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Wednesday 21 April 2021

Demeurisse joins Sterling

Sterling Instruments has announced that highly respected euphonium player Gilles Demeurisse has become a Sterling ‘Performance Artist’. Gilles studied at the renowned Lemmensinstitute in Leuven with Nick Ost and Bart Van Neyghem, before gaining a Master in Performance Arts from the prestigious Ghent Conservatoire under Frank Vantroyen. He regularly performs with the...read more

Wednesday 21 April 2021

British Open Errata

The publishers of the 2021 British Open test-piece have announced three errata in the first print run of the scores of Edward Gregson's 'The World Rejoicing: Symphonic Variations on a Lutheran Chorale': 1. Bar 69: Bass Trombone; last semiquaver of bar should be B double flat and Euphonium; last semiquaver...read more

Wednesday 21 April 2021

New President at Elland

Elland Silver Band organisation is very pleased to announce The Reverend Canon Hilary Barber as its new President. The position of President became vacant following the very sad and untimeley loss of their President Lord David Shutt, David had been associated with the band for many years as an external...read more

Thursday 15 April 2021

Double Delight for Online Whit Friday

Foden’s Band has announced that owing to the huge popularity of this year’s virtual Whit Friday Championships that the contest will now be broadcast over two evenings instead of one. A spokesperson from the band stated, “Following the remarkable number of entries to our Online Whit Friday Championships, we have taken...read more

Thursday 15 April 2021

A4 to Perform Live for ROSL Concert

A4 Brass Quartet has announced that they will be performing live in concert on 10th May as the Royal Over-seas League 2018 Mixed Ensemble winners. The performance will be live streamed and available to watch for free at 6.30pm. A spokesperson for the group stated, “We are excited to be...read more

Thursday 15 April 2021

EBBA Confirms Future Host Cities

The Annual General Meeting of the European Brass Band Association (EBBA) was held online on 28 March, at which delegates agreed host venues for the European Brass Band Championships from 2023-25. With next year’s event to be hosted at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, EBBA’s Executive Committee has now been mandated by the...read more

Saturday 10 April 2021

Latest Release from ‘Insieme’

The idea of tuba artist Les Neish, Northern Irish trumpeter Pamela Stainer and made possible by funding from Arts Council NI, ‘Insieme’ (Italian for together) gives the chance for brass players to learn new music and play along with a star-studded band all from the comfort of their own home....read more