BBE has announced the successful artist and band pairing for the second round of its artistic programme ‘Elevate’, a collaborative programme bringing together brass bands and artists to challenge normal performance practice. Composer, songwriter, choral activist, singer and synth player Rebecca Denniff has been paired with Weymouth Concert Brass to produce...read more
Fifty bands will be competing in this year’s Scottish Championships which will take place in Perth Concert Hall on the weekend of 9/10 March. On the Saturday, the Third, Second and First sections will be held in that order while on the next day, the Fourth section bands will take to...read more
The Brass Band Conductors’ Association’s (BBCA) 2024 Conducting Competition is now open for entries. The annual competition is the BBCA's flagship event and is open to conductors at all levels, from anywhere in the world. Candidates are asked to submit their video entries by the close of Thursday 11 April for...read more
The last area qualifying contest for this year’s Scottish Solo and Ensemble Championships finals took place on the weekend in Creetown. The South West Scotland competition, in the town’s Quarrymen’s Arts Centre, was adjudicated by John Boax. The accompanist was Gareth Bowman.
Below is the list of players who have qualified...read more
HSB has announced the appointment of Nathan Waterman as Associate Musical Director. Nathan joins the other members of the artistic direction team: Musical Director Paul Filby and Associate Musical Director Matt Brown. The HSB Chairman David Stevens said, “having a strong musical director team is essential for the future development of...read more
President of the Scottish Brass Band Association, Carrie Boax delivered an upbeat address to the 2024 annual general meeting in Falkirk earlier this month: “As we returned to banding after the pandemic and assessed its impact, we knew even more effort and determination was required to help us recover and last...read more
Thursday 15 February 2024
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