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Thursday 4 April 2019

Dutch National Championship Judges Announced

The adjudicators for the 2019 Netherlands National Brass Band Championships have been announced. Sheona White (UK), Patrik Randefalk (Norway) and Kevin Houben (Belgium) will make the decisions in Divisions 2, 3 and 4. The First and Championship Section decisions will be in the hands of Arsene Duc (Switzerland), Steven Mead (UK)...read more

Wednesday 3 April 2019

2019 National Youth Championships of Great Britain

National titles in the Championship, Intermediate and Elementary Sections were awarded to Youth Brass 2000, Wardle Academy School and Gwynedd a Mon Junior Band at Warwick School last weekend. In a re-launch of this much loved event Brass Bands England really set the bar high with 28 youth bands competing over four...read more

Monday 1 April 2019

Success for Siobhan

Following a high energy final at Stoller Hall, Siobhan Bates was declared the winner of the 2019 BrassPass.tv Young Brass Award. Known to brass band audiences for her solo horn position at Black Dyke, the young student from Huddersfield University firmly set out her stall yesterday as a solo star of...read more

Friday 29 March 2019

Matthew Fletcher wins 2019 Cassel Prize Final

On Saturday 23rdMarch the The Cassel Prize Final of the Royal Marines Young Musician of the Year took place at the New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth. In conjunction with the Worshipful Company of Musicians the Royal Marines School of Music has held The Cassel Prize Final, an open solo competition, in the...read more

Friday 29 March 2019

Great deals on John Packer and Jupiter Euphoniums

FOR SALE! 4 x Jupiter (3 valve) Euphoniums with original cases.2 x John Packer (3 valve) Euphoniums with original cases.Can be sold separately. All 6 have only been used a couple of times since purchasing. The 4 x Jupiter Euphoniums are for sale at £1000.00 each (images below): The 2 x John...read more

Friday 29 March 2019

BrassPass to broadcast National Youth Championships

This weekend’s National Youth Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, which will be staged this Saturday (30th) by Brass Bands England (BBE), promises to be a very exciting event, but for those of you who will be an able to travel to Warwick, it will still be possible to get a...read more

Friday 29 March 2019

Success for the ‘Salford Six Piece’

The Salford Six Piece were victorious in the 2019 University of Salford annual Ensembles Competition. Held at the University’s famous Peel Hall, five outstanding groups competed for the David Horsfield Ensemble Shield title sponsored by Geneva Musical Instruments. The finalists were the 'Salford Six Piece', brass quintet 'Musical Chairs’, 'A Lower...read more