Sunday 7 October 2018

Mark Ford awarded prestigious Frank Wright Medal 

The respected Australian brass musician Mark Ford has been awarded the prestigious 2018 Frank Wright Medal for Services to Music. Frank Wright MBE was born in 1901, becoming a leading figure in Australian brass banding before moving to England in 1933. There he became a figure of world renown composing and transcribing...read more

Sunday 7 October 2018

2018 scaba Autumn Contest

scaba's annual Autumn Contest recently returned to the Hawth in Crawley with a new format designed to appeal to a wider range of competing bands and audiences alike. Adjudicator Sarah Groarke-Booth enjoyed a high standard of performances throughout the day, with 19 bands playing in two combined sections. Godalming Band took top...read more

Sunday 7 October 2018

Bumper numbers for Wychavon

Wychavon Festival of Brass, which takes place at the De Montfort School in Evesham on November 3rd, is sure to be a terrific day of entertainment with 66 performances scheduled to take place in four separate halls. Tickets to go along and enjoy the music are just £8.00 if booked...read more

Sunday 7 October 2018

2018 Queensland State Championships

South Brisbane Federal Band under the direction of British ex-pat, Tom Paulin scooped the spoils at the recent Queensland State Championships, held in Brisbane, Australia. The band won three of the four components, only being beaten by the runners-up, Brisbane Brass, in the Own Choice. Sunnybank Brass was victorious in the...read more

Sunday 7 October 2018

Foden’s are 2018 National Champions

Congratulations to Foden’s who have been crowned the National Champion Band of Great Britain after a stunning performance of Kenneth Downie’s ‘Handel in the Band’. Arguably the last minute preparations were probably not what the band would have wished for, with rail delays meaning that several of the players were unable...read more

Tuesday 2 October 2018

Regent Hall Brass Arts Festival 2018

All roads lead to Oxford Circus and Regent Hall Salvation Army this coming Thursday and Friday for 2018 Regent Hall Brass Arts Festival. Here is the programme of events: Thursday 4th October 7.45pmRegent Hall Band and Regent Hall Songsters. Guest Soloist: Thomas Nielsen (pictured) Friday 5th October 12.30pmRoyal Academy of Music...read more

Tuesday 2 October 2018

Brighouse & Rastrick Open Rehearsal

The Brighouse & Rastrick Band will be hosting an open rehearsal in the Brighouse Methodist Church on Wednesday the 3rd of October. It is a warm Brighouse invitation for all those interested to hear the current National Champions rehearse on the National Finals test piece, “Handel in the Band”. This is...read more


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