Congratulations to trumpeter Ashley Hall-Tighe, who has recently been appointed to the world’s pre-eminent brass quintet, Canadian Brass. An accomplished international soloist, Principal Trumpet of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, and faculty member at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Ashley becomes the second-ever woman to join Canadian Brass after Manon...read more
At a recent ‘Last Night of the Proms Concert’ Adrian Harvey, the MD of Sidmouth Town Band, received a special presentation in recognition of his outstanding musical leadership for the past 25 years. The event at Connaught Gardens was compered by television’s Jeremy Vine and Adrian was presented with an engraved...read more
'Concerto Grosso for Brass Band and Orchestra' by Gavin Higgins will receive its Norwegian premiere next month. The South Bank Sky Arts Classical Music and Royal Philharmonic Society Award winning work will be performed by the Stavanger Symfoniorkester alongside Stavanger Brass Band on Thursday 21st September at the city's major Konserthus...read more