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Wednesday 19 January 2022

SBBA Learning Festival Workshops

A Learning Festival will follow completion of business at the Scottish Brass Band Association’s online AGM on Sunday 30 January. The opening workshop at 11.30am is entitled ‘What Makes Banding Work - Reasons For Optimism’ and it features SBBA patron and renowned trumpet soloist John Wallace, who recently received the...read more

Wednesday 19 January 2022

Refreshed format for 2022 Fife Brass Band Festival

After taking place virtually last year, the Fife Brass Band Festival is back to being a live music event with a refreshed format. Now an open entertainment contest to which bands from every section across Scotland and beyond are invited, the festival will be held on Saturday 23 April at...read more

Wednesday 19 January 2022

WMC announces Draw

The draw has been made for the open adjudication own-choice section of the Concert Division of the World Music Contest which will be held in Kerkrade on the 9th and 10th July. The set-work element is closed adjudication. The draw for the set-work element, where bands will complete on Wilfred Heaton's...read more

Wednesday 19 January 2022

Adjudicators announced for the 2022 Scottish Championships

The adjudicators for the Scottish Championships, the 2022 National Championships regional qualifying contest which will take place in Perth Concert Hall over the weekend of 12/13 March, have been announced by the Scottish Brass Band Association. Bands in the 3rd Section will be the first to play on the Saturday,...read more

Wednesday 19 January 2022

2022 RNCM Festival of Brass

RNCM BRASS BAND FESTIVAL29 – 30 JANUARYRNCM, Oxford Street, Manchester. M13 9RD. England. The Royal Northern College of Music confirms that the unique 2022 RNCM Brass Band Festival, anchored by resident presenter Simone Rebello, will take place, though sadly, due to restrictions and difficulties affecting rehearsals, Cory and Foden’s bands have...read more

Saturday 15 January 2022

New Solo Trombone at GUS

GUS have announced the appointment of Matthew Brown to the band on Solo Trombone. Matt joins the band after most recently being a member of the Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band, as well as successes conducting the Milnrow band and his appointment as a member of the Association of Brass...read more

Saturday 15 January 2022

Mixed emotions at Abbey Brass

During lockdowns and banding moving to online Zoom calls to keep in touch the bandroom owned by Oxfordshire based brass band Abbey Brass suffered a collapsed roof, on closer inspection the damage was found to be worse than first thought and the band were unable to continue using the building....read more