Sixteen bands have signed up for the Fife Brass Band Festival on Saturday 27 April in the Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline. The contest, which starts at 9.30am, will see each band will play an own-choice entertainment programme of up to 20 minutes, which must include a solo item.
Bands taking part include:...read more
One feature of last week’s National Youth Brass Band of Scotland (NYBBS) Easter course was an initiative to help some of the attendees to write their own piece of music. Renowned Scottish composer Alan Fernie, who is musical director of the NYBBS Children’s band, mentored a group of young people, lending...read more
Sandy Smith and Simon Gresswell have collaborated to produce a new podcast for brass band enthusiasts, entitled ‘Smith and Grezzy’s Big Chat Brass’. Simon explained how the idea came to fruition, “We talk on a very regular basis about our thoughts on the current state of play in banding, so we...read more
The Rogerstone Band from South Wales celebrated its rich 75 year history with a local concert on Friday 12th April at Bethesda Baptist Church. The band, led superbly by MD Robert Burnett, was in fine form and delighted the capacity crowd with two very entertaining sets. Music included Beatles classics, film...read more
Congratulations to Sovereign Brass and Musical Director Alan Gifford on successfully defending their ConsTest Birmingham Open title. Returning as a Championship section band at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire their ambitious own-choice test of Derek Bourgeois' 'The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea' impressed the audience and adjudicators alike. Judges Ian Porthouse...read more
The European Brass Band Association (EBBA) has announced the panels of adjudicators that will make the competition decisions in Palanga, Lithuania between 27th April and 5th May.
The final of the European Composer Competition will take place on Thursday 2nd May. Three finalists selected from the 16 first round entrants will compete...read more
Monday 15 April 2024
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