The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain has started its Easter 2019 residential course in style today. Following a hectic schedule of registration, auditions and an assembly the band began its ensemble music making in the traditional way, by playing the National Anthem, under the skilled direction of Guest Conductor...read more
In 2017 Sandbach Town Council were responsible for installing new town and village signs at several key locations in Sandbach making reference to Foden's Band.
Foden's is extremely privileged to be informed that signs have now been erected at Sandbach Train Station courtesy of the 'Friends of Sandbach Train Station'. Friends...read more
Ahead of tomorrow evening’s (Tuesday 9thApril) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Concert, of Walton’s ‘Henry V’ and Vaughan Williams’ ‘Symphony No. 5’, the celebrated RPO Brass Quintet will be performing a short ‘Prelude’ recital of original American and British 20th Century brass music.
RPO Preludes are a series of chamber concerts curated and...read more
Congratulations to Fountain City Brass Band who retained the North American Brass Band Association National title this weekend. The band impressed with superb performances of 'Partita' by Wilfred Heaton and 'A Brussels Requiem'by Bert Appermont under the baton of Professor David King. The adjudicating panel of William Himes, Keith Wilkinson, Allan...read more
The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) was delighted to receive support from Brass Band England at their recent National Youth Championships. James Holt who is currently undertaking the adjudicator training programme was given the opportunity to work alongside official judges Richard Ward and AoBBA member Stephen Sykes for the Championship...read more
The Scottish Brass Band Association (SBBA) has announced that in order to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the death of Berlioz a revised version of Howard Snell's arrangement of his overture 'Waverley' will test the competitors at the Scottish Open Championship in November. Howard Snell's arrangement was used as the Championship...read more
Sunday 14 April 2019
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