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Thursday 28 April 2022

Brett Baker is new AoBBA Vice-Chair

The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) has announced the appointment of Brett Baker as Vice-Chair of the organisation. The international trombone soloist is an experienced adjudicator having in many of the world’s most prestigious brass band competitions over the last 20 years. Commenting on his appointment, Brett said, "I am...read more

Thursday 28 April 2022

EBBC Live Streaming

World of Brass will be live streaming the action from the European Brass Band Championships at Symphony Hall on Saturday 30th April and Sunday 1st May via the www.wobplay.com platform. The Gala Concert will also be bought to you by the Louis Dowdeswell Big Band performing with Cory Band. The streaming...read more

Thursday 28 April 2022

Nominate now for the BBE Outstanding Contribution Award

With nominations for the 2022 Brass Bands England Awards due to close in just a couple of weeks, make sure you cast your vote for one of the most popular award categories - the Outstanding Contribution Award. The Outstanding Contribution Award is intended for an individual who has made an...read more

Thursday 28 April 2022

Instrument donations for Brass Foundations

A new music education initiative is taking Gloucestershire schools by storm and has seen communities come together to make it happen for the benefit of our county’s young musicians. The Brass Foundations programmes brings live music-making into schools in the form of free of charge brass workshops, providing children with the...read more

Thursday 28 April 2022

Whitburn wins Fife Brass Band Festival

The Scottish Champion claimed a convincing win ahead of their Grand Shield appearance at the Fife Brass Band Festival title at Dunfermline's Carnegie Hall on the weekend. Championship colleagues Kingdom Brass finished 3 points adrift in second place, with Scottish First Section champion Bo'ness & Carriden coming in third. Whitburn...read more

Thursday 28 April 2022

Kirkintilloch Senior Cup Preview

The Kirkintilloch Band are happy to announce an open rehearsal on Wednesday May 4 conducted by Steven Mead, to be held at: Glasgow City Centre Salvation Army, 1 Houldsworth Street, Glasgow G3 8ED 7.30pm start. Free admission The band have been enjoying their preparations for their performance of Freedom by Hubert Bath...read more

Monday 25 April 2022

NYBBGB ‘Splits the Air’ at New Music Biennial

The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain followed its recent Easter Course in Harrogate with an atmospheric and musically mature performance of Martin Green’s ‘Split the Air’ at Coventry Cathedral. The high quality performance was part of the ‘New Music Biennial’, a three-day festival featuring a range of genres from...read more