Monday 4 March 2019

Foden's start running to Palanga!

As bands across Europe are gearing up for the 2019 European Championships, Foden's Band is already in the process of raising the £20,000 that it will cost to get the band 1207 miles to Palanga, Lithuania where they will represent England at the 2020 European Brass Band Championships. In order...read more

Sunday 3 March 2019

Results: 2019 Yorkshire Regional Championships

The area competitions continued this weekend in the grand setting of Huddersfield Town Hall. Congratulations go to Brighouse and Rastrick on winning the Yorkshire Regional Championships. Although already pre-qualified, Brighouse and their MD David Thornton did not rest on their laurels and produced a great performance Ray Steadman-Allen’s ‘Seascapes’from a lucky...read more

Sunday 3 March 2019

Brass in Concert gems Announced

Brass in Concert organisers have announced that Brighouse & Rastrick and euphonium virtuoso David Childs will be the featured artists at this year's Saturday evening concert prior to the Championship. The 43rd Championships take place on the weekend of the 16th and 17th November at the Sage, Gateshead, sponsored by...read more

Friday 1 March 2019

EYBB players announced

The European Brass Band Association is pleased to announce the line-up of players who will form the 2019 European Youth Brass Band [EYBB] in Montreux.This year will see the 16th edition. Thirty-eight players aged between 18 and 22, from 15 different countries, will come to Montreux, Switzerland, in the week prior...read more

Friday 1 March 2019

Bouncing Back Into The Spotlight

You have to go back over 30 years to find the last time that the name of Askern Colliery Band featured on the winners’ board at the Yorkshire Regional Championships. 1987 to be precise, when the late Graham O’Connor took the band to first place in the Second Section, playing ‘The...read more

Friday 1 March 2019

EBBA Adjudicators Announced

The European Brass Band Association is pleased to announce the adjudicators for the European Brass Band Championships, the European Composers Competition and the European Youth Brass Band Contest to be held in Montreux, Switzerland, 25-28 April 2019. The Championship Section set test-piece and Challenge Section will be judged by trombone virtuoso...read more

Friday 1 March 2019

African Brass Ambassadors!

At the beginning of the year it was announced that following a successful visit to Nairobi, a program of tours to other African countries would begin. We are now pleased to announce that in January the main band, Mbale Schools Band, will be travelling to Rwanda to perform a series of...read more


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