The Elgar International Brass Band Summer School recently hosted its inaugural Winter School. The four-day Winter course was took place at Bromsgrove School in Worcestershire, with over 30 delegates taking the opportunity to work under Flowers MD, Paul Holland and his team of tutors: Mark Wilkinson, Chris Thomas, Les Neish, Daniel...read more
The UniBrass Foundation has announced the adjudicators for the forthcoming UniBrass Championships at Cardiff University on Saturday 15th February. The Trophy Section will be adjudicated by Foden's principal cornet Mark Wilkinson and Ailsa Russell, the solo horn of Cory Band. The Shield Section will be adjudicated by composer and conductor Christopher...read more
The Yorkshire Regional Championship will be held at Huddersfield Town Hall on the weekend of the 1st and 2nd March, with tickets going on sale tomorrow (Monday 13th January). 54 bands will take to the stage across five sections. In the Championship Section two bands will join Black Dyke (pre-qualified) to...read more
BBE is seeking additional support to assist in upgrading its online systems. The new project will see a move from the existing CiviCRM database to the iMIS Platform, alongside a new front-end website. The freelance Project Support Officer role will be full-time over a period of 9 months with a total...read more
The Scottish Brass Band Association has issued a clarification of its position following a statement by Kapitol Promotions that a proposed rule change would be trialled for borrowed players for Third and Fourth Section bands competing in the 2025 regional qualifying contests for the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain....read more