Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag has welcome four new players to its ranks in preparation for the SIDDIS Entertainment Contest in November and the Norwegian National Championships next February.
Thor-Atle Størksen comes in on repiano cornet from Laksevåg, after also gaining experience through the Nygårdslien School Band, HMKG, Hordvik Music Club and Bergen...read more
2022 marks the 50th anniversary of astronaut Neil Armstrong’s visit to Langholm and to mark the occasion Neil’s sons, Mark and Rick along with their families, travelled from America to the town for a series of events to celebrate the occasion.
It was in March 1972 that Neil arrived in...read more
This year’s Glasgow Cathedral Festival will come to a resounding close on Saturday evening when the cooperation band, Renfrew Burgh Band and the world-renowned brass ensemble The Wallace Collection combine to perform ‘De Profundis’, a large-scale composition in which the audience will venture deep into Scotland’s coal-mining heritage in an...read more
Galashiels Town Band recognised its outstanding members at a joint concert with Whitburn Band last Saturday evening, awarding its bandspeople of the year and most improved players.
Pictured (from left to right) are award winners Iris Deane and William Scott (youth and senior bandspeople), Freya Mcleman and Charlotte Green (senior...read more
The closing date for the Band Supplies Scottish Challenge contest for lower section bands is on 1 October 2022. The event is part of the Scottish Festival of Brass which returns in November as a twin-weekend event after being compressed into a single weekend last year for logistical reasons during...read more
Thursday 29 September 2022
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