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Thursday 11 January 2018

BBC axes Listen to the Band

BBC has announced that the Radio 2 'Listen to the Band' programme is to be 'rested' indefinitely following a comprehensive revamping of the station's output, thus marking the end of any regular brass band broadcasts on national BBC radio and worrying media commentators that this spells the end of the BBC’s...read more

Wednesday 10 January 2018

New Principal Trumpet at the Scottish Opera

Music graduate Jason Owen Lewis starts his new job as Principal Trumpet for Scottish Opera this month. Jason started playing with the National Youth Brass Band of Wales, and by the time he was thirteen he’d passed Grade 8 on both cornet and trumpet with distinction. At fourteen, he joined...read more

Tuesday 9 January 2018

Grimethorpe announce Sandy Smith as the new Resident M.D.

The Grimethorpe Colliery Band is delighted to announce the appointment of Sandy Smith as their Resident Musical Director. Sandy needs little introduction to the banding world, having been a highly decorated and respected horn player with Black Dyke, Fairey and Grimethorpe Colliery Bands. The arrangements from his pen are played world-wide,...read more

Tuesday 9 January 2018

Whitburn Celebrates 2017 Award Winners

It was a special night for the Gourlay family, as Whitburn Band revealed its award winners for 2017. In what was a momentous year for the band – with victories at the Scottish, Scottish Open and Grand Shield as well as a runner up spot at the British Open –...read more

Monday 8 January 2018

Bella Tromba take the 'Late Shift'

The award-winning brass ensemble Bella Tromba, of Emma Bassett, Victoria Curran, Becca Toft and Jo Harris, will be featured as part of the high profile 'Late Shift' series at the National Portrait Gallery. The series provides free live music for art lovers in London on 19th January. The event begins at...read more

Monday 8 January 2018

Awards at B&R Celebration Evening

The Brighouse & Rastrick Band enjoyed the start of 2018 last weekend with their annual band awards meal. Including a three-course meal, members and friends of the Band dressed up for a night of fun and laughter, celebrating the fantastic memories B&R experienced in 2017. Congratulations go to Kathleen...read more

Monday 8 January 2018

Mead returns home for New Year

Steven and Misa Mead have just returned home from an extended tour that has included performing to over 12,000 people in both the USA and Japan. The Besson euphonium artists left on 29th November, returning just in time to see in the New Year. The tour included 80 private lessons, 9...read more