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Saturday 10 December 2022

2022 BBNI Festival of Brass

The popular Brass Bands Northern Ireland Festival of Brass Championships returned at the end of November after an enforced three-year Covid-19 break. Seven bands competed at the Maldron Hotel at Belfast International Airport — each giving mini-concert programmes for a supportive audience to enjoy, as well as the judges Thomas Fountain...read more

Sunday 4 December 2022

Places remaining to perform for Commonwealth Day

BBE has partnered with organisers of The Commonwealth of Nations Flag of Peace initiative to provide performance opportunities for cornet players in cities across the UK on Commonwealth Day, Monday 13 March 2023. The day marks the 10-year anniversary of the signing of the Commonwealth Charter of the Commonwealth by...read more

Tuesday 29 November 2022

Inaugural ConsTest in 2023

Birmingham held a place of great significance in the brass band calendar of 2022, with the British Open returning to Symphony Hall once more in September, and the European Brass Band Competition featuring at the same venue just months earlier in May. These events both created an incredible buzz, with...read more

Tuesday 29 November 2022

Help Preserve NYBBGB’s Heritage

The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain has been selected to participate in the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2022, the UK’s largest match funding campaign. Funding Development Manager, Louise Shaw explained, “The project we're raising money for is our new Library and Archive - preserving our library of 800...read more

Tuesday 29 November 2022

Leicester BBA Open

Adjudicators Alan Morrison, Nicholas Garman, Martin Heartfield and Sam Fisher (together with trainees Rob Burnett and Stuart Gray) were treated to a day of competitive action at the Leicestershire BBA Open last weekend. The Championship spoils went to Brunel Brass, who performed Peter Graham’s ‘Essence of Time’, under the direction...read more

Sunday 27 November 2022

Five Lakes Silver win 2022 US Open

The Great Lakes Brass Band Association hosted the 2022 US Open Championship at the Clarkston Performing Arts Center in Clarkston, Michigan. Adjudicators William Himes, Jessica Sneeringer and Tony Granados had much to enjoy and admire in the the Championship and The day began with the Challenge Section where Motor City...read more

Sunday 27 November 2022

Grimethorpe offers free Youth Day

Grimethorpe Colliery Band is hosting a free day for young brass players on Saturday 3rd December at Barnsley Civic Theatre from 10.00am to 3.00pm. The event will feature new music as well as the opportunity to work on some great band classics. There will be a short concert for friends...read more