The Fife Brass Band Festival will take place in the Lochgelly Centre, Lochgelly, next Saturday (22 April), starting at 9.30am. Adjudicator Anne Crookston will listen to 13 bands, representing all contesting sections, playing an own-choice entertainment programme, which will include a solo item, providing an exciting day of varied music....read more
The European Brass Band Association has announced the adjudicators for the European Brass Band Championships, the European Soloist Competition and the European Youth Brass Band Contest to be held as part of the European Brass Band Festival 2023, Malmö, Sweden, 1 – 7 May.
The week begins with the European...read more
Cory Band recently launched its ‘Side by Side’ initiative by welcoming three young players to their bandroom. The project is run in collaboration with the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff.
Jennifer Richardson (cornet) from Shirley Band, Phoebe Mallinson (flugel) from BD1 Brass and Rory Arthur (Eb Bass)...read more
Thomas Nielsen, a former Principal Cornet of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain has been appointed co-principal trumpet of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Tom is familiar to brass audiences as the winner of the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Award and comes from Salvation Army background having emulated his...read more