The international panel of judges who will decide the winner of the 2019 'Young Brass Award' has been announced as: Dr. Robert Childs, trombone virtuoso Lito Fontana and Kate Moore, principal trumpet of the BBC Concert Orchestra. The event will take place at The Stoller Hall in Manchester on Sunday 31st...read more
The world renowned International Tchaikovsky Competition will now include a brass category, for the first time in its prestigious history. The solo competition began in 1958 for violin and piano, and has been held every four years since with further instrumentation added. It provides a remarkable opportunity for young soloists to...read more
2019 marks a half century of music making for the Wessex Band Summer school and to commemorate the momentous occasion there will be a night of celebrations on 2nd August. The course was began in 1970, started by John Grinnell and Andrew Pitts as a youth course along with Courtney Bosanko...read more
Shirley Band is celebrating its centenary and would like to call upon former members to join the band for for a special celebratory concert on Saturday May 11th. The Solihull based first section band is also calling on former members with photographs, memorabilia or stories relating to the band to get...read more
The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) announce the appointment of Martin Heartfield as the head of AoBBA’s adjudicator training programme. Martin is a well known conductor and adjudicator and is self-employed as a marketing and education consultant. Martin Heartfield commented on his new position: “I am looking forward to...read more
The West of England regionals took place this weekend in the Riviera, Torquay. Congratulations go to Flowers who successfully defended their title with a confidently delivered performance Ray Steadman-Allen’s ‘Seascapes’ from the number 5 draw. Joining them for the trip to the Royal Albert Hall in October are runners-up Aldbourne....read more
The Regionals continued at pace this weekend with three separate competitions taking place around the country. In the Midlands it was Desford who were victorious, with those in attendance in agreement the adjudicators’ decision. Desford delivered a terrific performance of Ray Steadman-Allen’s ‘Seascapes’ under the leadership of Michael Fowles with GUS...read more
Sunday 17 March 2019
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