Musical polymath
The tuba world’s bundle of fun, Les Neish, is a thoroughly wide-ranging professional musician - BBW’s Chief Contributor, Christopher Thomas, chats to the child prodigy about how he fell for the tuba from his first note on stage…
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Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs OBE is poised to retire as Principal Director of Music of the Royal Air Force Music Services after 34 years – David Childs and a clutch of luminaries pay tribute to a man who has changed the face of music in one of the UK’s three military...read more
This month, Pro Practice host and Besson Artist, Dr. Roger Webster, banishes those practice gremlins with sound advice that offers real progress…
If, like many brass players, you seem to be ‘too busy to never get around to’, or ‘not quite sure what to practice’, then read on.
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David Read MBE has moved from adjudicating brass bands at the highest level of competition to joining the audience. In this month’s BBW Let’s Debate columns, he debates the validity of critique from his new vantage point…
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Philip Varley is building a bright career as one of the finest cornet talents of his generation. The 24-year-old from Hipperholme, Halifax, is a mechanical design engineer, but a beautiful sound and effortless technique are the tools of his trade when he walks on stage, as Mark Good found out…
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Wednesday 10 May 2017
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