The Brass Bands Archive will open to the public in just two months’ time at its new home at the University of Huddersfield. Heritage Quay, the university’s award-winning archive service, is putting on a special exhibition: Brass Bands: History and Culture, celebrating the collection. The exhibition, which will open with...read more
The Brass Band Conductors’ Association (BBCA) will be working with the UniBrass Foundation as part of its annual contest, this year at Warwick Arts Centre on Saturday 11 February. The partnership will see BBCA members attend the UniBrass 2023 contest and observe the performances of competing bands. Competing conductors will...read more
Adjudicators have been announced for the Yorkshire Regional Championships due to take place at Huddersfield Town Hall on the weekend of the 4th & 5th March. Dr Robert Childs and Dr Steven Cobb will be making the decisions for the order of merit in the Championship section with 12 bands...read more
Organisers of the Wessex Band Summer School have announced that the 2023 course will take place between Monday 31st and Saturday 5th August. Course administrator Matt Stimpson stated, "The 2022 event was a real success and so we have built on that for 2023, our 52nd course, which will feature our...read more
A free multi-media brass band production of Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Snow Queen' fairy tale is set for release on Friday (23rd December) at 6.30pm. Scored and produced by Jack and Charlotte Capstaff, and featuring Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band alongside narrator Frank Renton, the 30-minute digital release will be free...read more
Following the success of its 2022 event, the Wychavon Festival of Brass Championships has announced that entries for its 2023 contest will be accepted from January 1st. The popular entertainment championships will be held on November 4th 2023 at its usual venue of the De Montfort School in Evesham.
Contest organisers...read more
Monday 9 January 2023
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