The Vale of Glamorgan Brass Band, established in 1974, recently celebrated ‘50 years of music making in the Vale’ with a gala concert held in the beautiful Tabernacle Baptist Church in Penarth. The concert was led by Musical Director Dan Dennis, originally from County Durham, but who has been resident in...read more
Welsh trail blazers Tredegar Band led a Brass Band Day earlier this month at Wells Cathedral School. The free event was open to any brass player of grade 3 standard or above and included free workshops in the morning, before concluding in fine style with an afternoon concert to a capacity...read more
The European Brass Band Association has announced that entries are now being sought for its 8th European Conductor Competition. Conductors from European banding nations are invited to apply for a place in the competition to be held in Stavanger, Norway, as part of the 2025 European Brass Band Championships. Hosted...read more
Aldbourne Band has announced that Katrina Marzella Wheeler will be taking them to this year’s Brass in Concert at the Sage, Gateshead on Saturday 16th November! Hailing from West Lothian, Katrina is one of the world’s leading baritone players and is making a very impressive name for herself as a conductor...read more
The Fanfare Team of The Band of the Royal Air Force College will represent RAF Music at the Royal Albert Hall for the Championship Section Final of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, and will herald the National Champion Band announcement during the event’s Results Ceremony. One of...read more
The Midlands Regional Championships have announced the adjudication team that will make the all-important decisions at the Area contest to be held over the two weekends of the 8th & 9th March and the 15th March 2025. The event returns to the Civic Hall in Bedworth. The list of adjudicators...read more
Tullis Russell Mills Band has announced a new conducting team. John-Luke Harris is the band’s new professional conductor and Ross Donaldson takes up the baton as the new resident conductor. John-Luke is Director of Music at the University of Dundee and Associate Tutor of trumpet at the University of St...read more