New BBW edition out now!

July / August edition out now. Featuring:

THE BBW INTERVIEW - PARALLEL REALITIES
Christopher Thomas talks to David Thornton about breaking boundaries and thrilling audiences

KNOW THE SCORE - TRIUMPH OVER TIME
Composer, Peter Graham, revisits the Belle Vue of 1973 - inspiration for his 2016 British Open test

LET’S DEBATE - ‘TIME FOR A RETHINK’
Edward Gregson offers a composer’s view of the big contest test-piece and says it’s time to ‘rebalance’

PRO PRACTICE Besson Artist and international tuba soloist, Les Neish, advises stay flexible when warming-up

PRO PLATFORM - TO BOLDLY GO...
Oliver Fitzgerald-Lombard interviews Robert Samuel - former Cory Band player - to find out about his globetrotting life as Second Trumpet with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

BBW CASTAWAY
Jim Hayes (or should that be Jonny Midnight?) selects his after dark, desert island listening

YOUNG VOICES
Young Willebroek’s Jonas Violet tells Mark Good what makes him tick

BBW CENTRE BAND
America’s premier collegiate brass band - James Maddison University

EDUCATION AND CAREERS
Brass Education and career ‘opp’s as students await their all-important examination results.
Featured in this useful focus:
Trinity College London
ABRSM
Bryantson School
Chetham’s School of Music
Royal Air Force
Royal Marines
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
University of Huddersfield
Yamaha Class Band scheme
Plus, Steve Legge compares music education stateside with the UK

NEWS
Butlins ramps up the X-factor, Brighouse and Rastrick at Carfest, Black Dyke’s heritage developments, the National Youth Brass Band of Scotland in Norway, the latest pre-contest season signings and Osaka Competition opens for entries

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Reports from the North American Brass Band Summer School, New Zealand Brass Band Championships, and the Allan Withington Conductor's Summer School

…AND ANOTHER THING
Guest wit, John Barber, unearths the folklore of learning the hard way

RANKINGS
Which bands have a crack at taking the No. 1 slot in September and which Australasian band has forged ahead?

REVIEWS OF THE LATEST CD RELEASES: 
Dreamtimes - Steven Mead
Music in the Air - The Central Band of the Royal Air Force 
Musicals - The Household Troops Band of the SA

NEW MUSIC REVIEWS OF: 
Philip Wilby’s The Pilgrim’s Progress - Triumphonic 
Dave Collins’ Broadway Boogie - Prima Vista Musikk
Dan Hall’s Colours in the Rain - Prima Vista Musikk

CONCERT REVIEWS
Cory at the Welsh Proms 
Black Dyke Festival Gala Concert

PRODUCTS
The new Mike Lovatt Smith-Watkins Trumpet 
Besson’s new tuba
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BRASS BUSINESS
Hayes Music relocates and gets bigger and better
Geneva acquires Amati USA and plans glittering New York Queen Mary instrument launch

DIARY DATES
What’s on around the World in August and September

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS
Alan Jenkins
Allan Withington
Christopher Thomas
Chris Turner
Craig Roberts
Dan Price
David Childs
Edward Gregson
Evan Sayer
Gordon Simpson
Ian Clowes - Goldy Solutions
John Barber
Jonathan Crowhurst
Katrina Marzella
Lisa Fitzgerald-Lombard
Les Neish
Mark Good
Nezzy
Nicola Bland
Nick Walkley
Oliver Fitzgerald-Lombard 
Paul McGhee
Peter Graham
Rita Arendz
Rodney Newton
Steve Legge

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