Sunday 12 January 2025

BBE Calls for Conference Contributors 

The Brass Band Conference is for anyone and everyone involved in the world of brass banding. To ensure that the programme reflects this, they would like to hear from you. A spokesperson for BBE stated, “We are looking for a varied conference programme that explores the creativity and variety of...read more

Sunday 12 January 2025

Putting the Co into comedy  

The cooperation band added an extra note of charm and hilarity to the New Year’s Day episode of the comedy series Mrs Brown’s Boys by providing a small brass ensemble to play alongside the cast at the BBC television studios in Glasgow. Fresh off her Christmas Day shenanigans, Agnes Brown...read more

Sunday 12 January 2025

Brighouse announces new Creative Team

The Brighouse and Rastrick Band has announced the exciting formation of a new ‘Creative and Artistic Team’, aimed at further enhancing the band’s musical direction and community engagement. The team will consist of three highly regarded professionals in the brass band world, led by the band's Professional Conductor, Professor David King....read more

Saturday 28 December 2024

Yamaha Band Clinic ‘Talk and Play Brass’ 

On the first weekend of December the 4th edition of the Band Clinic organised by Yamaha took place in Utrecht, Netherlands. It was a day filled with brass band music, instrumental workshops and lectures. About a hundred brass band musicians from Netherlands, Belgium and Germany came together at the invitation from...read more

Saturday 28 December 2024

French National Preview 

The organisers of the 20th French National Championships, La Confederation Musicale de France and the Federations of Moselle and Lorraine have confirmed that 17 bands will compete across five divisions, on the weekend of 15th and 16th February. The event will take place at the Metz Congres-Robert Schuman in Metz...read more

Saturday 28 December 2024

UniRun approaches Target 

UniRun is an annual fundraiser run by the UniBrass Foundation. This year eight current or recent studfents representing seven universities are carrying the UniBrass torch the 100km from the contest's 2024 venue in Warwick to its 2025 home in Wales, while raising money to support the work of The UniBrass foundation....read more

Saturday 28 December 2024

New Musical Ventures for Garry Hallas 

The five-year musical partnership between Garry Hallas and Yorkshire Imperial Band has come to an end. Having stepped in the take a depleted ensemble to the British Open Spring Festival in 2019, he was the driving force behind the band's successful reinvigoration following the loss of their long-term sponsorship from David...read more


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