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Sunday 7 May 2017

Childs premiere at Carnegie Hall

Euphonium star David Childs made a fourth appearance at Carnegie Hall last month,as a featured artist in the prestigious New York International Music Festival where he gave the world premiere of Bernard Kane's 'Seren Wen' — Concerto for Euphonium, accompanied by the Gwent Youth Wind Orchestra, conducted by Sean O'Neil. Unsurprisingly given...read more

Sunday 7 May 2017

Cory at the London Palladium

Cory Band, under the baton of Philip Harper, recently appeared on ITV's 'Tonight at the London Palladium' hosted by household favourite, Bradley Walsh. Their performance was recorded live in front of an audience of 2,200 people and was broadcast to over 5 million people on 3rd May. Although Cory are not the...read more

Sunday 7 May 2017

Personnel changes at Flowers

After 8 years at the helm, Paul Holland has resigned from his role as Musical Director of Flowers Band. Commenting on his time as MD Paul said, “In short, every engagement has been a pleasure to conduct." He continued to explain the decision to part company with the West of England...read more

Sunday 7 May 2017

New arrivals at Grimethorpe

Grimethorpe Colliery Band has announced a duo of new signings following the recent departures of flugel player Laura Hirst, horn player Jonathan Bates and euphonium star Michael Dodds.Helen Varley currently first horn at Black Dyke will be joining the band on solo horn when her commitments are completed in June, whilst...read more

Saturday 29 April 2017

‘Euro’ download videos to be released

World of Brass is to offer download audio and video of the 2017 ‘European’, thanks to sister company World of Sound Once the dust has settled on this weekend's European Brass Band Championships, the winner crowned and the hype over until next year, wouldn’t it be wonderful to sit back in the...read more

Saturday 29 April 2017

Brass in Concert Draw

Stellar cast of stars for 2017 Brass in Concert The organisers of the 41st Brass in Concert Festival, to be held in association with Yamaha, Banks Group and British Bandsman on the weekend of 18-19 November at The Sage Gateshead, have announced the line-up and order of play for the 2017 Championship,...read more

Saturday 29 April 2017

Auditions Advice Week at Chetham’s

Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester - the largest specialist music school in the UK and the only one in the north of England - is holding its first ever Advice Audition Week for students considering applying to join the School from 2018. These informal, one-to-one auditions with heads of department provide...read more