The end......

The year 2019 have to be a festive year for De Tiroler Blaaskapel from Musselkanaal.
The 40th anniversary was imminent and a great deal of thought was already being given to various activities to make this memorable event.

Unfortunately, it is completely different from what we had in mind.

Due to aging population and members who have stopped playing, are the number of members declined to such an extent, that we are no longer able to provide good quality performances. We have at this moment 13 members. A halving of the number of members compared to 10 years ago. Despite frantic efforts to attract new musicians, but have been unable to fill all empty spaces again. It is sad to note that we cannot continue in this current occupation.

The Tiroler Blaaskapel has therefore decided to per

January 1, 2020

completely stop all our activities

This brings an end to the many performances abroad. We will all miss tremendously, contact with residents of various health institutions, every year we gave a concert. Adding luster to store weeks, the performances during the holidays as in all branches of Intratuin in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe.

After many decades of participating in the Orchestra Competition at Muntendam (Holland), where we won many first prizes. The many contacts in Lilienthal / Bremen in Germany, the partner municipality of Stadskanaal, for which we have provided many performances and which still have mutual friendships to this day. All this leaves a huge and empty place with our musicians. The cheerful Folks Music from southern Germany and the Czech Republic has enriched us and was a pleasure to play. A great example for us was Ernst Mosch, known after his death as Ernst Hutter and his Original Egerlander Musikanten.

If an orchestra has been around for 40 years, there are many instruments that are left. But also sheet music, music stands, chairs, a sound system, microphones, etc., etc. The intention is to sell those. Further information about this will follow.

 Along this way, we thank everyone who has supported us over the years.

The Tiroler Blaaskapel from Musselkanaal e.o. stops, but ... the music stays!