| Where: | Ingham Room |
| When: | Rehearses Monday, 4.05 – 4.35 pm |
| Who: | It is for more experienced jazz musicians (saxophones, trumpets, trombones and rhythm section) and numbers about thirty. |
| i/c: | Mr S Currie / Mr A Bush |
Big Band performs at the Christmas Concerts, the School’s Bands Concert and its own Big Band Jazz Concert. In 1996 it toured South West France and in 1997 it made its own CD which is available from the Music Department. In 2000 it toured the Greek Islands of Naxos and Paros, and in May 2004 accepted an invitation to play in Abingdon’s twin town of Argentan in Normandy, France. In 2009 Big Band undertook a highly successful tour to Tuscany and recorded its second CD in July 2010. In April 2011 it toured the USA playing in Boston, New York City and Washington DC.
