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Sunday 13 March 2016

Northwest Regional 2016 Results

RESULTS NORTH WEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPSVenue: Winter Gardens, Backpool Full Results from the Northwest Regional Championships. Read Jonathan Bates’ full report on how the contest was won and lost by subscribing to BBW Digital today! 10 editions throughout the year for only £30! Subscribe here CHAMPIONSHIP SECTIONTest-piece: Cambridge Variations (Philip Sparke) Adjudicators: John Berryman...read more

Sunday 13 March 2016

Norwegian National results

Full Results from the Norwegian Brass Band Championships. Read Katrina Marzella’s full report on how the contest was won and lost by subscribing to BBW Digital today! 10 editions throughout the year for only £30! Subscribe here ELITE DIVISION Adjudicators: Set work: Lars-Erik ter Jung, Aline Nistad and Manuel Hofstadter. Own-choice: Jan Van...read more

Sunday 13 March 2016

March edition out now!

In this month’s edition… COVER STORY – MYSTERIOUS HORIZONSChristopher Thomas chats to Cornet star, Harmen Vanhoorne, about fresh vistas WE MEET AGAIN!Howard Snell rekindles his love affair with bands and shares his forthright views about where we are VIKING ORDERKatrina Marzella surveys the recent Norwegian National when Eikanger reclaimed the top title FIRST UK ‘AREA’...read more

Thursday 25 February 2016

Euro judges announced

EBBA have announced the team of adjudicators who will decide who takes the 2016 European Brass Band Championship title.On the Friday night (29 April) Championship section bands will battle it out on the set-test: a new work entitled, Fraternity by Thierry Deleruyelle. The men they will need to impress are: Michael Bach...read more

Thursday 18 February 2016

The Welsh Open

The Welsh Open Brass Band Entertainment Championship will be held at The Grand Pavilion in Porthcawl this Saturday (February 20). The contest started in 1948 as the South Wales Miners’ Eisteddfod in the same Grand Pavilion, and the championship winning trophy presented today is the original Miners Eisteddfod trophy valued at £7,000! Competing...read more

Saturday 13 February 2016

Lewis Merthyr Band in River Taff feature

BBC One Wales' tevelvision programme The River Taff with writer Will Millard recently featured the Lewis Merthyr Band. Throughout the series Writer and fisherman Will Millard travels the length of the wild River Taff in south Wales, from its source high in the stunning Brecon Beacons to the Bristol Channel. In the...read more

Saturday 13 February 2016

High profile signing for Black Dyke

Black Dyke Band has appointed Gareth Small, Principal Trumpet with the Hallé Orchestra, as Artist-in-Association for 2016. Gareth will work with the band on a number of projects including solo performances, workshops and master classes for personal development within the cornet sections of Black Dyke, the Yorkshire Youth Band and the...read more