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Thursday 28 December 2017

Heroes of the 369th Infantry Harlem Hellfighters

American composer, Sandy Coffin, helped to organise and played in a concert at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in July, which reinvented the Harlem Hellfighters Band of 1917 - 1919. Here, Sandy charts the fascinating band of musicians celebrated for their innovative performing style and heroism during World War I -...read more

Thursday 28 December 2017

Europe's Heavyweights head for Utrecht

In November's edition we brought coverage of 2017's first three National contests that took place across Europe. This month, we report on four more National contests across mainland Europe and Scandinavia, where Valaisia scored a Swiss hat trick, Italian scored a double, Willebroek notched up its 20th Belgian title and Göta...read more

Thursday 28 December 2017

BBW Interview: Paul Hindmarsh

VITAL LEGACY OF LABOUR AND LOVE RNCM Brass Band Festival Artistic Director,  Paul Hindmarsh, has created an important repertoire legacy and is responsible for the only major serious performance platform for the brass band genre, as well as influences music selection at the European Championships, for which he is Chair of the Music...read more

Thursday 28 December 2017

Let's Debate with Sandy Smith

Conductor, player and composer/arranger, Sandy Smith, debates the adjudication method and marking system for one of the UK’s entertainment contests - Brass in Concert, compares it with Norway’s SIDDIS version and argues for a more holistic approach at the former As we come towards the end of the year and look back...read more

Monday 20 November 2017

BBW Centre Band – Tales of the North Sea

Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag has just added to its Triple Crown of the Norwegian National, the European and SIDDIS, by taking the Brass in Concert title, performing its SIDDIS winning programme, Tales of the North Sea. Read more about the most successful band of 2017... Read this article in full, featured in November 2017’s...read more

Thursday 16 November 2017

Voice from the Past: James Watson

The fascinating transcript of a previously unpublished interview with the late trumpeter, conductor and educator of international repute, James Watson, by Lisa Fitzgerald-Lombard. Read this article in full, featured in November 2017’s BBW, by subscribing to BBW Digital. Alternatively, subscribe to the printed magazine delivered by post: £40 (UK); £68 (Europe); £81...read more

Thursday 16 November 2017

BBW’s CD Awards 2017

The time has arrive for BBW’s red-carpet CD of the Year accolades - who has won the Band and Solo CD of the Year Awards and who has grabbed a BBW ‘out of the ‘box’ award from our eminent judging panels of, for Band, Christopher Thomas, Florent Didier, Michael Fowles and...read more