Friday 5 August 2016

Stars and stripes in their eyes

Rita Arendz brings a delegate’s over-view of the recent North American Brass Band Summer School in Ontario, where a clutch of top British and American brass band exponents left delegates with stars and stripes in their eyes! Although popular during the late 19th Century, today the British Style brass bands (other than...read more

Friday 5 August 2016

Pro Practice: Final masterclass from Les Neish

For his final Pro Practice master class, Les Neish opened the floor to questions from readers and advises them on their preoccupations with warming up.... For the final master class in the series, I decided to open the floor to questions, which I have received via social media, e-mail and BBW...read more

Friday 5 August 2016

Delving for deeper solutions

Allan Withington reflects on his eighth Conductor Summer School, where he helped, nurtured, developed and shared the secrets of his extraordinary talents with 12 students from seven different nationalities This year marked the eighth year in succession of my Conductor Summer School; all have been in Leeuwarden, Holland, with Soli Brass, apart...read more

Friday 5 August 2016

Wellington make history

Evan Sayer, President of the Brass Band Association of New Zealand Inc., brings the action from the nation’s National Championships in Napier, where Wellington entered the record books The 2016 New Zealand Championships were hosted in the city of Napier, Hawke’s Bay, from the 13 to 18 July 2016. It’s 136 years...read more

Thursday 4 August 2016

Learning the hard way...

Foden’s Principal Cornet, Mark Wilkinson and a 17-year-old Bob Childs recall their early lessons and learning the hard way, with more than a wry twist of humour from our resident cartoonist and wit, Nezzy, and John Barber in …And Another Thing Read this regular entertaining feature by subscribing to BBW Digital...read more

Thursday 4 August 2016

Specialist brass band ‘opps’ at RWCMD

The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD) offers brass band instrumentalists the opportunity to study on a BMus course with embedded specialist opportunities, provided under the guidance of the College’s Director of Brass Band Studies, Dr. Robert Childs. Cory is Band-in-Residence at the RWCMD and, together with other multi-award-winning...read more

Thursday 4 August 2016

Brass thriving at Bryanston School

The Brass Department at Bryantson School offers real breadth of study and the School welcomes applications for music scholarships… Bryanston offers a generous number of music scholarships and applications are welcome for entry at 13+ and 16+. Music scholars and exhibitioners at Bryanston receive free musical tuition, as well as a weekly...read more


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