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1st November 2017
A key player in many events organised by Brass Bands England, Dave Morris was a family man, player, conductor of his beloved Woodhouse Prize Band, photographer and friend and will be much missed by the organisation’s Liaison Officers.
22nd August 2017
Middleton Youth Band has just returned from their third tour to Disneyland Paris. The band toured from Friday 11th August to Monday 14th August performing on stage at Disneyland Paris on Saturday 12th August in the Videopolis theatre. The tour was a...
15th August 2017
The 2017/2018 season of the band starts in September. Auditions for new musicians to join the band will be held by arrangement in late August early September. With up to 8 monthly rehearsals and 2 4-day residential courses each year, there are...
3rd August 2017
Former BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers’ Competition winner, Thomas Brown, recently fought off tough competition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, when his music was selected to be used for the medals ceremonies of the Total BWF Badminton...
31st July 2017
With thanks to the Northern Regional Brass Band Trust’s committee of intrepid brass band experts, Beamish Museum in the North East is reaping the benefits from a social heritage experiment – the Beamish Brass Ensemble! The ensemble consists of...
26th July 2017
Grimethorpe Besson Youth Band has arranged a date for their next workshop and is currently making plans for the event. The Autumn Workshop will be held on Saturday 11th November 2017 at The Civic, Barnsley from 10 am - 4pm. The workshop is open to...
25th July 2017
Through having new conversations with leisure-time music groups across the UK, Making Music is learning more about groups which play a wide range of musical genres. The project is called “Exploring Music Making” and they want you to get involved.
17th July 2017
Studio Lambert are producing a second series of the hit BBC Two show “The Big Life Fix With Simon Reeve”, an exciting and innovative science series that sees a skilled team of scientists, engineers and designers create bespoke technology for...
12th July 2017
Entry details and an information pack are now available for the 2018 National Youth Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, to be held at Warwick Arts on Sunday 22nd April 2018. The test pieces selected for the Championship and Intermediate...
11th July 2017
On Saturday 1st July, Stockport Schools Brass Band were visited by Brass Band England's Youth Forum. Supported by volunteers from UniBrass, they questioned young people about their motivations as to why they played in a brass band as well as why...
10th July 2017
Saturday 15th July, at the SHU Hubs in Sheffield, sees the culmination of three years’ work for Loxley Silver Band with their PRS for Music Foundation and Norman Jones Trust funded BINARY BRASS_ project collaboration with renowned electronic music...
5th July 2017
London is about to become the first city ever to host the World Para Athletics Championships and IAAF World Championship in one summer. England Athletics are keen to get all communities involved in creating a buzz around the Championships and are...