Features | Brass Band World

Friday 10 February 2017

RNCM Brass Band Festival

The RNCM Brass Band Festival upheld its position as a vanguard of serious brass band repertoire - BBW brings full coverage from James McLeod on days one and two, with Richard Robinson sampling Tredegar’s concert and Malcolm Wood savouring Sunday’s programme… Read this article, featured in February’s BBW, by subscribing to...read more

Friday 10 February 2017

'Regional' starter for top marks

Sandy Smith, David Hirst, Leigh Baker and John Maines - all judges of various sections and areas of the 2017 UK Regional Championships - offer bands and conductors competing in sections 1 - 4 some tips, together with a snapshot of what they will be awarding top marks for… Read this...read more

Friday 10 February 2017

BBW Interview: Alexis Demailly

Alexis Demailly is considered to be something of a patriarch in the development of the French brass band culture – BBW’s Chief Contributor, Christopher Thomas, chatted to the principal cornet of Paris Opera and Paris Brass Band about his mission for French brass bands to be valued… Read this article, featured...read more

Friday 10 February 2017

Brass at the Guild

Bands took their 2017 Regional tests for a Brass at the Guild run out at the end of January – James McLeod listened to the performances and latched onto advice offered by the sage judges! … Read this article, featured in February’s BBW, by subscribing to BBW Digital. Alternatively, subscribe to the...read more

Friday 10 February 2017

Let's Debate: Social Media

On the eve of Unibrass the event’s Chairman, Andrew Straiton, discusses the wisdom of embracing the positive potential of social media for brass banding and urges restraint from online bickering… 'The power of social media is undisputed. As Mark Zuckerberg faced expulsion from Harvard University back in 2003 for hacking into...read more

Friday 10 February 2017

Young Voice - Rebecca Wilson

Cornet player, Rebecca Wilson, has picked up a string of awards for her impressive performances and the 20-year-old from Ayrshire credits the brass band world for setting her on the route to the top, as Mark Good found out… Read this article in full, featured in February’s BBW, by subscribing to...read more

Wednesday 4 January 2017

Paul Cosh on Pageantry's accents

Following on from David Read's excellent introduction to Herbert Howells' Pageantry published in the recent December / January edition of BBW, Paul Cosh delves into the score's articulation subtleties, offering his thoughts to bands, conductors and adjudicators ahead of the forthcoming regional contests I am looking forward to the upcoming 'area' contests...read more