This weekend 70 brass banders will be marching with 16 year-old Brooke Taylor through the streets of Manchester as ‘Brooke’s Barmy Army’, hoping to raise £22,000 for the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (RMCH). Last Year, Max Stannard one of Brass Bands England’s Trustees joined the team and this year Alex Parker,...read more
The North American Brass Band Summer School announces a stellar 2018 lineup for it's 5th anniversary course - but hurry, registration closes this weekend!The North American Brass Band Summer School (NABBSS) has announced a stellar international of tutorial staff and fellow performers for it's 2018 course, which will take place June...read more
Exactly 30 years after shaking hands with Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh on their Royal Visit to Bolton, Chris Wormald attended the latest Buckingham Palace Royal Garden Party, on Tuesday May 15th, at the invitation of Her Majesty.
In a baking heat, the latest Royal...read more
Stockport Silver Band says that its landlord, the non-registered charity - the Social Centre for the Elderly and Disabled of Stockport (SCEDS), has given it one month’s notice to leave its band room in Whitfield House, under the Stockport arches
Section 4 Stockport Silver has supported the community in Stockport for nearly...read more
The Greater Manchester Youth Brass Band, is to open the prestigious Greater Manchester Music Education Hub Celebration Concert at the Bridgewater Hall in June. The band comprises over 50 young musicians from the ten music services that make up the GM Music Hub. Having met for three weekends at Salford University,...read more
The University of Salford Library is making the world's largest collection of Wright & Round's 'Brass Brand News' available for the first time in a digital format. It was published from 1881 until the 1950s and is an iconic historic brass band newspaper publication. The project was launched at the...read more
Wednesday 23 May 2018
