Kirkwall Town Band

About Us

We are a community based brass band which is open to everyone who wants to play brass and percussion instruments.  We are made up of musicians from all over the Orkney mainland and we rehearse on a weekly basis.

Where we’re from

Kirkwall Town Band hail from Orkney, a group of 70 islands, of which about 20 are inhabited.  About 20,000 people live on Orkney, with the population of Kirkwall being around 8,500.  The islands are situated 10 miles off the north coast of the Scottish mainland.

Recent News

A number of our players have gone to university this year.

Helga Garrioch (solo cornet) is studying physics.

Marcus Price (bass trombone) is studying Biology.

Mary Grieve (repiano) is studying Art.

We wish them all the best.

Congratulations

to Marianne McGregor (horn) and Matthew Anderson (trumpet) for auditioning and gaining places in the National Children’s Orchestra of Scotland.

Join our band

Are you interested in joining our band? Perhaps you have just moved to Orkney and are looking for a band to join? Maybe you have just started learning a brass instrument, and are looking for a group to play with, or perhaps you used to play an instrument, and would like to take it up again?  If so contact us or come along to one of our rehearsals.

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