Features | Brass Band World

Friday 17 March 2017

Norwegian National 2017 - complete results

RESULTS NORWEGIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS GRIEGHALLEN, BERGEN FULL COVERAGE BY BBW’S CHRISTOPHER THOMAS IN THE MARCH EDITION – OUT NOW! RESULTS ELITE DIVISION Adjudicators: Set Work: Tijmen Botma, Mark Heron, Yngve Slettholm Own-choice: Dr. Michael Ball, Florent Didier, Ivan Meylemans Set Work/Own-choice = Total 1. Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag (Ingar Bergby): 95/97 = 96 2. Stavanger...read more

Friday 10 February 2017

Ev-entz - more than just percussion

Nicola Bland recently caught up with Ev-entz brass expert, Tom Hutchinson, to chat about the multi-faceted Ev-entz Tom Hutchinson of Cory Principal Cornet fame was a tad down in the dumps when I caught up with him at the Butlin’s Festival in January, and it wasn’t just the cold of the...read more

Friday 10 February 2017

New online experience from Wessex Tubas

Wessex Tubas has just launched a swanky new website and a gleaming new travel euphonium Starting the year as it means to go on, last month the internationally renowned Wessex Tubas launched a brand new website in line with ambitious plans to grow its already popular multinational business. Designing and manufacturing what the...read more

Friday 10 February 2017

Mike Lovatt - Smith-Watkins success story

The new Mike Lovatt Smith-Watkins Professional Trumpet has been a runaway success – Nicola Bland reports Since its almost low-key launch last year, the ML Smith-Watkins Professional Trumpet has fast won converts amongst players. Designed by Mike Lovatt in collaboration with Smith-Watkins’s acoustic scientist, Richard Smith, the instrument has a 460” diameter bore,...read more

Friday 10 February 2017

Pro Practice with Roger Webster

PRO PRACTICE - GETTING MOTIVATED… Cornet ace and Besson Artist, Professor Roger Webster, provides plenty of reasons to get motivated and take musical strides in the New Year!… Read this article, featured in February’s BBW, by subscribing to BBW Digital. Alternatively, subscribe to the printed magazine delivered by post: £40 (UK); £68 (Europe);...read more

Friday 10 February 2017

Brass education

Trinity has introduced a new suite of Aural and Improvisation Tests for all exam candidates except drum kit, which are uniquely designed and flexible, allowing candidates and teachers to play to their own individual strengths and personalities… Read this article in full, featured in February’s BBW, by subscribing to BBW Digital. Alternatively,...read more

Friday 10 February 2017

Pro platform - Chris Hart

David Childs interviews the new Royal Scottish Orchestra Principal Trumpet, Chris Hart, on following on from John Gracie at the RSNO and finding your own style… Read this article, featured in February’s BBW, by subscribing to BBW Digital. Alternatively, subscribe to the printed magazine delivered by post: £40 (UK); £68 (Europe);...read more