The fascinating transcript of a previously unpublished interview with the late trumpeter, conductor and educator of international repute, James Watson, by Lisa Fitzgerald-Lombard.
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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
Harmen Vanhoorne and Stan Nieuwenhuis have just held a very special launch of Harmen’s new crossover pop CD, doux - Ellis Island, inspired by photographs taken by Augustus Sherman from 1892 and 1854, when Sherman was Chief Clerk of Ellis Island, New York - an inspection station for millions of immigrants...read more
Brass Band De Wâldsang reclaimed the title of Dutch National Champion for the first time since 2009; something of a surprise occurred in the Austrian National Championships as a delighted Fröschl Hall beat back the pre-contest favourites to claim the band’s first-ever victory at the competition; Concord retained the Danish National...read more
BBW’s November Castaway is perennial Brass in Concert favourite - ‘Dick the Stick’ Richard Evans, who selects some real tearjerkers for his desert island listening!
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