Friday 5 August 2016

Hayes Music gets bigger and better

Hayes Music has just relocated to bigger premises, bringing even more instrument brands and genres to its customers Southampton-based retailer, Hayes Music, recently moved to larger premises, doubling the floor space of its showroom to provide even greater variety of merchandise, along with a purpose-built piano and percussion showroom at ground-floor level. In-store,...read more

Friday 5 August 2016

JHS ‘buzzing’

John Hornby Skewes and Co. Ltd. recently became the exclusive distributor for pBuzz - the latest educational plastic instrument More eye-catching than a recorder, lighter than a drum and easier to play than a xylophone - the new brightly coloured, lightweight and smoothly-edged pBuzz (19.99 GBP rrp) makes music fun for early...read more

Thursday 4 August 2016

Golden year at Chetham’s

Chetham’s students can reflect on an exciting year of musical study, ranging from master classes with the world’s leading brass instrumental exponents to playing in the garden of the late Sir William Walton on the Island of Ischia, in the Bay of Naples… Students at the UK’s largest specialist music school, based...read more

Thursday 4 August 2016

New ABRSM syllabuses for trumpet and trombone

The ABRSM has just refreshed its repertoire lists for trumpet and trombone players. Candidates taking exams from January 2017 will now have lots of pieces to choose from across all eight grades. The new Syllabus offers a broad selection of inspiring pieces that have been carefully selected to offer variety and new...read more

Thursday 4 August 2016

Butlin’s ramps up the X FActor

In what it describes as a ‘forward-thinking and proactive step’, several changes have been announced to the Championship Section adjudication process for the 2017 Butlins Mineworkers Open National Brass Band Festival at Skegness resort, to be held over the weekend of January 13-16. Read more in this month’s BBW – out now!...read more

Thursday 4 August 2016

5 million yen up for grabs in Osaka

The 9th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and Festa, run by the Japan Chamber Music Foundation, will be held between 13-21 May 2017 in Osaka, Japan, and is open for entries. The forthcoming Competition comprises: Section One - string quartet; Section 2: wind quintet, saxophone quartet and brass quintet; Festa: chamber music...read more

Tuesday 2 August 2016

Sun Sea and Brass

The acclaimed International Brass Band Summer School has returned to Swansea for its 26th course, and will be holding its end of course concert at Swansea University's Singleton campus on Friday 5th August. Course Director, Professor Nicholas Childs, commented: "This year's band has over a 120 musicians gathered from 14 different countries,...read more


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