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Wednesday 25 January 2023

UniBrass 2023 Line up and Adjudicators

With less than three weeks to go, UniBrass have announced the line up of bands and adjudicators for the 2023 UniBrass Contest, being held in Warwick Arts Centre on Saturday 11th February. A spokesperson for the event stated, “Twenty-two university brass bands and over 700 students will take to the...read more

Wednesday 25 January 2023

RNCM Brass Band Festival

Britain’s core national brass brands will be assembling for a spectacular weekend festival taking place at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) as part of the College’s 50th anniversary celebrations from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 January. The RNCM Brass Band Festival encapsulates all that is thrilling about brass...read more

Wednesday 25 January 2023

Musicians’ Census

There is a call to musicians across the country to take part in the first Musicians’ Census. Help Musicians and the Musicians’ Union have launched a new nationwide census to generate the first ever comprehensive picture of the UK’s music-making population. The ambitious project aims to both map the total...read more

Wednesday 25 January 2023

Seeking Scottish Young Musicians

Scottish Young Musicians is returning for 2023 to find Scotland’s best solo performer and ensemble. Young musicians from around the country will compete to win big prizes and perform live on a national stage in front of internationally renowned judges. This year more local authorities are taking part to offer...read more

Saturday 21 January 2023

NABBA Championships 2023

The 2023 North American Brass Band Championships will take place at the Von Braun Centre in Hunstville, Alabama from the 21st-22nd April. The 37 competing bands will perform a set-work plus their own-choice test piece selections in each of the Championship, First, Second, Third and Youth Championship and Youth First...read more

Saturday 21 January 2023

New NBK Chairperson

Ale Nicolai has been elected as the new Chairperson of the Stichting Nederlandse Brassband Kampioenschappen (NBK), organisers of the Netherlands National Brass Band Championships. He succeeds Pieter van Diepen, who has stepped down from the role after eight and a half years, but who will remain an integral part of...read more

Saturday 21 January 2023

Young instrumentalists shine in Northern Counties

Northern Counties is the first Scottish banding association to stage its solo and ensemble contest this year. Whitburn Band’s flugel soloist Caroline Farren was the adjudicator at the event last weekend. The winner of the Junior section was Amy Fotheringham on cornet (pictured with NCBBA president Jim Wishart and adjudicator Caroline...read more