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Sunday 12 September 2021

Tredegar to Celebrate 150th Anniversary of Vaughan Williams

Welsh champion Tredegar has announced that it will be working alongside renowned English National Opera Music Director Martyn Brabbins to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams with a major new recording project. 'Vaughan Williams on Brass' will be recorded in December this year on the...read more

Sunday 12 September 2021

Covid advice for Wychavon

The organisers of the forthcoming Wychavon Festival of Brass Entertainment Championships have issued bands with Covid-19 guidance that they are encouraging all to follow when they attend the event in Evesham on Saturday 30th October. Details have been sent to bands to inform of measures that will be put in place...read more

Sunday 12 September 2021

G.B.B.A. cancels Contest

The Gloucestershire Brass Band Association (GBBA) has announced that due to the ongoing concerns over Covid-19, they have cancelled their March & Own Choice contest which was due to take place in November. A spokesman for the event explained, "The committee would like to thank those bands who have supported us...read more

Sunday 12 September 2021

Ratby to replace Desford at RAH Nationals

Following the announcement from Desford Colliery Band that they would not be taking up their invitation to compete at the Royal Albert Hall Championship Section National Final next month, Kapitol has extended an invitation to Ratby Co-operative Band which has been accepted. Desford Band Chairman, Peter Smith said that several factors had...read more

Sunday 12 September 2021

Cheltenham Competitors Confirmed

Kapitol Promotions has announced the list of competing bands for the Cheltenham National Finals, due to take place next weekend on 18th-19th September. Saturday 18th September begins at 9.30am with the Third Section, followed in the afternoon by the First Section. Sunday 19th will start with the Fourth Section at 9.30am followed...read more

Wednesday 8 September 2021

Besson to debut in partnership with 2022 Youth Champs

Brass Bands England (BBE) has announced a new partnership with Besson, strengthening the return of the National Youth Championships in 2022. At the event, which will take place at Corby Business Academy on 26-27 March, Besson’s involvement will be focused on the Debut Section, in line with its new Prodige series...read more

Wednesday 8 September 2021

Cooperation band withdraws from RAH Final

It has been announced that Scottish champion, the cooperation band, will not compete at the National Championship of Great Britain Final at the Royal Albert Hall next month. In an official press release they stated, "After much discussion within the cooperation band management team and with the band members, the cooperation...read more