Thursday 21 September 2017

Tovey Appointed Director of Orchestral Activities 

Boston University College of Fine Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of Bramwell Tovey as Director of Orchestral Activities for BU School of Music. He succeeds David Hoose, who led the program from 1987 to 2015. Tovey begins his new role at Boston University in the Fall 2017 semester with...read more

Tuesday 19 September 2017

2018 Dublin Festival of Brass 

The Dublin Festival of Brass will take place on Saturday, March 24th at Dublin Jerome Performing Arts Center in Dublin, Ohio, USA and registration for the 2018 event is now open. The contest format sees each band performing a major work, a march and a slow melody in an attempt to...read more

Monday 18 September 2017

Cheltenham National Finals

Following a fantastic weekend of banding at Cheltenham Racecourse, four bands have returned to their regions as newly crowned National Champions. The first band to claim the title was Boarshurst Silver Band from the North West area. Under the direction of James Garlick the band impressed judges Paul Holland and Tom...read more

Monday 18 September 2017

Regional Tests 2018

The Music Panel of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, comprising Michael Fowles, Paul Holland, C. Brian Buckley, John Maines and Richard Evans, with Philip Morris as Chairman and Tim Jones as Administrator, announces the test-pieces for the Championship Section and Sections 1 - 4 of the 2018 Regional...read more

Sunday 17 September 2017

2017 Doctor Martin Wainstone Cup 

Reg Vardy under the direction of MD, Russell Gray successfully reclaimed the Doctor Martin Wainstone Cup for the fifth time. The contest continues to provide a very lucrative and entertaining event to conclude the traditional British Open Championship weekend. Building on the success of last year's event, the Princess Alexandra Auditorium...read more

Saturday 16 September 2017

Foden's Youth Festival

In May 2016 Foden’s were successful in an application to Arts Council England through ‘Grants for the Arts’ for a ‘Three Year Strategic Music and Audience Development Plan’ . Included in the application was a plan to run a non-competitive Youth Festival (for 3 years) where 6 invited Youth Bands would perform...read more


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