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Thursday 7 April 2016

Let’s Debate with Allan Withington

Conductor, Allan Withington, is an adventurous artistic thinker who can feel thwarted by tradition-led brass band committees and says ‘take a leap into the unknown’ Sitting in Bergen Airport, my date is late. Maybe she’s having trouble parking the car. It’s been a long stint from 3 January with probably not a...read more

Thursday 7 April 2016

Fountain City crowned NABBA champions

North American Brass Band Association Vice-president Betsy Jones, reports from Fort Wayne, Indiana, where Fountain City swept the senior and youth titles With a record 34 bands competing in five sections, the North American Brass Band Association (NABBA) Championships 2016 was the largest and fiercest banding contest ever held on US soil. Brass...read more

Thursday 7 April 2016

Pro Practice: Les Neish on smart practice

In the second of his five-part master class series for BBW, Besson Artist Les Neish outlines how to embark upon a session of disciplined, ‘purposeful practice’ Having spent five years at music college as a student, I was always interested in the subject of practice. Many of my colleagues and friends would...read more

Thursday 7 April 2016

Centre Band: Black Dyke and New York Staff

This month's BBW 'Centre Band' sees two giants together. Black Dyke and the New York Staff Band (NYSB) joined forces for the second time in nine months, for a high-profile concert on 19 March in the Centennial Memorial Temple, New York, to mark the NYSB’s 129th Annual Festival. Following the success of...read more

Thursday 7 April 2016

April edition out now!

In this month’s edition… COVER STORY – THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND!Dr. Rodney Newton chats to trumpet star, Philip Cobb, about life in the LSO’s hot seat BREAK WITH TRADITIONIn this month’s ‘Let’s Debate’ adventurous artistic thinker Allan Withington argues to relax and embrace change NATIONAL ORDERBrenden Wheeler returns to his native Australia to see...read more

Thursday 7 April 2016

Q&A with Robert Redhead

An extended website exclusive Q&A with Robert Redhead, the featured composer on Fairey Band’s latest CD, Quintessence, conducted by John Ward Your music has been recorded by bands all over the world, how does that make you feel? I was very pleased and felt honoured that people would want to listen to a...read more

Saturday 19 March 2016

University Challenge

Just five years after its inauguration, the blue-ribbon brass band competition of higher education - Unibrass - was in its stride with a record entry of competitors, educational workshops and a full-blown concert by the glamour Black Dyke Band. Christopher Thomas reports: If there is one singularly striking factor about Unibrass, it...read more