3rd Prize in the 1st secton of the  Internacional Valencian Music Bands' Contest

29th November 2006 - 172nd Birthday of Banda Amizade

On next weekend (02nd and 03rd of December) Banda Amizade - Banda Sinfónica de Aveiro will be commemorating its 172nd Birthday.
Here's the Commemorations' programme:
02nd December (Saturday)
Place: Aveiro's Cultural and Conference Center (free entry)
21h30 - Concert by Amizade Big Band
22h30 - Concert by Banda Amizade:
- Hymne à La Musique - Serge Lancen
- The seven wonders of the ancient world - 1st Symphony - Alex Poelman
- Chaos Theory - Concert for electric guitar and Sinfonic Band - Jim Bonney
Solo guitar player: Reinaldo Costa
- Natum 1834 - Carlos Marques
Conductor: Carlos Marques

03rd December (Sunday)
10h00- Visit to the Aveiro's Cemeteries
11h00- Mass on behalf of the death musicians, executives, relatives (the high mass will be done by the Band's choir) in Aveiro's Cathedral
12h00- Compliments by Aveiro's Main Hall
13h00- Lunch

 Banda Amizade

20th October 2006 - Concert by Banda Amizade in Torres Novas

Banda Amizade will do a concert in the 22nd October in Torres Novas at 16h00m. This concert is included in the Banda Operária Torrejana's aniversary event. This Concert Band was founded in 1821 and was known as "Música da Vila".
Here it is the list of music pieces that will be interpreted by
Banda Amizade - Banda Sinfónica de Aveiro:
Hymne à la Musique - Serge Lancen
Gaudium - Luís Cardoso
Highlights from Chess - Ulvaeus & Anderson / Johan de Meij
God Save the Queen - Carlos Marques

 Banda Operária Torrejana


13th October 2006 - Concert by Banda Amizade in Castelo Branco

Banda Amizade will do a concert at 16h:00m in Castelo Branco, Portugal. This concert is part of the project "Bands in Concert" that was conceived by the Portuguese Culture Ministry. Banda Amizade - Banda Sinfónica de Aveiro will do a range of 4 concerts in some parts of the country. In this project are included some Portuguese Concert Bands: Marcial de Fermentelos, Taveirense, Troviscal, Gouvense Botto Machado, among others.
Here it is the list of music pieces that will be interpreted by
Banda Amizade - Banda Sinfónica de Aveiro:
A Comenda - Carlos M. Marques
Suite nº1 Op. 84 - Jorge Salgueiro
Mais Alto e Mais Longe - Afonso Alves
Tubareg - Carlos Marques (Balaú)
Gaudium - Luís Cardoso
Trânsito de Vénus - Carlos Marques

 Bands in Concert


12th October 2006 - Banda Amizade in an International Music Festival in Italy

Banda Amizade - Banda Sinfónica de Aveiro was invited by the Italian Besana Brianza Band to be part of the 13th International Band Festival of Besana Brianza. This music festival will take place in Besana Brianza, near Milan. The festival will begin on the 30th of June and it will have its terminus on the 06th of July 2007. The festival commission gives a warm welcome to the huge number of musicians (more then 800). The concerts done by the bands are usually assisted by 60.000 people. This is really a very important music event in Italy.

 13º Festival Internacional de Bandas de Besana Brianza

News Archive: 2006 - October/November