World Music Contest (WMC) has announced that it is going to postpone the 2021 event due to the corona crisis. The festival, that was to take place from 8 July - 1 August 2021 in Kerkrade, will be postponed to 7 - 31 July 2022. According to the organization, the impact...read more
Take part in the second instalment of Black Dyke's Big 'Brass Banding Quiz of the Lockdown', hosted by Matthew Routley.
Test your knowledge on brass bands and film soundtracks by watching the video below and completing your answers by following this link.
The deadline for entries is Monday 13th April. The person who...read more
D’Addario’s engineering team has found a way to transform Evans G2 drumheads into protective face shields for medical workers battling the coronavirus pandemic. The company have set an ambitios goal to be in production by April 27th and to quickly ramp up to a capacity of 100,000 face shields per week....read more
The Grimethorpe Colliery Band has announced the release of their new CD of International Composer in Association Nigel Clarke‘s music. The new recording was released on April 10th via Naxos Classics and will be available on iTunes / Spotify / Amazon / Naxos Music Library / Music Download sites, and...read more
Many iconic events around the globe have been cancelled, postponed and reinvented in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The BBC Proms is sadly another cultural paragon that has been affected. The BBC Proms released the following statement:
“Like all cultural organisations, we at the BBC Proms are currently dealing...read more
Thursday 16 April 2020
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