New BBW edition out now!
September edition out now. Featuring:
BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cory Band scores historic four titles with ‘Open’ win - Christopher Thomas reports, photos by Ian Clowes
BRASS BAND WORLD NEWS
2017 British ‘Regional’ tests revealed, Black Dyke’s ‘Team Girl’ tours Japan; Cory in concert at RAH, Foden’s in Parliament, British Open takes Euro lead, Frank Renton’s Brass Machine heads to Skegness, Brass in Concert 40th anniversary details announced, and Childs to star in new large-scale Karl Jenkins work
VIEW FROM THE BOX
Four Cheltenham Finals judges outline what they will be looking for when they anoint the 2016 Section 1-4 British National Champion bands
THE BBW INTERVIEW
Mark Good talks to Young tubist Ross Knight about ‘the stuff of dreams’ and his new top job with Geneva’s Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
KNOW THE SCORE – THE LONE WOLF
RAH FInal composer, Simon Dobson, lifts the lid on his Bartók-inspired Royal Albert Hall challenge
LET’S DEBATE – THE NATIONAL WAY
Promoter, Philip Morris, brings clarity to the ‘National’ approach to test-piece selection
PRO PRACTICE
Leading embouchure expert, Marcus Reynolds, offers advice about how to alleviate pressure
PRO PLATFORM – FAROESE HIGH-FLYER
David Childs interviews Dávur Juul Magnussen – Principal Trombone with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
BBW CASTAWAY
Katrina Marzella reveals Simone Rebello’s desert island listening and favourite ‘tipple’
YOUNG VOICES
Mark Good meets Thomas Brown – the young composer who wrote for HM
BBW CENTRE BAND
Management shake-up at Brighouse and Rastrick Band
MELLOW FRUITS
Leading Stomvi artist, Pacho Flores, lends insight into the rising profile of the cornet and its four-valve version in orchestral performance
…AND ANOTHER THING
Contest day ‘Olympics’ with John Barber and Nezzy
REVIEWS OF THE LATEST CD AND DVD RELEASES
Highlights from the European Championships 2016 – Live from Le Nouveau Siècle Concert Hall, Lille, France
Angels Will Fall – Jim Hayes AKA Jonny Midnight
Music for Brass Septet Volume 3 – Septura
NEW MUSIC REVIEWS
Dean Jones’s United We Stand – Lake Music
John Wallaces’ Positivity – Nimbus Music Publishing
Anthony George’s edition of Joseph Parry’s The Tydfil Overture
Lewis Furber’s English Counterpoint – Wright and Round
Philip Harper’s arrangement of Calon Lân – Wright and Round
New 2017-2020 ABRSM Trumpet Syllabus
CONCERT REVIEWS
Wellington Brass at Dobcross Band Club,
National Youth Children’s Brass Band of Great Britain in Repton National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain in Morley
National Youth Brass Band of Wales in Monmouth
National Youth Brass Band of Scotland in Perth
BRASS BUSINESS
World of Brass relaunches website and sells on iTunes, Geneva appoints German ‘Euro’ distributor, and World of Sound’s price fix offer
PRODUCTS
Denis Wick develops bass trombone travel mute and Wessex launch new ‘pro’ cornet
RANKINGS
With Gordon Simpson of BrassStats.com
DIARY DATES
What’s on around the World in September and October
THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS
Alan Morrison
Carl Woodman
Christopher Thomas
Craig Roberts
Dan Hall
Dan Price
David Childs
David Thornton
Dr. Luc Vertommen
Dr. Richard Jones
Dr. Robert Childs
Gordon Simpson
Ian Clowes - Goldy Solutions
John Barber
Katrina Marzella
Lisa Fitzgerald-Lombard
Malcolm Wood
Marcus Reynolds
Mark Good
Matthew Routley
Nezzy
Nicola Bland
Nigel Seaman
Pacho Flores
Paul McGhee
Philip Morris
Rodney Newton
Simon Dobson
Steven Mead
Steve Sykes
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