Few Hollywood films can match the heart-breaking climax of Titanic, where Kate Winslet tells Leonardo DiCaprio that she’ll “never let go” – and James Horner’s unforgettable music kicks in. Earlier this week, that classic, Oscar-winning score was named Britain’s favourite movie soundtrack of all time.
A poll, commissioned by the Royal Albert...read more
Scotland’s National Conservatoire Ranked in World Top Three for Performing Arts Education
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has just been ranked third in the world for performing arts education in a global review by the prestigious QS World Rankings 2017.
Up three places from last year, Scotland's national conservatoire joins Juilliard in New...read more
Trombone virtuoso Lito Fontana has been busy across Europe giving performances in Spain, Italy and Austria. After hosting a very successful Masterclass and concert at the end of 2016 near Valencia, in February he returned to Spain where he performed in Tarragona with the critically acclaimed Quartet Gaudi alongside his friend...read more
Rogerstone Revival
One of the famous names of south Wales brass banding made a welcome return to making music, with the news that Rogerstone is to reform as a non-contesting community band.
The Rogerstone Community Band was launched at a special rehearsal on Friday the 24th February led by conductor Dr. Robert Childs,...read more
Cory Band to pedal its way to the European Championships
Cory Band is preparing to travel to Ostend in Belgium on 28 April where it will fiercely defend its title of European Champion. This is the 17th consecutive appearance for the band at the competition – a modern-day record of which the...read more
The South West Brass Band Association announces that the popular Own-choice contest will be taking a further break for 2017. Speaking on behalf of the Association, Vice Chairman John Woods expressed regret about this decision due to the unavailability of the Winter Gardens, Weston Super Mare, commenting: “The Winter Gardens are...read more
Once again, the Association of Brass Band Adjudicators were delighted to be involved with the Young Adjudicators scheme alongside Peggy Tomlinson and her team at the section 4 Yorkshire ‘Area’ contest. The five enthusiastic candidates, aged 12 to 17, were invited to experience the role of an adjudicator as they sat...read more
Friday 17 March 2017
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