The European Brass Band Association is pleased to announce the line-up of players who will form the 2019 European Youth Brass Band [EYBB] in Montreux.This year will see the 16th edition. Thirty-eight players aged between 18 and 22, from 15 different countries, will come to Montreux, Switzerland, in the week prior...read more
You have to go back over 30 years to find the last time that the name of Askern Colliery Band featured on the winners’ board at the Yorkshire Regional Championships. 1987 to be precise, when the late Graham O’Connor took the band to first place in the Second Section, playing ‘The...read more
The European Brass Band Association is pleased to announce the adjudicators for the European Brass Band Championships, the European Composers Competition and the European Youth Brass Band Contest to be held in Montreux, Switzerland, 25-28 April 2019. The Championship Section set test-piece and Challenge Section will be judged by trombone virtuoso...read more
At the beginning of the year it was announced that following a successful visit to Nairobi, a program of tours to other African countries would begin. We are now pleased to announce that in January the main band, Mbale Schools Band, will be travelling to Rwanda to perform a series of...read more
The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) has expressed praise for the recent initiative by Brass Bands England (BBE) for its Artistic Development Programme for bands and conductors.Led by Philip Harper (an AoBBA member) there has been a great deal of interest from the brass band community and commented Mark Wilkinson:...read more
City of Bristol Band were sad to learn that MD Ian Holmes was taken ill last week and will be unable to conduct them at the Area contest in Torquay. The band has kept in close contact with Ian and send him very best wishes for a speedy recovery. Bryn...read more
Sunday 3 March 2019
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