It is with great sadness that we announce the untimely passing of Darrol Barry, who died on 3rd June 2018 in The Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman. Born in Salford in 1956 Darrol aged 14 joined the School Brass Band on Eb Bass, a surprise to him as he'd wanted...read more
Following the company's recent launch into live streaming, IBB Media Ltd, the company behind the production of the BrassPass.tv brand has been acquired by Centre Stage Group Ltd. IBB Media Ltd was set up in February 2018 by directors Kenny Crookston and Martin Gernon and launched the BrassPass brand...read more
Congratulations to 3BA Concert Brass who became National Champions of Germany in the Max Littmann-Saal in Bad Kissingen, Bavaria. Under the direction of Thomas Ludescher the band's performances of Thierry Deleruyelle's 'Fraternity' as their own-choice selection along with Eric Ball's classic set work, 'Journey into Freedom' found favour with the judges....read more
The Leicestershire Brass Band Association's annual 'Open' competition is now taking entries its 2018 competition to be held at Loughborough Endowed Schools in Leicestershire. It offers six sections of competition from Championship to Unregistered. This year's competition will be held on Sunday 18th November across two halls on the...read more
The set test peices to be used at the Belgian National Championships, on the weekend of 24th/25th November at the Cultural Center Zwaneberg in Heist-op-den-Berg, have been announced. The Championship Section contenders will perform 'REwrite Relapse' by Stan Nieuwenhuis — a brand new 16-minute work that will be released on...read more
Medway band are pleased to welcome Nicholas Garman to the role of MD at Medway Band who will be taking over from Melvin White who recently resigned due to ill health. A Medway spokesperson said, “We are looking forward to working with Nicholas to pursue the ambitions the...read more
An 'adventure story in music' by Edward Gregson will be premiered by the Halle Orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester in a special family concert on Sunday 1st July at 3pm. The work entitled, 'The Salamander and the Moonraker' was commissioned by the Halle Concerts Society and is based...read more
Monday 4 June 2018
