Sunday 10 November 2019

Fairey and Whitburn collaborate for Scottish Workshop

Fairey and Whitburn will join forces on 30th November for a concert at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Edinburgh at 3pm. Prior to the concert Young Brass and Percussion players from across Scotland are invited to join principal players from both bands for a workshop. The workshop is supported by the...read more

Sunday 10 November 2019

Federal Cross of Merit for Arnd Bolten

Arnd Bolten, the President of the German Brass Band Association has been honoured with the award of the Federal Cross of Merit. The award, given for outstanding achievements in the political, economic, cultural, spiritual or voluntary fields, is considered one of the highest honours available to German civilians. The 68-year-old chairman...read more

Sunday 10 November 2019

Adjudicators announced for 2020 West of England Area

The West of England Brass Band Association has announced the panel of adjudicators for the 2020 West of England Regional Championships at the Riviera International Conference Centre in Torquay on the weekend of the 14th & 15th March. The panel includes Gary Davies, Dr Chris Davis OBE, Jappie Dijkstra, Nicholas Garman,...read more

Sunday 10 November 2019

Twentieth Anniversary celebrations continue for White River Brass

The White River Brass Ensemble will perform at the Scottish Festival of Brass Scottish Open Championship in Perth on the 23rd November. Celebrating its twentieth anniversary, the group is made of players from the Black Dyke Band and was founded by trombonist Brett Baker. The ensemble will entertain the audience...read more

Sunday 10 November 2019

'Lago - The Music of Simon Kerwin'

A new CD has just been released by Rothwell Temperance Band in order to raise funds to support cancer patients at Leeds Cancer Centre. Featuring the music of Simon Kerwin, the CD 'Lago — The Music of Simon Kerwin' is the brainchild of Tabby Kerwin, in memory of her husband, who...read more

Sunday 10 November 2019

2019 SWBBA Annual Championship

Congratulations to Camborne as the Cornish band secured a hat-trick of wins at the recent 73rd SWBBA Annual Championships. Drawn last in the competition, the band gave a tremendous performance of Phillip Sparke's 'Harmony Music', under the skillful direction of MD Kevin McKenzie. Adjudicator Chris Binns stated, "The playing was of...read more

Sunday 10 November 2019

Foden's Solo Contest

On Saturday 2nd November Foden’s Band held their annual Solo and Ensemble competition at Sandbach School attracting 135 competitors across 16 sections. Speaking about the contest Andrew Rolfe from Foden’s commented, “We would like to thank all those competitors and supporters who attended our 9th annual contest which included a...read more


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