Monday 1 October 2018

Brass star to take up new position at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

French horn star Sarah Willis has been announced as the first International Chair of Brass at Birmingham City University’s Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. As well as being a member of the world-renowned Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – the first female to join the brass section – and an international soloist and chamber musician,...read more

Thursday 27 September 2018

UK Band of the Year launched

BrassPass TV has announced the launch of its new UK Band of The Year contest, to be held at The Stoller Hall, Chethams Music School, on 22ndJune 2019. The contest will be an invitation event to the top ten ranked UK bands according to the official world rankings, at the end...read more

Thursday 27 September 2018

BrassPass TV Announces Best of Brass

BrassPass TV is delighted to announce a full calendar of innovative promoted concerts, all under the banner of ‘Best of Brass’. The concerts, 12 in all, are to be held at the award winning Stoller Hall at Chethams School of Music in Manchester, and will celebrate the very best of bands,...read more

Monday 24 September 2018

Swiss Open 2018

Congratulations to Brass Band Berner Oberland, who won the title of Swiss Open Champions this weekend under the direction of Corsin Tuor. Second placed Brass Band Treize Etoiles were hot on their heels, being awarded the same points total of 341 over both parts of the contest. However by virtue of...read more

Monday 24 September 2018

Steven Mead at the Netherlands Tattoo

Later this month euphonium soloist, Steven Mead, will be taking to the stage as the guest soloist of the Netherlands Military Tattoo. The world-renowned Music Festival takes place in Rotterdam each year and features the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Military and Royal Army Bands, as well as international military...read more

Sunday 23 September 2018

Bolsover Festival of Brass gears up for Global Streaming

Bolsover Festival of Brass will take place at the Heritage High School in Clowne on Sunday 30th September. The performances of the competitors in every section will be live-streamed on two on-line channels for over 12 hours beginning at 9.00am in the morning. A Bolsover Festival of Brass spokesperson commented: "We...read more

Sunday 23 September 2018

Stavanger impresses with brass band and symphony orchestra world premiere

The world premiere of a new 10-minute work by Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen, commissioned for the 100th anniversary of the Norwegian Band Federation (NMF) took place in Stavanger’s Konserthus on Friday 21stSeptember. Stavanger Brass Band and Stavanger Symphony Orchestra delighted the audience with their performance of ‘Suvenir’ under the skillful artistic direction of...read more


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