Berkeley Brass Kids Concert

Introduction: Explore the fascinating brass instruments being used

‘Peter and the Wolf’: Sergei Prokofiev

Stay and Play: Stay at try the instruments yourselves!

Berkeley Brass is a dynamic seven piece ensemble consisting of some of the brightest emerging brass talent in the UK. Formed in 2021 by students at the Royal Academy of Music in London, members of the group have performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia, Ulster Orchestra, The Hallé, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, London Musical Theatre Orchestra, Hanover Band, and the London Concert Orchestra. 

Musical highlights include: winning second place in the 2022 Worshipful Company of Musicians Brass Ensemble Prize; receiving a commission from the Sainsbury family to arrange and record “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” for their 50th wedding anniversary; appearing at the 2024 Students Create festival with their pioneering “Young Person’s Guide to the Brass Septet” featuring a dazzling bespoke arrangement of Prokofiev’s beloved “Peter and the Wolf”; and putting on Smith Square Hall’s best selling  concert of their 23/24 lunchtime series. More recent concerts have seen Berkeley Brass perform for the Intermezzo 2025 Lunchtime Series, St Peter’s Church Acton, London’s Regent Hall and The Spire Church in Farnham. 

The group is dedicated to expanding the septet repertoire through bespoke arrangements, with the further option to expand in size to perform as a dectet or full-size symphonic brass.