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Sunday 11 March 2018

Montreux beckons for Scottish Champions Whitburn

Congratulations to the 2018 Scottish Champions, Whitburn. The band will not only represent Scotland at the National Finals in October with runners-up, Co-operative Funeralcare, but has also now on an invitation to the 2019 European Championships in Montreux. The win also completed a trio of impressive regional titles for the band's...read more

Sunday 11 March 2018

Victorious Virtuoso GUS in the Midlands

Congratulations to Virtuoso GUS and M.D. Adam Cooke, the victors at Bedworth on Kevin Norbury's Odyssey. The band claimed their fifth Championship title in as many years but were run close by second placed Desford Colliery under Michael Fowles. Both will now take their places at the Royal Albert Hall in...read more

Friday 9 March 2018

Tredegar to perform at Parliament

Tredegar will become first band to perform in the State Rooms of The Speaker of the House of Commons, in the heart of Parliament as part of the NHS 70th anniversary celebrations Their performance will take place on Thursday 5th July in front of an audience of leading parliamentarians and...read more

Thursday 8 March 2018

2018 BBC Radio 2 Brass Award Finalists

BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Award has announced the names of this year's four finalists. They are Cameron Scott (euphonium - 16), Sam Dye (trombone - 18), Thomas Nielsen (cornet - 16) and Ross Dunne (tenor horn - 19) will compete at 8pm on Friday 20th April at the Royal Northern...read more

Wednesday 7 March 2018

Bugle 2018

This year’s West of England Bandsman’s Festival is on Saturday 16th June. Entry Forms are now available on the Festival Web Site and are available with full details and Rules at www.webf.co.uk Mark Wilkinson, this year’s music Adjudicator, is making his first appearance at this unique open air Festival, which...read more

Tuesday 6 March 2018

2018 ODBBA (Oxford) contest

The ODBBA (Oxford) contest was recently held at Marlborough School in Woodstock when 31 bands performed in six sections on what proved to be a hugely successful event. Adjudicator Steven Mead stated: "It was an excellent day of contesting and it was good to be able to help the bands with the...read more

Tuesday 6 March 2018

Bates leads composition workshop

'Ex Terra Lucem' composer, Jonathan Bates recently led a composition workshop in Towcester to help inspire GCSE and A level music students. The event follows on from the success of his 2017 commission 'Towcester 917', written to celebrate the 1100th anniversary of the town, with Towcester Studio Band delighted to welcome him...read more