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Thursday 9 July 2020

2020 National Finals in Britain cancelled due to pandemic

Kapitol Promotions Ltd., which presents the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, today (9 July) issued a statement confirming that it has cancelled the two Finals events for Section 1 – 4 bands at The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse, on 26 – 27 September, and for the for Championship Section...read more

Thursday 9 July 2020

New edition out now!

The latest edition of Brass Band World and BBW Digital is out now — packed with news, views, opinions and reviews that add up to essential reading. Content listed below... COVER INTERVIEW - PORTRAIT OF THE PLAYERS’ CONDUCTOR2020 Iles medallist, Ian Porthouse, talks about his musical life and love of the open...read more

Thursday 9 July 2020

Incredible Technology for Virtual BBSS

The Brass Band Summer School has been road-testing their new online dashboard for the first Virtual Brass Band Summer School. Incredible technology and resources, all set to welcome delegates from any time zone between August 10th - 14th, with catch-up available until September 1st. The course will include: · 10 sectional coaching...read more

Thursday 9 July 2020

Wild Winds Coldly Blow for Grimethorpe

Grimethorpe Colliery Band has used its time away from the contest and concert platform due to the COVID-19 crisis to concentrate on a number of new artistic projects. The first to come to fruition is a collaboration between the band, composer Nigel Clarke, ‘Broadchurch’ actor Shaun Dooley, photographer Lorne Campbell,...read more

Wednesday 8 July 2020

NYBBGB Interactive Virtual Open Day

Funded by Arts Council England and the Department for Education, the National Youth (NYBB) and National Children’s (NCBB) Brass Bands of Great Britain (NYBBGB) are to hold an interactive virtual open day for young brass and percussion players, on Tuesday 28th July. The workshop, part of the NYBBGB’s National Youth at...read more

Wednesday 8 July 2020

BBS announce Composer in Residence

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

Tuesday 7 July 2020

Open Letter Challenges Discrimination

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