Published on February 20th, 2017
Pennine Music and the Brass Band Music Shop will be on the road for the next month as they head to the various Regional Championships taking place, starting with Blackpool this coming weekend. As bands walk... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2017
The Rockingham band are set to host a brass workshop delivered by the A4 Quartet. Four of the countries finest brass musicians from the Grimethorpe and Wingates band will give a full day of constructive advice... Read More →
Published on February 18th, 2017
Unibrass Trophy Adjudicators: Anne Crookston and Philip Harper 1. RNCM (Callum Harrison) 137 2. Birmingham Conservatoire (Ian Porthouse) 131 3. University of Huddersfield (Jonathan Beatty) 126 4. University of Manchester (James Keirle) 125 5. University of... Read More →
Published on February 18th, 2017
Bolsover Festival of Brass have informed A4B that they have agreed a transfer from Bolsover District Council to Junction Arts for the Bolsover Festival of Brass. Carole Crompton (Hirst) has decided to take early retirement from... Read More →
Published on February 18th, 2017
Black Dyke Band announce the appointment of their Young Composer in Residence for 2017. The successful candidate is Matthew Eden who is currently studying at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester under Dr. Laura... Read More →
Published on February 18th, 2017
Follow all the action from this year’s UniBrass 2017 Championships live … #UniBrass2017 Tweets UniBrass Trophy Commence: 12:15pm Format: Own Choice Entertainments Adjudicators: Phil Harper & Anne Crookston Competing Bands: 1. University of Manchester Brass Band... Read More →
Published on February 17th, 2017
Peter Skellern, famous amongst brass band enthusiasts for using Grimethorpe Colliery Band and others in a number of his songs throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s has died following a battle with brain cancer. His most popular... Read More →
Published on February 17th, 2017
Whilst many eyes around the banding world shall be focussed on the Winter Gardens in Blackpool next week, The Oxfordshire and District Brass Band Association Winter Contest is also being held over the weekend of the... Read More →
Published on February 16th, 2017
Unibrass is one of the banding highlights of the year, for both students and long term banders. It’s in its seventh year and boasts an extra section as well as a different professional venue. The University... Read More →
Published on February 15th, 2017
This weekend the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Brass Band Festival will take place at Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey. The trio of guest clinicians for this year’s event includes international euphonium star David Childs, ex-pat conductor & arranger... Read More →