The 2024 Brass Band Summer School course is now underway with 120 delegates from the UK as well as Canada, Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and the United States of America converging on Harrogate for a great week of music making. The course, which is being led by Dr...read more
Rothwell Temperance Band has announced the arrival of the highly talented, Harry Porthouse, as the band’s new Principal cornet. Being brought up in a banding family, Harry started playing the cornet from an early age. At the age of 15, Harry joined Tredegar Town Band. During this time, he has...read more
Kapitol Promotions has announced the adjudicators for this year’s National Finals. Championship Section The experienced trio of Arsène Duc, Dr Stephen Cobb and Dr Rob Wiffin have been appointed as the adjudicating panel for the Championship Section Final 2024, being held at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 5...read more
The Confederation Musicale de France (CMF) has announced the list of set-works that will be used at the 20th French National Brass Band Championships. The event will be held in Metz on the weekend of the 15th & 16th February 2025 at the Congress Centre. The Honneur Division bands will...read more
You are invited to join BBE’s Brass Band Archivist on 16 September 2024 at Heritage Quay, The University of Huddersfield Archives to use your knowledge of the brass banding world to help correctly catalogue the Archive’s extensive collection of photographs. This process will make the collection more accessible to, and...read more
BBE’s Elevate programme recently saw its second round of band and artist collaborations come to fruition in an outdoor performance of a new work, ‘Portland Herbal’, created by composer and analogue synth artist Rebecca Denniff. The place-based composition, reflecting the herbs and plants of the Isle of Portland just south...read more
Plans are taking shape for the European Brass Band Championships’ (EBBC) return to the UK in 2028 for its 50th anniversary year, with dates set for 23 - 30 April in London. The hosting decision was finalised at the European Brass Band Association (EBBA) Annual General Meeting in May, following a...read more
Monday 5 August 2024
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