh

Jealousy

Trumpet duet featuring James and Thomas Fountain

Composed by Jacob Grade, arr. John Iveson

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Love Beyond the Rose success at the Glasshouse

The cast of Love Beyond the Rose
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The GUS Band have just returned from an enjoyable and very successful weekend in Gateshead. After a hugely busy couple of weeks of rehearsals and preparation, the band travelled up to Newcastle ready to take part in the Brass in Concert Championships at the Glasshouse on the 15th November. Once again, GUS had been invited to compete in this prestigious competition and after a rehearsal on the day at the venue, the band walked on stage to present “Love Beyond the Rose”, an original set devised and composed by the band’s musical director, Christopher Bond. The theme was based on the 18th century French fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast” and the half-hour stage show included solos from James Screaton and Jack Wilson, plus a horn and baritone duet arrangement of “Hymne A L’Amour” from Rob Fleming and Sarah Lenton. James, dressed as Belle’s father, Maurice, gave a sublime performance of a beautiful new arrangement for cornet by Chris of “My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose”. Jack, attired as Gaston, the boastful villager, amazed the audience with a new piece for soprano cornet called “Mirror, Mirror, I’m the Star”. Rhys Cave, the band’s flugel player, was the character Lumiere, the cursed maitre d’ and together with George Bruce, the band’s principal euphonium, portraying Cogsworth, the Beast’s butler, played solos in a further new arrangement of “Be Our Guest” from the film Beauty and the Beast.

The cast of Love beyond the Rose
The soloists with Christopher Bond

The whole show was held together by the actor David Gilbrook who narrated and brought the story to life. The audience loved it and so did the adjudicators who placed us 4th overall. If you would like to see the performance, the band’s performance can be viewed on the WobPlay website. However, even better, the GUS Band will be reprising their performance again this Sunday, (23rd November) at the Royal and Derngate Theatre in Northampton, as part of their live performance of the animation film the Snowman.

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Bands United

The GUS Band are looking forward to their joint concert with the Brackley & District Band on Sunday 28th September.  Brackley & District were awarded a fantastic sixth place at the Fourth Section National Brass Band Finals in Cheltenham last weekend, (14th September) and this combined concert promises to be a spectacular afternoon performance of brass music.  The Brackley & District Band is conducted by GUS Band’s very own Principal Bb Bass player, Mark Probert and so it’s only appropriate that the two bands join forces.  Meanwhile, GUS has begun their own preparations for the Championship Section National Finals at the Royal Albert Hall in October and will be performing the test piece, Symphony in Two Movements, (Edward Gregson) at this joint concert.  If you would like to hear two brass bands both at the top of their game, then the Brass United Joint Concert at St. Peter’s Church, Brackley will be the one to attend!  Kick off is at 3pm and tickets are available from TicketSource or by contacting Jacky on 07970583342.

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A Summer Review

As the GUS Band prepares to take its summer break, we thought it would be a good time to take a look back at the year so far and see what the band has achieved over the past seven months.
Our public performances in 2025 began with the Regionals Test Piece Workshop held in Oxford in February, where the band worked through the Lower Section Test Pieces in an open rehearsal format.  This was closely followed by a concert in Crawley at The Hawth, a lovely venue to perform in and one that the band has performed at many times now.
With a fantastic Midland Area Championship win in March, ensuring that GUS once again represents the Midlands at the National Finals at the Royal Albert Hall this year, we moved into April and a visit to the Kettering Arts Centre with a Night at the Movies and Musicals.  There was also a visit to St Peter’s Church in Oundle for another highly enjoyable concert.
The month of May saw the band travel north to the Grand Shield competition at the Blackpool Winter Gardens and there were also concerts at Oakham School and at the Stowe School’s annual Speech Day.  Then there was the Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers live performance last month at the Royal Theatre in Northampton, which was a great success and enjoyably different from our usual concert format.  Finally, just before we broke for the summer, the band went back into the recording studio with the World of Sound; more on this to come soon.
GUS working with the World of Sound
We sadly had to say goodbye to Noah Blythe on Third Cornet but we wish him lots of success in his new position as Principal Cornet of the Newstead Band.  We were very excited though to welcome into the world our Principal Baritone, Sarah Lenton’s new baby daughter, Iris.
Once the GUS Band returns after our well-earned break, we will be straight into a busy schedule with a Last Night of the Proms concert back at the Kettering Arts Centre on 30th August.  There’s also a joint concert with Brackley Band at St Peter’s Church, Brackley on 26th September.  We’ll then be off to London again in October for the National Finals in London and then a long journey up to The Glass House in Gateshead in November to compete in the Brass In Concert Championships.
As usual, to all our loyal supporters we say thank you for continuing to come and listen to us and please keep an eye out for our forthcoming concert dates and get them in the diary.  We’ll see you there!
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We have managed to stay active over lockdown, and had a lot of fun making several new videos for you to enjoy. To see more of our music videos go to the Media page

The GUS Band, we love to hear from you, whether you’re a supporter of the band, a member of our community, a local arts organisation interested in working with us, or a business who sees the value in partnering with an elite group with deep roots in your community. So please go ahead and drop us a line – we promise you a warm welcome!

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