Friday 5 August 2016

Illinois Brass Band Day

It was a very special day for the 30 members of Illinois Brass Band on 11 June, when the band and its many alumni were honoured by House Resolution 824 declaring it 'Illinois Brass Band Day' in the state of Illinois. The resolution was sponsored by Steve Anderson (State Representative of the...read more

Friday 5 August 2016

New top euph at Flowers

Former BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Award winner, Grant Jameson will make his contest debut on solo euphonium with the Flowers Band at next month’s British Open Championship. Grant moves up from second euphonium to take over from David Childs, who departed Flowers following the band’s victory at the French Open earlier...read more

Friday 5 August 2016

It's all about that bass for Les

Les Neish has had a busy Summer so far with two highly successful Summer Music courses in Switzerland and Northern Ireland. First stop was the beautiful setting of Samedan, only a few miles from St. Moritz. Les joined up with Phillip Cobb from the LSO and other top class...read more

Friday 5 August 2016

Geneva Group acquires Amati USA

Adding to its ever-growing portfolio, Geneva has acquired Amati USA on 73rd Street, New York, following several months of negotiation. Tim Oldroyd, CEO and Founder of the Geneva Group, said he was pleased to return to the UK with Geneva’s latest acquisition and that negotiations had been successfully concluded in the first...read more

Friday 5 August 2016

Hayes Music gets bigger and better

Hayes Music has just relocated to bigger premises, bringing even more instrument brands and genres to its customers Southampton-based retailer, Hayes Music, recently moved to larger premises, doubling the floor space of its showroom to provide even greater variety of merchandise, along with a purpose-built piano and percussion showroom at ground-floor level. In-store,...read more

Friday 5 August 2016

JHS ‘buzzing’

John Hornby Skewes and Co. Ltd. recently became the exclusive distributor for pBuzz - the latest educational plastic instrument More eye-catching than a recorder, lighter than a drum and easier to play than a xylophone - the new brightly coloured, lightweight and smoothly-edged pBuzz (19.99 GBP rrp) makes music fun for early...read more

Thursday 4 August 2016

Golden year at Chetham’s

Chetham’s students can reflect on an exciting year of musical study, ranging from master classes with the world’s leading brass instrumental exponents to playing in the garden of the late Sir William Walton on the Island of Ischia, in the Bay of Naples… Students at the UK’s largest specialist music school, based...read more


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