The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, the UK’s leading brass bands for children and young people, which next year celebrates its 70th anniversary, has just completed its first live events since 2019. The announcement also marks the launch of the Band’s £10,000 2022 bursary fund appeal.
Eighty young musicians...read more
The Durham BRASS Festival will be taking place this summer from 14th to 18th July. The event is described as an ‘eclectic, vibrant and colourful celebration of brass music in all its forms – artistically excellent, rooted in our communities, and welcoming to everyone’.
A spokesperson for BRASS explained, “Taking inspiration...read more
November’s Scottish Festival of Brass has been condensed to a single weekend because of the logistical and financial challenges associated with staging a larger event this year. With the exception of last year, the SFoB traditionally takes place over two weekends – the first for the Band Supplies Challenge contest...read more
While the numbers of young people registering for this summer’s NYBBS (National Youth Brass Band of Scotland) course at Strathallan have been steadily increasing over the past couple of months, there are still places available to those players who have possibly been deterred from putting their names down for fear...read more
Black Dyke Band returned to live concert action last weekend with an open air event held at Almondbury Wesleyan Cricket Club in Huddersfield. The considerable crowds were delighted by the entertaining programme offered by the Queensbury band, which included 'Last Night of the Proms' classics such as 'Jerusalem' and 'Land...read more
Friday 18 June 2021
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