Hammonds Saltaire Band

The Hammonds Band, formerly also known as Hammonds Saltaire, YBS Band, Yorkshire Building Society Band, and Hammonds Sauce Works Band is a brass band originating from Yorkshire.

History

The name of the band has often changed as sponsorship changed. The band was formed in 1855 under the name of Saltaire Band created by the mill owner Titus Salt. In 1946 the band was named Hammonds Sauce Band who came under the sponsorship of Hammonds Sauce Works in Shipley. They remained with this name for many years until Hammonds Sauce Works itself folded.[1] In the early nineties Yorkshire Building Society started sponsoring the band and the name changed into Yorkshire Building Society Band. In 2004, however, the sponsorship ended and the band changed its name to YBS Band.[2] There was a growing mood to change the name, and therefore the name was changed in January 2009 into "Hammonds Saltaire Band". In 2021, the band decided to rebrand their name as Hammonds Band due to no longer being associated with Saltaire anymore. The band now resides in Huddersfield.

Honours

Many prizes have been won by the band including:

  • European Brass Band Championships. Winner in 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004

Partial discography
Year Album Conductor
1995 Elton John in Brass Nicholas J. Childs
1995 That's a Plenty Nicholas J. Childs & Manfred Obrecht
1996 Introduction David King
1996 Essays for Brass Volume 1 David King
1997 Cry of the Celts David King
1998 Essays for Brass Volume 2 David King
1999 Vitae Lux David King
2001 Essays for Brass Volume 3 David King
2001 Voice of the Tenor Horn (Sheona White) David King
2002 Windows of the World David King
2002 Hymn of the Highlands David King
2003 Bourgeois in Brass David King
2003 Simple Gifts David King
2004 Music of the Spheres David King
2005 Alpha & Omega David King
2005 Festive Impressions
2011 The Big Picture David King
2011 Dawn of a New Age Morgan Griffiths
2012 The Sorcerer's Apprentice Morgan Griffiths
2013 Pursuing Horizons Morgan Griffiths
2022 Scarborough Fayre Morgan Griffiths

References

  1. ""Hammonds Saltaire Band History 1932-1946"". Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  2. "Hammonds Saltaire Band History 1993-2008" Archived 2011-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
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