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Band Membership

The price of BBE membership is based on the number of groups within your banding organisation. e.g. If you have a senior band and a youth band, you can purchase the 2-band membership to receive a reduced rate for the second.

If you have a senior...

alex@bbe.org.uk 5 years 7 months ago
Apply for your free conducting workshop place this August

The Brass Band Conductors' Association (BBCA) has teamed up with UniBrass to support the offering of free Conducting Workshop places to three conductors looking to develop their practice. The session led by esteemed music director David Thornton (RNCM) and will include 'podium time' with the...

rosie@bbe.org.uk 1 year 8 months ago
Brass Band Contesting Survey Part 4: Events

Brass Bands England (BBE) has launched the next part of the Brass Band Contesting Survey currently in progress. The survey is designed to find out your views on the current state of brass band contests and if you missed any of the previous parts you can still take part in them also. 

The...

alex@bbe.org.uk 3 years 11 months ago
Brass Bands England statement on Covid-19 - 12 July 2020

Since the announcement by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on Thursday 9 July, prohibiting gatherings of non-professional brass, wind and singing groups, including brass bands, a considerable number of opinions have been aired on the matter, both by...

alex@bbe.org.uk 3 years 9 months ago
Brass Bands England to receive £43,136 from second round of Government’s Culture Recovery Fund

Brass Bands England has received a grant of £43,136 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help us recover and reopen. BBE is among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund. This award will support...

clair@bbe.org.uk 3 years 3 weeks ago
Butlin’s Open Brass Band Festival: Further details of the 2021 event

The organisers of the Butlin’s Open Brass Band Festival have announced further details of the 2021 event, to be held at Butlin’s Skegness Resort on the weekend of 8-11 January. 

 

Entries for all sections are now being processed through the Brass Bands England...

alex@bbe.org.uk 3 years 10 months ago
Norman Jones Trust

The Norman Jones Trust is no longer available for applications. Brass Bands England can still apply for support via the BBE ...

circleinteractive 5 years 9 months ago
The results are in!

Brass Bands England is delighted to announce the results of the recent consultation on the future direction of the National Youth Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, in addition to full details of the 2019 event.  The consultation process, which was opened just over a month ago, received...

circleinteractive 5 years 10 months ago
"Staying Well" Adult Brass Class

Last October, after receiving a small startup grant from their local “Staying Well” project, Elland Band began an initial 6-week pilot project offering a brass class aimed at “Adults”. The main aim of the pilot was to see if they could reach out to a wider audience. Classes are held on Saturday...

alex@bbe.org.uk 7 years 9 months ago
#BBConf23 session: Staging music to film chloe@bbe.org.uk 6 months 1 day ago