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Monday 31 January 2022

New General Secretary for EBBA

The European Brass Band Association (EBBA) has announced Lilli A.J. Grong as its new General Secretary following the resignation of Kor Niehof, who has served in the post since 2014. Lilli will act in the post until a formal election takes place at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting, scheduled for...read more

Saturday 29 January 2022

Black Dyke appoints Fredrick Schelderup

Black Dyke appoint new Young Composer in Residence Fredrick Schelderup is to be counted as one of Norway's most sought after young composers on the Brass Band scene. As well as publishing his burgeoning output of bright and playable scores, he is a conductor of prestige, working particularly with community bands, and spent...read more

Friday 28 January 2022

Gardbags and Foden's Partnership Announced

Gardbags, the leading manufacturer of innovative speciality bags for the global music industry, and Foden's are pleased to announce they have entered into a strategic partnership. In doing so, Gardbags will provide special-edition Foden's-branded bags to support the band. This exclusive relationship commenced in 2018 when Gardbags provided a full...read more

Friday 28 January 2022

Scottish Young Musicians Brass Ensemble of the Year

Scottish Young Musicians is Scotland’s new festival of music competitions. These competitions give school students the chance to achieve their ambitions through their talent in music, develop their life skills and have fun. There are school and local authority competitions leading to national finals. They are open to every school...read more

Friday 28 January 2022

Places still available for Higham Hall

There are still some places up for grabs at the Higham Hall Brass Band Weekend, running from February 18th at 18:30 to February 20th at 13:30. The event is billed as a serious, yet relaxed, weekend for brass band players to rehearse and perform popular, and perhaps lesser-known, brass band...read more

Friday 28 January 2022

Daws wins place at Karajan Academy

Isobel Daws, one of the fastest rising trombone stars, will make the move to Berlin for the next exciting stage of her career, having won a position at the Berlin Philharmonic's prestigious Karajan Academy. Founded in the early 1970's, the Karajan Academy was set up to provide an exclusive platform...read more

Friday 28 January 2022

VAT Cultural Exemption for Brass Bands

Brass Bands England has teamed up with experts from vatadvice.org to bring a free VAT information session to the brass banding community. The webinar will take place on Monday 14 March at 7pm and will explore the various elements of cultural exemption as well as other financial benefits that can...read more