Brass Band Schoonhoven announced the exciting news that talented young British composer, Christian Overhead, will now be Composer in Residence with BBS. Over the past few years, the band have worked with Christian on many occasions, performing not only various opening pieces by his hand, such as 'Fanfare in Orange'...read more
An open letter to the brass band community outlining a mission statement to make the brass band movement a fully inclusive and diverse music making environment has been written by the newly formed Bandspeople's Alliance to Negate Discrimination (B.A.N.D).
The letter appears on the groups’ Facebook page, with the campaign being...read more
Wantage has announced that principal cornet Sara Wallbridge has taken the opportunity to move to the flugel horn role, whilst the band welcomes former Brighouse & Rastrick player Joe Murray to take over from her.
A band spokesperson stated: "Sara has been a wonderful principal cornet, most notably on our appearances at...read more