Jedforest Instrumental Band gave a thrilling performance to win the Borders Entertainment Contest in Selkirk’s Victoria Halls on the weekend. In the process of winning the competition, the band and MD Phil Rosier, also picked up awards for the best bass section, best instrumentalist (solo trombone Gordon Melrose), highest placed Borders...read more
Brassband Rjinmond under the skilled and experience leadership of Luc Vertommen, emerged victorious at the recent 42nd Dutch National Championships held in TivoliVredenburg complex in Utrecht. The piece testing the championship division bands was the exciting ‘Sand and Stars’ by Thierry Deleruyelle with the adjudicating panel of Sheona Wade, Florent Didier...read more
Nineteen bands took to the stage at the Musikhuset in Aarhus last weekend for the Danish National Championships; four in the Elite section vying for National honours and an invitation to the 2024 European Championships.
In celebration of the organising body’s, Dansk Amatør Orkesterforbund, 75th anniversary the set test was a new...read more
Congratulations to Longbridge and MD Mark Peacock on winning the joint Championship/First Section of the North West Amateur Brass Band Association with a commendable performance of Edward Gregson's 'Of Distant Memories'. The band also picked up the prize for 'Best Instrumentalist', which was awarded to cornet player Georgina Atkinson. Hade Edge...read more
Last weekend, a team of tutors from Foden's travelled to Norwich to work with over 60 members of the East Anglian Brass Band Association (EABBA) on their annual Brass Training Day. The band was led through a diverse range of repertoire by Euphonium and Baritone tutor Mark Bousie with additional tuition...read more
Brighouse and Rastrick Band has announced the signing of Luke Spence on 2nd Euphonium. Luke hails from New Zealand and graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor of Music with Honours at the NZ School of music. He has won the NZ Young brass musician of the year, the NZ School of...read more
Wednesday 8 November 2023
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