Sunday, 22nd January at 1.00pmThe Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) will be hosting the 2017 Regional Test Piece Workshop this coming Sunday, 22nd January at 1.00pm. The event will be held at the Bailiff Bridge Community Centre, 1 Victoria Road, Bailiff Bridge, Brighouse (HD6 4DX) and is open to all...read more
Cory Band has a new website. Commenting on the new online offering, Musical Director Philip Harper told BBW: “We’re very excited by this development which will help to enhance and reflect our position as leaders in the world of brass bands.
“We hope our new site will have immediate impact with all...read more
Lancashire Contests are delighted to announce the list of competing bands and adjudicators for Brass at the Guild, which will take place at The Guild Hall, Preston on Sunday 29th January.
The competing bands in Championship through to Section 4 will have the opportunity to showcase either their set work for the...read more
The Scottish Brass Band Association (SBBA) has announced details of the 2017 AGM and Learning Festival.
Attendees will be able to enjoy a series of workshops and discussions, with the spotlight put on issues including adjudication, percussion, recording, funding and child protection.
Spaces are available to attend the event supported by Creative Scotland,...read more
Organisers of the inaugural The Film Orchestra (TFO) Brass Band have been so inundated with demand for places at the band’s first rehearsal on 21 January, following promotion of the event in Brass Band World, that they have moved the event to a bigger venue – Great Witley Village Hall (WR6...read more
2016 has proved to be an American year for Professor Philip Wilby. After the premiere performance of his epic 'Pilgrim's Progress' in Los Angeles in May, Wilby was recently in Houston, Texas to hear the premiere of his latest new work, a collaboration with poet Ian McMillan.
Wilby told BBW, “Of...read more
Peripatetic music teaching in England, providing by a network of 121 hubs has been boosted by the news that they will receive funding of £300 million over the next four years. Although the announcement was broadly welcomed, the NASUWT teacher's union felt it was what they called, 'a sticking plaster to...read more
Friday 20 January 2017
