Yu-Han Yang, the solo euphonium of Welsh champion, Tredegar, has reached the final of the prestigious Jeju International Brass Competition in Korea. The event was first held in 2000, with past winners of the euphonium award including the Glenn Van Looy, Bastien Baumet, Lilian Meurin and Gilles Rocha.
Yu-Han has progressed...read more
Invited guests from organisations including Pride Brass, the Bandspeople’s Alliance to Negate Discrimination (BAND), the Kinetika Bloco performance group, Leicester’s Drum and Brass, and other individuals representing a diverse cross-section of those less well-represented in banding met at a virtual roundtable meeting on 23 July. Hosted by BBE, the main purpose...read more
Every year, nine members of Foden’s Band make the journey to Armagh, Northern Ireland to tutor on the Armagh Old Boys Brass Band Summer School. Due to COVID-19 the course was cancelled, but the band is pleased to announce that the Summer School will go ahead this year….online!
After many weeks of...read more
The eminent conductor and euphonium player, Dr Robert Childs, Chair of the National Youth and National Children’s Brass Bands of Great Britain is standing down after ten years in the voluntary role, following the organisation’s successful National Youth at Home initiative culminating in their Grand Finale virtual concert on 7th...read more
Sunday 16 August 2020
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