The Brass Monkeys, a seven brass and piano band from New Zealand is delivering their ‘New Orleans’ type sound through their album ‘A Gift for You’ via spotify. The album features classic songs like: ‘Maple Leaf Rag’, ‘Ave Verum Corpus’, ‘Cornet Chop Suey’, ‘The Nearness of You’ and ‘In a Sentimental...read more
Gwent Music Service was in the news yesterday evening when BBC Wales Today reported that a group of music teachers had been abandoned after an offer from Newport council to pay them during the coronavirus crisis was withdrawn.
Newport council reversed a decision to pay teachers at Gwent Music after the...read more
Internationally acclaimed composer Peter Graham has written ‘Six A Cappella Studies for Brass Duet’. Peter is renowned within the brass band movement for his phenomenal compositions, many of which have tested the very finest bands in major competitions. Whilst it is unlikely that bands will be playing any test-pieces for quite...read more
‘Brass on the Bus’ is a fundraising event which first took place on Saturday the 2nd of April 2016. Devised by Tom Steer and Kaitlin Wild whilst at music college in London, musicians travelled around London with a brass band on a Routemaster bus, playing outside some of London's most...read more
As previously reported Foden's have been running an online International Music Festival over the past two weeks which has been a huge success! There has been a total of 33 videos uploaded to the band’s Facebook page during this time, covering a variety of styles, from players across the World at...read more