A virtual concert performed by the Cobalt Brass quintet has helped to raise over £1,900 for the mental health charity 'Mind'. The event took place on World Mental Health Day on 10th October and helped increase awareness for the need for investment and understanding of mental health education, advocacy and understanding.
Jack...read more
'Pandemic!' by Bristol based freelance composer Joe Galuszka has scooped the £300 first prize in the inaugural International Composition Competition run by the award winning When Tuba Comes One brass quartet. The work will now be recorded by the ensemble and included on their forthcoming debut CD release.
Joe graduated from the...read more
Cory Band has announced that the next round of its Online Championships is now open for expressions of interest. After the success of the recent competition and the return of stricter lockdown conditions in a number of countries and regions, Cory Band is keen to provide a further opportunity for bands...read more
Black Dyke has announced Stephanie Wilkins as its new flugel horn player, replacing Zoe Lovatt-Cooper, who held the seat for a decade. Steph is a former graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Harry Mortimer Award Winner who during her time in Wales played at Cory on...read more
The Hepworth band is delighted to have secured grant funding from the Garfield Weston Foundation and the National Lottery through Arts Council England to deliver an ambitious programme that aims to develop new performance opportunities for the band, to help find new ways to engage with existing and potential new audiences,...read more
This Saturday evening (24th October) at Leeds Town Hall experience the exceptional brass players and percussionists of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. This dazzling programme will take you on a musical journey, from Granados’ charming ‘Spanish Dances’ and the bright fanfares of Italian composer Gabrieli, to the jazz-infused sounds of Duke Ellington...read more
Be a part of the first ever NYBBGB online workshop experience. Three informational and interactive workshops covering a wide array of musical activities are being offered for free.
In the first event of the National Youth & Children's Brass Band of Great Britain October Series Dr Robert Childs will talk about...read more
Saturday 24 October 2020
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