The band was founded by its leader Andreas
Schreiner in 1995. The name of the "Blaskapelle
Marchfeld" (Blama) has its origin from the
so-called landscape "Marchfeld" which is located in
the east of Vienna and northerly of the Danube in
Lower Austria. In total the group consists of 13
musicians from the above mentioned region. In
addition they are all playing in local wind music
groups of the district Gänserndorf. This
formation mainly interprets brass music from
Slovacko, the region from southern-moravia which is
close to the neighbouring state Slovakia, called
Moravian Slovakia but also from Bohemia and
Austria. Nevertheless some titles of the Glenn
Miller orchestra, the Beatles, film music, etc. can
be found in the repertoire, as well.
In 1999 the "Blaskapelle Marchfeld" took part at
the international brass band festival in
Ratíškovice (CZ). In the year of
2000 the first CD called "5
years" has been recorded representing a
general view of the repertoire of the Blama. In
May of 2002 the Blama participated in the 15th
international competition for small brass bands
"Golden Flugelhorn" in Hodonín (CZ) where
an respectable position in the silver-zone was
obtained. In 2004 the musicians played besides
other locations in Stupava, Slovakia during the
regional very popular herb festival.
In the anniversary year 2005 the second CD with
the title "10 Jahre" has
been recorded. At the fund-raiser of the
high-water victims along the March the Blama was
part of a plenty of regional brass groups. in
July 2008 a very pleasant event has taken place:
the 60th anniversary of Michal Steranka has been
celebrated in his hometown in Moravia. Besides of
some music pieces the Blama handed him the
honorary membership out. In October 2008 the
Blama performed the music part of the start of
the super-marathon Wien-Bratislava-Budapest in the
Ernst-Happel-Stadium Vienna.
In 2010 the third CD
"Marchfeldgrüße"
has been recorded. The title of the CD represents
the first track, which has been composed by the
band-master especially for the 15th anniversary
of the Blama.
