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Thursday 29 February 2024

Scotland’s Brass Ensemble of the Year

Scottish Young Musicians, the leading festival of music competitions, is returning for 2024 to give young people across Scotland the chance to compete for the title of Brass Ensemble of the Year, as well as Solo Performer of the Year and Ensemble of the Year. Brass Ensemble of the Year is...read more

Thursday 29 February 2024

SWBBA Mid-Winter Workshop

65 participants from 20 different bands attended the recent South West Brass Band Association Mid-Winter Brass Band Workshop at West Buckland School in North Devon. The attendees enjoyed a weekend of music and education with a series of workshop sessions leading to a massed band concert directed by Foden's MD...read more

Thursday 29 February 2024

RWCMD Tribute to Gareth Wood

The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Brass Band will pay a musical tribute to composer Gareth Wood at its St David's Day concert at the RWCMD tomorrow evening. Wood passed away in August 2023 aged 73. Born in Cilfynydd near Pontypridd, he studied at the Royal Academy of Music...read more

Thursday 29 February 2024

2024 UniBrass Results

Congratulations to Birmingham Conservatoire Brass Band on winning a hat-trick of trophy victories at the UniBrass Championships. Under the direction of post-graduate Masters conducting students Joshua Geddes and Alan Gifford, the 2022 and 2023 champion performed 'HumAnIty', a programme written by composer Daniel Hall which was first performed by Stavanger Band...read more

Thursday 29 February 2024

Ebbw Valley Wins Welsh Open

Ebbw Valley retained the CISWO Miners' Challenge Cup with a fine Welsh Open victory in Newport earlier this month. Adjudicator Sheona Wade had an extremely enjoyable day listening to 14 creditable performances, but it was the 'Welcome to the Circus' set of Ebbw Valley that saw the band deservedly claim...read more

Thursday 29 February 2024

Slide Action to record NMC Album

The Slide Action Quartet has announced that they will soon record their debut album with NMC Recordings. It will feature recordings of music commissioned from composers Alex Paxton, Laura Jurd, Ryan Latimer, Joanna Ward, Benny Rex Vernon, Jamie Tweed, and Emily Hall, and is due for release in October. The recording...read more

Thursday 29 February 2024

‘Song for Hope’

The critically acclaimed film, 'Song for Hope: The Ryan Anthony Story' which portrays the incredible story of the American trumpet virtuoso after he was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma at the age of 42 and given just months to live, has now been released on Amazon Prime is available to stream for...read more