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Monday 15 April 2024

Sovereign retains 2024 ConsTest Title

Congratulations to Sovereign Brass and Musical Director Alan Gifford on successfully defending their ConsTest Birmingham Open title. Returning as a Championship section band at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire their ambitious own-choice test of Derek Bourgeois' 'The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea' impressed the audience and adjudicators alike. Judges Ian Porthouse...read more

Tuesday 9 April 2024

EBBC Judges Announced

The European Brass Band Association (EBBA) has announced the panels of adjudicators that will make the competition decisions in Palanga, Lithuania between 27th April and 5th May. The final of the European Composer Competition will take place on Thursday 2nd May. Three finalists selected from the 16 first round entrants will compete...read more

Tuesday 9 April 2024

SBBA honorary award Sheridan

Congratulations to Alex Sheridan of Coalburn Silver Band on being awarded honorary membership of the Scottish Brass Band Association. The award was presented by Coalburn president Alan Court at a recent concert. Alex began playing cornet in 1976 as a 16 year old. Inspired by his uncle he immediately fell in love...read more

Tuesday 9 April 2024

NYBBS Easter Course Begins

Sixty young brass instrumentalists and percussionists descended on Strathallan School in Perthshire today (9th April) to take part in the National Youth Brass Band of Scotland’s (NYBBS) four-day Easter residential course. Musical directors Ian Porthouse, John Boax and Alan Fernie are in attendance to rehearse the players from the NYBBS Reserve and...read more

Tuesday 2 April 2024

Trombone Marathon attempt for Macmillan

Nathaniel Dye, the conductor of the Pavilion Brass Band based in East London will be running the London Marathon later this month. He aims to complete the 26.2 mile course whilst playing the trombone, fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support in the process. Nathaniel is doing all of this whilst battling stage...read more

Tuesday 2 April 2024

King’s Award for Brighouse

Brighouse and Rastrick took to the stage at the 149th event in its massed band series, at Huddersfield Town Hall with friends the Hepworth Band, and the combined voices of the Colne Valley Male Voice Choir, Gledholt Male Voice Choir, and the New Mill Male Voice Choir. The concert was made...read more

Tuesday 2 April 2024

Shrewsbury entertains for Royal Visit

Shrewsbury Brass Band, led by conductor Steve Pritchard-Jones recently provided the musical entertainment to a visit by Her Majesty The Queen Consort during her visit to the town. The band delighted the waiting crowds with a light varied selection of music, including ‘Band of Brothers’, ‘Gold Crest March’, ‘The Middy’, ‘Tom Jones...read more