Elland Silver dominated the 2017 Bolsover Festival of Brass, which took place on 1 October, at Heritage School, Clowne, in northeast Derbyshire, England.
The Festival saw 48 competitors compete on 20-minute, own-choice programmes across six sections, run in two halls. Three hundred and sixty UK cities and 32 different countries tuned...read more
Launched in July following the successful Heritage Lottery Funded opening of its Black Dyke Heritage Centre, the list of high profile heritage supporters is led by opera star Lesley Garrett, alongside music entrepreneur Michael Eavis, former Labour politician Ed Balls, Richard Morrison, chief music critic of The Times newspaper, and long...read more
Kingdom Brass has announced that they have formed a long term musical link with conductor Ian Porthouse. The Musical Director of Welsh band Tredegar will start work with the band in preparation for taking the band to the Scottish Championship in March 2018.
Commenting on the new venture Ian said: "Having...read more
The Brighouse & Rastrick Band will be hosting a short free concert and rehearsal next week on Wednesday 11th October, at the Brighouse Central Methodist Church.
The main purpose of the night will be to showcase the Band on the upcoming test piece for the National Finals of Great Britain, Howard...read more
Brass players at the University of Huddersfield now have their studies supervised by highly experienced trombonist, Richard Ward. Richard is from Yorkshire and is a fourth-generation brass player. Having studied at Birmingham Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Music he has now been a London-based trombone player for over...read more
Brass Band World is sad to report of the death of Roy Bennett (centre), who passed away peacefully in his sleep on 18th September. Beloved husband to Ursula, dad to Dawn and Mark, father in law to Frank and Jane and bampa to Tom, Kate, Will and Lucy, he was also...read more
Wednesday 4 October 2017
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