Welcome

The Goring and Streatley Concert Band is a friendly community band of around 45 woodwind, brass and percussion players of a wide range of ages and abilities. We perform several concerts a year, including formal Spring and Christmas concerts, as well as outdoor concerts at venues such as Wallingford Castle and Forbury Gardens.

Goring and Streatley concert band meet to rehearse at the Goring Community Centre every Monday evening at 7:30pm

News:

Starter Band

Engagements:

We will have details of our 2010 engagements listed here in the New Year.

Charities supported for 2009/10

Goring and Streatley Concert Band members nominate different charities to support each year. We are supporting the following charities this year:

Sue Ryder Care Nettlebed - supports people with a wide range of neurological diseases and life-limiting illnesses, as well as their families, carers and friends both in this country and abroad. The range of services include long-term and respite residential care, day care centres and home care.

The Thames Valley Air Ambulance - provides a life saving service seven days a week, 365 days a year, covering the three counties they serve, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

The Batten Disease Family Association (BDFA) - was formed in 1998 by a small group of parents of children with Batten Disease with the help of SeeAbility and Contact-a-Family. The BDFA is committed to:

  • Preserve and protect the health and promote the welfare of persons affected by all types of Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (NCL) commonly known as Batten Disease
  • To advance the education of professionals, carers and the general public on the subject of Batten Disease and its implications for the family
  • To promote research into the management of Batten disease and to publish the useful results thereof and to support organisations promoting research into Batten disease

    • Jessie's Fund - is a UK charity helping seriously ill and disabled children by using music for communication and for therapy. We work with children in hospices and in other settings nationwide, providing a wide range of musical instruments and giving the children access to music-making and to music therapy. Our Soundtracks programme takes us into schools for children with special needs, where our creative workshops and staff training allow children the opportunity to develop through music.

    To see all the charities we have supported in previous years please click here.