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Thursday 13 October 2016

Andy Prior meets Smithills

Smithills School Senior Brass Band and MD Chris Wormald have raised over £300,000 for the RNLI and Bolton Hospice over the past 26 years and together they are to increase this amount with two concerts on two successive evenings this month. On Friday October 14th Smithills will be performing in the...read more

Thursday 13 October 2016

Yamaha supporting youth

Over 80 young brass players from all over Leicestershire and beyond recently spent a rewarding weekend developing their playing under the guidance of Yamaha Neo tutors Russell Gray, Lucy Cutt, Steve Walsh and Simon Gresswell. Richard Walker, Jack Fisher and Sean Doughty joined the Yamaha team as the youngsters, aged from...read more

Thursday 13 October 2016

A moonlight serenade in Switzerland

BBW Editor and International Euphonium Soloist, David Childs, recently returned from Switzerland where he performed as guest soloist at the Moonlight Festival with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic under the direction of Manfred Obrecht.The outdoor concert took place in Zofingen and was given to a capacity audience, many of whom had not heard...read more

Thursday 13 October 2016

Torbay at the Opera

Torbay Brass Band took part in the world premiere of a new opera on Tuesday 27th September 2016. Called the Geo-Opera it tells the story of the 4.6 billion years of the earth’s history in that time. Chairman of the band David Wilkinson commented: “This was a unique opportunity for the...read more

Thursday 13 October 2016

Extra brass for Langley

Langley Band is delighted to announce the creation of Langley Community Brass, a band for players of all abilities, ages and experiences in the heart of the Black Country. The new community band, which will aim to meet monthly to prepare music for performances in the West Midlands, is open to...read more

Thursday 13 October 2016

Celebration for Imps

The Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel Band is marking its 80th anniversary on Saturday 22nd October with a special concert in Ossett Town Hall where present and former members of the band will join forces to celebrate the Band’s remarkable musical history.The band was originally formed in 1936 as The Yorkshire Copper...read more

Friday 7 October 2016

New BBW edition out now!

October edition out now, featuring: THE BBW INTERVIEWMaestro Bramwell Tovey rekindles his love affair with brass bands BRASS BAND WORLD NEWSBBC Radio 2’s hunt for Young Brass Musician is on!LET’S DEBATE – JUDGING THE SYSTEMInternational euphoniumist and educator, Steven Mead, debates the case for criteria judging and says ‘it’s ‘Time for more transparency’ INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVEHoward...read more