Wednesday 23 September 2020

2020 Brass Band Conference Awards winners announced

The winners of the 2020 Brass Band Conference Awards were announced by Brass Bands England Chair, Mike Kilroy, at the Brass Band Conference, hosted by BBE on Saturday 19 September. The response to the request for nominations was excellent, both in terms of responses received and the high calibre of...read more

Saturday 19 September 2020

Withington leads Dance Collaboration

Allan Withington is working with acclaimed dancer Isabell Gisselgard on a musical project that will connect brass, percussion, poetry and dance. The work entitled, ‘Il Maestro’ will feature Allan as trumpet soloist accompanied by an ensemble of 5 trumpets and five percussionists as well as showcasing poetry and 5 contemporary...read more

Saturday 19 September 2020

40 years of Time for Brass

Ian Cottier celebrated his 40th Anniversary broadcast of his 'Time for Brass' show on Manx Radio earlier this month on 7th September. Ian, now 84 years of age, has been a warm and welcoming voice in support of the brass band movement since he first put a recording of Edward...read more

Saturday 19 September 2020

Free Mental Health Awareness Session

Mental health advocate Tabby Kerwin will be holding a free online session on mental health awareness in brass bands on Monday 21st September (7.00pm). The free one-hour session is aimed at people in brass banding and focuses on identifying and supporting better mental health. The session will include some mental...read more

Saturday 19 September 2020

Vote for your IBBCC Winner

The five finalists have been announced for the 2020 International Brass Band Composer Competition. Selected from 92 entrants, by the panel of judges, James Curnow, Dr. Liz Lane and Paul Hindmarsh, the finalists are: Rebecca Lundberg, Marcus Venables, Robbert Vos, Morten Jonas Wallin and Andy Wareham. The Brookwright competition, the brainchild...read more

Saturday 19 September 2020

Anna Hughes-Williams Steps Down

Anna Hughes-Williams has announced that she has made the difficult decision to leave Foden's and full-time playing. Speaking about her decision Anna stated, “Following a lot of thought during lock down, I have made the difficult decision to finish full time banding. After a long-playing career including spells with Wingates,...read more

Saturday 19 September 2020

Foden’s Youth Band Virtual Workshop Day

Foden’s Youth Band and Foden’s Junior Band are set to open their new season with a Virtual Workshop Day on 27th September. The bands, which meet monthly from September-June each year, will be joining together on Sunday 27th September from 10am – 3pm to take part in a practical workshop...read more


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