Come to an OSB Concert in 2018!
Welcome to the home of the Orillia Silver Band. We are a community band in the traditional British Brass Band style who perform diverse concerts across the region ranging from the Orillia Jazz Festival to fundraising events to the Mariposa Folk Festival.
Come to an OSB Summer Concert!
Our summer programs are heating up and the rehearsal hall is humming. After a small ensemble performance at Wood Park Care Centre in Barrie and the annual Convocation for Lakehead Univeristy, the Orillia Silver Band will perform at the Gravenhurst Barge on July 1st for Canada Day as part of this year's celebration.
If you have never been to one of the Music on the Barge events, you will be sure to enjoy the lovely park setting and the gorgeous view. And what better way to enjoy Muskoka than with your own Orillia Silver Band??!! Bring a comfy lawn chair and settle in under the pines for a fun concert of classics, brass band spectaculars, show tunes, and a little swing and rock and roll.
The following information comes from the Music on the Barge website:
For over 50 years, beautiful Gull Lake Rotary Park has played host to Gravenhurst's Music on the Barge program offering a variety of live concerts each Sunday evening from mid-June to the end of August. This unique venue with its picturesque backdrop of Gull Lake is the perfect place to spend a Sunday evening enjoying music from the Big Band Era to Country & Bluegrass and tributes to the Rock & Roll ages of the 50's and 60's featuring some of the finest artists this country has to offer.
Gull Lake Rotary Park is located at Brock St. & Bethune Dr. Gravenhurst, ON. In the event of inclement weather - rain or lightning - concerts will be CANCELLED for the safety of the audience and performers.
Find Music on the Barge at: gravenhurst.ca/en/discoverus/musiconthebarge.asp
If you have never been to one of the Music on the Barge events, you will be sure to enjoy the lovely park setting and the gorgeous view. And what better way to enjoy Muskoka than with your own Orillia Silver Band??!! Bring a comfy lawn chair and settle in under the pines for a fun concert of classics, brass band spectaculars, show tunes, and a little swing and rock and roll.
The following information comes from the Music on the Barge website:
For over 50 years, beautiful Gull Lake Rotary Park has played host to Gravenhurst's Music on the Barge program offering a variety of live concerts each Sunday evening from mid-June to the end of August. This unique venue with its picturesque backdrop of Gull Lake is the perfect place to spend a Sunday evening enjoying music from the Big Band Era to Country & Bluegrass and tributes to the Rock & Roll ages of the 50's and 60's featuring some of the finest artists this country has to offer.
Gull Lake Rotary Park is located at Brock St. & Bethune Dr. Gravenhurst, ON. In the event of inclement weather - rain or lightning - concerts will be CANCELLED for the safety of the audience and performers.
Find Music on the Barge at: gravenhurst.ca/en/discoverus/musiconthebarge.asp
Check out our Upcoming Events page for details on all of our performances.
What people are saying about us....
John Swartz, editor and creator of SUNonline/Orillia, was at our recent Sleighbells and Brass Concert in Orillia. He writes:
"With all the great concerts over the last three weeks, I was still feeling a little off because no one had Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride on their dance cards. How can you possibly get through this time of year without hearing it? Well just before intermission at the Orillia Silver Band’s Sunday afternoon full-house concert at St. Paul’s Centre, Neil Barlow (the guy waving his arms around up front) asked the audience if they had any requests. Someone beat me to shouting out Sleigh Ride – and they played it!
The OSB also played a few other requests that weren’t formally on the program. After intermission The OSB made a couple of little girls quite happy when they played Jingle Bells and Frosty the Snowman, also not on the menu.
The band was sounding pretty good, and they outdid themselves with their commissioned piece, Ty Watson’s A Life Well Lived. This was the second time they’ve performed it, and even though it’s not a Christmas tune I wouldn’t be disappointed or angry if they showed up in the backyard and played it at 3 a.m. I could tell people sitting near me were suitably impressed with the piece and the playing."
Check out his new online news source at: https://m.facebook.com/SUNonlineOrillia-2201816113378562/
John Swartz also reviewed our 2017 Orillia Spring Concert. He said: "There were a couple of points when the mid- and lower brass were carrying tunes played so lushly and perfectly, the sound just washed over the audience." "Just before the intermission, they played Juno 1944, a new piece for everyone, band and audiences. It’s in four movements, the second of which is subtitled Battle. After the expertly done first movement, a cacophony of drums bashing and bleats from the brass caught me off guard....Then it hit me, battle. Composer Ty Watson lulled us all with a choral introduction that belied the approaching storm of sound. He smacked us right between the eyes, and then just as abruptly returned to – music, I guess you’d call it – a lament for the fallen. Well done, composer. Well done, band." (Orillia Packet and Times, May 10, 2017)
Mark Clairmont of Muskokatodaily.com writes: "It is among the best British-style brass bands in Ontario. The silver is gold...Neil Barlow has pushed the band to new levels." Read his whole article at muskokatodaily.com.
Mary Beth Hartill of the Bracebridge Examiner says: "The Orillia Silver Band is making its return to the Rene M. Caisse Theatre, led by conductor Neil Barlow, with “Budding Fanfare” that opens with Copland’s goosebump raising Fanfare for the Common Man" on muskokaregion.com.
Click on Upcoming Events above for a complete list of our upcoming performances.
John Swartz, editor and creator of SUNonline/Orillia, was at our recent Sleighbells and Brass Concert in Orillia. He writes:
"With all the great concerts over the last three weeks, I was still feeling a little off because no one had Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride on their dance cards. How can you possibly get through this time of year without hearing it? Well just before intermission at the Orillia Silver Band’s Sunday afternoon full-house concert at St. Paul’s Centre, Neil Barlow (the guy waving his arms around up front) asked the audience if they had any requests. Someone beat me to shouting out Sleigh Ride – and they played it!
The OSB also played a few other requests that weren’t formally on the program. After intermission The OSB made a couple of little girls quite happy when they played Jingle Bells and Frosty the Snowman, also not on the menu.
The band was sounding pretty good, and they outdid themselves with their commissioned piece, Ty Watson’s A Life Well Lived. This was the second time they’ve performed it, and even though it’s not a Christmas tune I wouldn’t be disappointed or angry if they showed up in the backyard and played it at 3 a.m. I could tell people sitting near me were suitably impressed with the piece and the playing."
Check out his new online news source at: https://m.facebook.com/SUNonlineOrillia-2201816113378562/
John Swartz also reviewed our 2017 Orillia Spring Concert. He said: "There were a couple of points when the mid- and lower brass were carrying tunes played so lushly and perfectly, the sound just washed over the audience." "Just before the intermission, they played Juno 1944, a new piece for everyone, band and audiences. It’s in four movements, the second of which is subtitled Battle. After the expertly done first movement, a cacophony of drums bashing and bleats from the brass caught me off guard....Then it hit me, battle. Composer Ty Watson lulled us all with a choral introduction that belied the approaching storm of sound. He smacked us right between the eyes, and then just as abruptly returned to – music, I guess you’d call it – a lament for the fallen. Well done, composer. Well done, band." (Orillia Packet and Times, May 10, 2017)
Mark Clairmont of Muskokatodaily.com writes: "It is among the best British-style brass bands in Ontario. The silver is gold...Neil Barlow has pushed the band to new levels." Read his whole article at muskokatodaily.com.
Mary Beth Hartill of the Bracebridge Examiner says: "The Orillia Silver Band is making its return to the Rene M. Caisse Theatre, led by conductor Neil Barlow, with “Budding Fanfare” that opens with Copland’s goosebump raising Fanfare for the Common Man" on muskokaregion.com.
Click on Upcoming Events above for a complete list of our upcoming performances.
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Mariposa Sketches CD
"Mariposa Sketches" which was officially released on December 17th at our Orillia Sleigbells and Brass Concert and CD Party. You can buy one at the concert or, with the help of some of our fabulous Orillia friends, you can also find them on sale at: Orillia Museum of Art & History, Manticore Books, Mariposa Market, and the Stephen Leacock Museum. Excerpts from John Swartz' Review - Orillia Packet and Times December 8, 2016 "Once you've heard this, you understand what fantastic musicianship is." "Mariposa Sketches was written just for the OSB. It's based on Sunshine Sketches and Len Ballantine created a very interesting piece of music that is easy to digest. The band, especially the percussion section is excellent here. Oh, and The OSB's Canadian Railroad Trilogy is on the disc ... the band sails with it." Read the full review in our News section. |
We Would Love to See You at a Concert! |
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AddressOrillia Silver Band
Box 352 3-200 Memorial Avenue Orillia, ON L3V 5X6 |
orilliasilverbandinfo@gmail.com
The Orillia Silver Band is a registered Charitable Organization
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