The Shirley Band from Solihull near Birmingham in the West Midlands has appointed Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s (RBC) first postgraduate brass band conducting student, Tom Stoneman, as its new Musical Director. Tom, 22, who was awarded a first-class BMus (Hons.) degree from RBC last year is to start his role with immediate...read more
Over the weekend Foden’s Youth welcomed sixty members who have registered for this academic year. Saturday morning was spent with the youngsters auditioning for seating places in front of the Foden's principal players. Here was then time for a quick Dominos dinner before sectional and full band rehearsals began.
Sunday commenced with...read more
The BBE Conference was an opportunity to highlight so much of the positive work that has taken place within the movement. The event included a key-note address from Professor Edward Gregson, which delivered in spades in his warning to those in attendance that it would be controversial and designed to challenge...read more