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Sunday 15 October 2017

Brass Band of the Western Reserve celebrate 20 years

Brass Band of the Western Reserve from Ohio in the United States of America is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The band was formed in 1997 under the leadership of Dr Keith Wilkinson and has continued to flourish since its inception. To mark this milestone in the band's history a...read more

Saturday 14 October 2017

Application open for SWBBA Mid-Winter Workshop

Applications are now invited for the increasingly popular Mid-Winter Brass Workshop, promoted and organised by the South West Brass Band Association. The event will take place over the weekend of 10th and 11th of February at West Buckland School, in North Devon. Applicants are advised to get their submissions in early...read more

Friday 13 October 2017

North of England Area changes schedule

The North of England Regional Brass Band Championships has announced that they have made a change to the usual running order for their 2018 Area Championship event. For the 2018 contest the weekend will run as follows: Saturday 17th March 2018: Fourth Section; First Section and Second Section Sunday 18th March...read more

Thursday 12 October 2017

Kapitol officially removes National hat-trick ban

Kapitol Promotions have confirmed that the 'hat-trick' ban is no longer in effect. Previously any band that has won the National title three years in a row has not been invited to play at the following year's contest, but this will no longer be the case. Kaptiol Promotions director and...read more

Wednesday 11 October 2017

Dávur Juul Magnussen at Brass Day 2017

On Saturday 7th October, Johnstone Band hosted Brass Day at Tweedie Hall in Linwood, a free event featuring performances by Johnstone Band, JP Berrie Big Band, Brass, Aye? And Levern Valley Community Brass. Each group played to a changing audience throughout the afternoon, who enjoyed four diverse programmes. Tweedie Hall had...read more

Tuesday 10 October 2017

Richard Scott celebrates with Eagley

Richard Scott, the man tasked with recording every National Final performance of Howard Snell’s ‘Gallery’ in the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday and responsible for the new 2018 Areas CD, celebrated his birthday on Saturday by spending the weekend with son Stephen recording the new Eagley Band CD in Bolton. Richard...read more

Tuesday 10 October 2017

BBE spearheads bandstand

Brass Bands England (BBE) has announced a new national campaign to support the sustainability of bandstands throughout England and to provide a mechanism for increased financial support for more brass band bandstand concerts in the future. BBE is set to work with Paul Rabbitts - an expert on the history and development...read more