Under the baton of Arsene Duc, Valaisia won the Swiss National for the sixth time in a row, with its leader, Vincent Bearpark, picking up both the Best Principal Cornet in Set Work and Best Soloist in Own Choice awards. Although Michael Bach’s Brassband Bürgermusik Luzern won the Set Work, a...read more
Like everything else, the annual golf event for Brass Banders, the British Open Brass Band Golf Championships, has suffered at the hands of the pandemic. The name engraved on the winners’ trophy for 2020 will read COVID for all time and it looked like that might happen for a second time...read more
The BBP Registry has announced three significant rule changes, effective from 1st January 2022. Please see below:
RULE 17B Existing rule: The transfer will become effective 28 DAYS from the date of receipt by the Registry of the duly completed official documentation as detailed in APPENDIX 3, 1C New rule:...read more
23 bands took to the stage in Musikhuset Aarhus at the Danish National Championships last weekend. Concord Brass Band, under the direction of Reid Gilje, found favour with the judging panel of Frode Rydland, Florent Didier, Jonathan Bates and were crowned champions of Denmark. In addition to the National title...read more
Twenty-seven bands will be taking to the stage in the Perth Concert Hall this weekend to participate in the Scottish Festival of Brass. On Saturday, 14 championship bands in the Scottish Open competition will play their choice of test-piece from a list of five compositions in the SBBA collection: 'St Magnus'...read more
The Queen has approved the award of Her Majesty’s Medal for Music for the year 2021 to John Wallace CBE. An internationally renowned Scottish trumpet soloist, composer and educator, John Wallace is the seventeenth recipient of the award, following the celebrated organist Thomas Trotter, who received The Queen's Medal...read more
Congratulations to Cory on completing a hat-trick of victories with this year’s Brass in Concert Championship title. The band performed with its usual assured confidence, and under the direction of Philip Harper, who brought his own inimitable style to the winning programme, Cory proved to once again be an unbeatable force....read more
Monday 29 November 2021
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