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
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
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
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