Mareika Gray will now replace Sarah Groarke-Booth on the Brass Band Conductor’s Association Conducting Competition adjudication panel, following a change in Sarah’s availability. No stranger to the Association, Mareika is a past chairperson of the BBCA, and actively involved with both the BBCA, and the Eccles Borough Band, who will...read more
Tickets for the 2023 British Open Championship are to go on sale later this week at 10:00am on Friday 26th May. Those people who are members of the B:Music Membership Scheme or purchased their tickets for the 2022 event will be contacted with details of how to purchase their tickets on...read more
Linz in Austria has been elected as the host city for the European Brass Band Championships in 2026. This was unanimously decided after a presentation of Linz' candidature at the European Brass Band Association's Annual General Meeting in Malmö on Sunday 7 May.
Ulf Rosenberg, EBBA President explained, “Linz and the...read more
The Bon Accord Band will celebrate its 60th anniversary this year with a special Gala Concert Sunday 18th June. The concert will take place in the band’s home city of Aberdeen at the Tivoli Theatre (3.00pm).
In June 1962 Stewart Watson conducted the first rehearsal of what was to become...read more
Belgian heavy-weight Brass Band Willebroek has awarded a Flemish Ultima Award for Culture. The Ultima Awards recognise people, organisations and companies that excel in 13 different area of the arts and culture sector with the awarding body stating that the band has "an established name at the highest international level...read more
The International Trombone Association (ITA) recently made its 2023 award presentations. Jörgen van Rijen was the recipient of the ITA 2023 award, presented every year to an individual who has greatly influenced the field of trombone. Principal trombonist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Jörgen van...read more
Wednesday 24 May 2023
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