Sunday 2 October 2022

Brisbane win in Queensland

The Queensland Brass Band Championship took place at the Empire Theatre in Toowoomba last weekend. The event coincided with the centenary celebrations of the Toowoomba Municipal Band and the city's annual Carnival of Flowers. Brisbane Excelsior Brass Band was victorious and retained the Championship title. Brisbane Excelsior impressed adjudicator Professor...read more

Sunday 2 October 2022

NYBBW Reunion Concert

Anyone near South Wales on 22 October should get this event in their diary! Close to 40 of Wales's finest brass players will reunite to mark the NYBBW 40th anniversary. The programme directed by former NYBBW Musical Directors Professor Edward Gregson and Dr Robert Childs will include music by Hoddinott,...read more

Sunday 2 October 2022

NYBBGB to Appear at Gramophone Awards

Every year, Gramophone hosts the Gramophone Awards to celebrate the very best artists, pieces, and recordings, from the past year in classical music. And this year, a glittering awards ceremony will take place in-person for the first time since 2019, at London’s De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms on Tuesday 4...read more

Thursday 29 September 2022

Brass Bands: Climate Action

In association with the Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy Programme, the Sheffield Region Brass Network has published a new online guide to help brass bands adapt to a sustainable, resilient, and climate-changed future. The climate is changing around us and is impacting on everyone’s lives across the world. As a...read more

Thursday 29 September 2022

Cory Band Composition Prize

Cory Band, in association with Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD) and sponsor New Moon Insurance, will be broadcasting the four shortlisted finalists in its 2022 Composition Prize from next week, 3rd October. This is the fifth time the competition has taken place, although the first time since...read more

Thursday 29 September 2022

2023 Regional Dates Announced

It has been confirmed that the series of seven Regional Championship contests and Scottish Championship will take place over four consecutive weekends in February and March 2023. The first contest will be held at The Core, Corby on the 25th and 26th February for the Midlands Regional Championships. The Fourth...read more

Thursday 29 September 2022

New EBBA MC Chairman

Chris King has been announced as the new Chairman of the EBBA Music Commission, succeeding Paul Hindmarsh who was so well known to so many in the world of brass banding. As the preparations of the European Brass Band Championships 2023 which will take place in Malmö, Sweden 1-7 May...read more


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