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Saturday 22 October 2022

Fundraising Success for Drum and Brass

Funding will help to deliver after-school music clubs in deprived areas facing socio-economic challenges - and you could do the same. Some fantastic news has come in from Brass Bands England (BBE), which has announced its first successful grant application via its Fundraising Service. Drum and Brass, based in Leicester,...read more

Saturday 22 October 2022

BBE and Newmoon Insurance Discount

Brass Bands England (BBE) has launched a new partnership with Newmoon Insurance to help its members to save on insuring their own instruments. The new deal will see members able to get 12 months of musical instrument cover for the price of 11, not only in the first year of...read more

Saturday 22 October 2022

ABRSM supports next Youth Champs

A new partnership has been announced between Brass Bands England (BBE) and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, who will be supporting the Championship Section at the next National Youth Brass Band Championships. “Youth Champs”, as it’s otherwise known, will take place at Stockport Grammar School on...read more

Saturday 22 October 2022

Brass Band Conference 2023

Brass Bands England (BBE) has announced the theme, date and location for The Brass Band Conference 2023. In the closing speech of the day at the recent Brass Band Conference 2022, Chairman Mike Kilroy confirmed that the conference would take place at The University of Huddersfield on Saturday 7 October...read more

Saturday 22 October 2022

BBE announces new Members’ Working Group

Brass Bands England (BBE) has announced the launch of a new initiative to deepen its engagement with all areas of the banding sector. At the recent Brass Band Conference, held at The Life Centre in Sale, BBE announced that it will be accepting expressions of interest from individuals wishing to...read more

Saturday 15 October 2022

Foden’s retain National Title

Twenty bands made the journey to London this weekend to compete in the top section of the National Championship Finals at the iconic Royal Albert Hall. The audience was boosted considerably in numbers from last year’s and were clearly entertained and delighted with Peter Graham’s ‘Hyperlink’. Adjudicators Dr Robert Childs,...read more

Friday 14 October 2022

Fuller wins 2022 RWCMD Cory Composition Prize

The winner of the RWCMD Cory Composition Prize for 2022, sponsored by New Moon Insurance, is ‘The Tortoise and the Hare’ by Benjamin Fuller. Ben, a 20-year old composition student at James Madison University in Virginia USA, beat three other shortlisted finalists to the top prize from an initial field...read more