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Wednesday 11 November 2020

AoBBA goes Online

The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) is hoping to turn a negative into a positive with its AGM on 10th January 2021. The impact of COVID-19, distancing and lockdowns has resulted in everybody finding new ways of working, and the AoBBA Executive Team is no different. So successful...read more

Wednesday 11 November 2020

Tovey steps down from NYBBGB

Maestro Bramwell Tovey, the Grammy and Juno award-winning artistic director of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain (NYBBGB) has stepped down from the post he has held since 2006. Tovey, Principal Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra and Music Director Emeritus of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, who made his BBC...read more

Tuesday 10 November 2020

Celebrity backing for BBE Crowdfund appeal

TV and radio star to back Brass Bands England’s national Crowdfunder campaign Brass Bands England has announced that celebrity and longtime baritone player, Melanie Sykes, is to back its national #SaveOurBrassBands Crowdfunder appeal, launched in tandem with other national bodies to raise existential funding for bands through the Covid-19 pandemic. Bands can...read more

Monday 9 November 2020

New Identity for Conductors' Association

NABBC relaunches as the Brass Band Conductors' Association On Friday 6 November, the National Association of Brass Band Conductors held their online relaunch event in conjunction with Brass Bands England (BBE). President Russell Gray began by announcing a new name and logo designed by artworks54. “We will now be known as the 'Brass...read more

Monday 9 November 2020

Bradley becomes Besson Artist

Besson has announced the signing of Chris Bradley, principal cornet of Whitburn Band and Tubular Brass as a Besson Artist. Chris started his playing career at Saint Andrew’s High School, Clydebank with James Hillis and continued at the RSAMD with Nigel Boddice, gaining a Batchelor Of Arts in Music. He then...read more

Monday 9 November 2020

NSSBBNZ Success

The National Secondary Schools’ Brass Band of New Zealand took the somewhat controversial decision to run two separate events this year. Owing to the pandemic Conductor, Andrew Snell, directed courses on both the North and South Islands. Commenting on the venture Andrew Stated, “If you take the view that NSSBB is...read more

Sunday 8 November 2020

Bates to feature at Danish Nationals

The 2021 Danish National Championships has four major works by composer Jonathan Bates for the competing bands to perform. 'The Songs of Ascent' will test the top section, ‘Grieg Variations’ will challenge bands in the first section, second section bands will perform ‘Ex Terra Lucem’ and ‘Repton Fantasy’ has been selected...read more