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Saturday 1 September 2018

Les Neish at IVB 2019

Virtuoso tuba star Les Neish is already looking forward to 2019, where he will be attending the XIII International Festival in Argentina as part of the teaching staff at the Isla Verde Bronces. The Festival will take place from the 3rdto the 9thof February 2019 in Cordoba. A spokesperson for the...read more

Friday 31 August 2018

Black Dyke’s ‘Tour de Yorkshire’

Before the end of the year as well as concerts all around the UK and abroad, from Leicester to Lucerne, the band is going to be doing its very own ‘Tour De Yorkshire’ with no less than 15 events in its home county of Yorkshire. A spokesperson for the band commented,...read more

Friday 31 August 2018

Woodfalls does ‘Proms in the Park’

Woodfalls Band, finalists for the National Brass Band Championships at the Royal Albert Hall will be giving a ‘Proms in the Park’ concert on the fields at the Redlynch Sports and Social Club on September 2nd. The band will be conducted by its Musical Director Dr Robert Childs, fresh from his...read more

Friday 31 August 2018

Sponsorship for New Zealand National Youth Band

The CLINICAL TRIAL Company (ANZ) Pty Ltd, part of TCTC Group, is pleased to announce the sponsorship of the National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand Australian tour. The latest generation of National Youth Band of New Zealand players will travel to Australia on January 2019 to celebrate the band’s 60th...read more

Thursday 30 August 2018

Moore At Brighouse

The current National Champions, The Brighouse & Rastrick Band, has announced that the highly respected Andy Moore has been appointed to the Solo Horn chair as the band continues its preparation for the British Open. No stranger to the principal position, Andy led the Brighouse horn section on Edward Gregson’s ‘Of...read more

Thursday 30 August 2018

Alan Fernie helps Leadhills commemorate a century since the end of WW1

Leadhills Silver Band has been working with composer Alan Fernie on a project to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War. 'Music for Distant Hills' has been commissioned as part of an initiative that received Heritage Lottery funding. In addition to the new composition, the project has...read more

Wednesday 29 August 2018

Brass Band Summer School 2018

The Brass Band Summer School, one of the longest running summer schools, was held at Culford School in Suffolk. Established over 30 years ago, the course has a tradition of welcoming musicians from all over the globe. This year was no exception with delegates visiting from the UK, USA, Canada, Australia,...read more