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Sunday 5 December 2021

UniBrass Bigger and Better in 2022

UniBrass is back at the University of Sheﬃeld on Saturday 5th February 2022 for its biggest ever contest! The organising committee is preparing to bring UniBrass back and better than ever after the ﬁrst ever hybrid contest last summer! The contest will consist of two sections, the Trophy and the...read more

Monday 29 November 2021

Young Adjudicator Scheme 2022

The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) is pleased to announce that the association is, once again, to run a joint initiative with the Yorkshire Regional Brass Band Committee (YRBBC) in the promotion of the ‘Young Adjudicators Scheme’ at the Yorkshire Regional competition at the Town Hall, Huddersfield on Saturday...read more

Monday 29 November 2021

AoBBA Announce New Members

The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators has announced that four new members have joined the organisation in different category roles. James Jones and Colum O’Shea join as Trainee Adjudicators, whilst full membership has been given to Helen Douthwaite and Matthew Brown. Commenting on the new additions to the growing membership...read more

Monday 29 November 2021

Whitburn Wins Again!

Despite their best efforts, a joint conspiracy between Covid and the climate wasn’t sufficient to put the kibosh on the first Scottish Festival of Brass in two years. There were a couple of casualties, however: First band to fall victim to the current Coronavirus situation was Rainford a week earlier...read more

Monday 29 November 2021

Congratulations Kingdom Brass: 2021 Scottish Challenge Champions

Sadly, Sunday started off on a similar note to the day before with the news that two of the entries in the Scottish Challenge had been forced to withdraw due to Covid. Annan Town and then Clackmannan District both reported that they had band members who had contracted the virus...read more

Monday 29 November 2021

Valaisia wins 2021 Swiss National Championships

Under the baton of Arsene Duc, Valaisia won the Swiss National for the sixth time in a row, with its leader, Vincent Bearpark, picking up both the Best Principal Cornet in Set Work and Best Soloist in Own Choice awards. Although Michael Bach’s Brassband Bürgermusik Luzern won the Set Work, a...read more

Monday 29 November 2021

British Open Brass Band Golf Day

Like everything else, the annual golf event for Brass Banders, the British Open Brass Band Golf Championships, has suffered at the hands of the pandemic. The name engraved on the winners’ trophy for 2020 will read COVID for all time and it looked like that might happen for a second time...read more