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Since 1983, The Hannaford Street Silver Band, formed by professional musicians who love the brass band repertoire and ensemble playing, has been striking up the brass band tradition and stirring up critical and popular acclaim. The Hannaford Street Silver Band (HSSB) produces an annual series of concerts at Toronto's Jane Mallett Theatre and has been featured at The Festival of the Sound, The Huntsville Festival of the Arts, Music On the Henley, The Westben Festival, The Winnipeg New Music Festival and the Massey Hall New Music Festival. Recent guest conductors include Bramwell Tovey, Howard Cable, Michael Reason, Lydia Adams, James Curnow, Harry Pinchin, Ormsby Wilkins, Kerry Stratton, Noel Edison and John Rutter. Since 2000, the HSSB has sponsored the activities of the Hannaford Street Youth Band (HSYB). Young musicians between the ages of 15 and 22 audition for the opportunity to perform in this vibrant ensemble. The HSSB maintains a vigorous commissioning programme resulting in new concert works for brass band by such Canadian composers as Malcolm Forsyth, Raymond Luedeke, J. Scott Irvine, Andrew MacDonald, Donald Coakley, John Burge, Roger Bergs, Alex Pauk, Omar Daniel, Charles Cozens, Patrick Cardy, Henry Kucharzyk, Gary Kulesha, Randolph Peters, Jeff Ryan, Scott Good and Larysa Kuzmenko. The band is heard regularly across Canada, The United States, the UK and Europe on both private and public radio stations. The HSSB has the following recordings to its credit: - Bring On the Brass (MPR 1990) - Voices On High (ODR 9324) - Canadian Impressions (CBC SMCD 5136) - Northern Delights (ODR 9308) - A Christmas Flourish (CBC SMCD 5175) - Brass Links (CBC SMCD 5188) - Heavy Metal (ODR 319) - The Magic of Christmas (CBC SMCD 5192) - The Hannaford Street Silver Band (CBC SMCD 5103) In recognition of its accomplishments, in December of 1997, the HSSB was awarded a Lieutenant Governor's Award for the Arts. The excitement and appeal of the brass band stems from its distinctive instruments which were developed in the 1850's. Their sounds have rung out from the coronation of King's to the village bandstand, and now down Canada's Hannaford Street. www.hannafordband.com hssb@interlog.com

Postal address
Hannaford Street Silver Band
42 Frater Avenue
Toronto M4C 2H6

Phone: 416 425 2874
Email: hssb@interlog.com

Upcoming presentations by Hannaford Street Silver Band:

• Christmas Joy by the Hannaford Street Silver Band. Runs Dec 13, 2008

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