Features | Brass Band World

Wednesday 15 November 2017

Let’s Debate: Power in the Hands of Bands

Adam Goldsmith, Producer and Senior Recording Engineer for World of Sound, which has recorded ten of the nominees for BBW’s 2017 Recording Awards, surveys the fast-moving changes to the audio and video recording landscape, from hard copy to digital consumption. ‘Streaming services, such as Spotify and Apple Music, provide instant access to...read more

Wednesday 15 November 2017

Brass Bands England recruits

Brass Bands England (BBE) is poised to change the landscape of English brass banding and is starting by creating two new salaried positions with professional-level expertise: a Development / Training / Education officer and a Marketing / Communications / Commercial officer, the recruitment adverts for which appear in the November edition...read more

Monday 9 October 2017

BBW Interview: Martyn Brabbins

Contributor, Christopher Thomas, chats to the Music Director of English National Opera, Martyn Brabbins, who last month returned to  his brass band roots when he conducted Dalmellington Band in a programme also featuring The Wallace Collection at The Cumnock Tryst. Links between brass bands and the classical musical world are all too...read more

Monday 9 October 2017

BBW Castaway: Howard Snell with Katrina Marzella

Black Dyke's baritone star, Katrina Marzella, introduces her latest Desert Island Discs CastawayIt my sincere pleasure to welcome Howard Snell to Brass Band World’s Castaway. Mr. Snell has been a considerable inspiration to me and countless other brass musicians for many years through his seemingly endless playing, pedagogical, compositional and conducting...read more

Monday 9 October 2017

Young Voice: Emily Evans

Growing up in Camborne, Emily Evans always relished the opportunity to hear Flowers Band in action. Now the 21-year-old Harry Mortimer Award winner is earning plaudits for her own performances with the famous Gloucestershire outfit… Read this Q&A in full, featured in October 2017’s BBW, by subscribing to BBW Digital. Alternatively, subscribe to...read more

Monday 9 October 2017

Headline composers for RNCM Brass Band Festival

Next year’s RNCM Brass Band Festival will be a ‘Voyage of Discovery’ with a clutch of UK and World premières – BBW sets the scene. Sixteen UK and World première performances will feature in the 2018 RNCM Brass Band Festival from 26 - 28 January, in a programme themed on travel on...read more

Monday 9 October 2017

Let’s Debate cross-genre collaborations with Sandy Smith

Conductor, arranger and player, Sandy Smith, has taken a lead role in adventurous music collaborations - here, he debates the benefits of throwing caution to the wind by collaborating with other genres to find new audiences. Over the years as a player, conductor, arranger and occasional composer, the idea of collaborating with...read more