An All Star’ Band made up of many of the top brass band players in the UK featuring Richard Poole and Melanie Wylde (Fodens), Brett Baker (Black Dyke), Sarah Lenton (Leyland) and Kathleen Gaspoz, Philippe Schwartz and Helen Varley (Grimethorpe) will perform conducted by the most colourful and flamboyant of conductors,...read more
The respected Australian brass musician Mark Ford has been awarded the prestigious 2018 Frank Wright Medal for Services to Music.
Frank Wright MBE was born in 1901, becoming a leading figure in Australian brass banding before moving to England in 1933. There he became a figure of world renown composing and transcribing...read more
scaba's annual Autumn Contest recently returned to the Hawth in Crawley with a new format designed to appeal to a wider range of competing bands and audiences alike.
Adjudicator Sarah Groarke-Booth enjoyed a high standard of performances throughout the day, with 19 bands playing in two combined sections. Godalming Band took top...read more
Friday 12 October 2018
