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Judges announced for Brass in Concert
August 20 • The panel of judges who will make the decisions at the Brass in Concert and Youth Brass in Concert Championships have been revealed.
When the Police come calling...
August 19 • There was a wonderful musical visit to an old friend made by the members of the South Yorkshire Police Band.
Price to lead UniBrass scratch band
August 19 • Andrea Price is to lead a great get together day of student brass band music making.
Saynor ends tuba tenure at Black Dyke Band
August 18 • Gavin Saynor makes the reluctant decision to bring his six year tuba tenure at the Yorkshire champion to an end.
Belfast SA hosts latest Come and Play invitation
August 18 • Belfast Temple Salvation Army Band has announced that it will host its latest 'Come and Play' event next month.
17 bands line up for Troon entertainment
August 18 • There will be a packed day of brass band contesting in Troon later this month.
Lane to lead adjudication of UniBrass Composition Competition
August 18 • Composer Liz Lane will be joined by Lucy Green and Christian Goodwin to judge entries for the 2026 UniBrass Composition Competition.
Yamaha helps with Border judgement
August 18 • The Scottish Borders Brass Band Association has announced that Yamaha will help support adjudication costs for its contest.
Best of British Brass Bands
£7.50£6.00
Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady
£31.25£28.25
Black Dyke Mills Band plays Rossini
£5.39£5.39
Preludes, Rags and Cakewalks
£13.25£13.25
Gabrieli: The Glory of Venice
£12.75£12.75
Transatlantic - Onyx Brass and John Wilson
£14.00£12.75
4BR Review - Episode 5
July 17 • Modern major test pieces, Artificial Intelligence and compositional craftsmanship, CD reviews and much more
4BR Interview - Episode 4
July 6 • George Reece of BiggerFeat Productions based in Linkoping in Sweden.
4BR Review - Episode 4
May 23 • European Championships in Stavanger, British Open Spring Festival and the new BBC Radio 3 programme 'Brass Banding with Hannah Peel'
From Peel to the Proms: How brass bands need to follow the Jackson vision
July 22 • The man at the top of Radio 3 has set the blueprint vision for how brass bands can return to the airwaves and back to the Proms.
Do you want to go large?: The problems with test piece obesity
May 29 • Is our appetite for everything new and bigger starting to affect our musical well being?
2025 European Championships: Stavanger preview
May 5 • A fascinating weekend of competition is in store in Stavanger with a desire to embrace change to be seen, heard and perhaps even undertaken...
2025 European Championships: Test piece reviews
May 4 • 4BR Editor Iwan Fox takes a close look at the four major test-pieces to be performed in Stavanger this coming weekend.
Concert: National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
August 10 • Martyn Brabbins focuses a far and wide approach with a musical eye to an immediate future closer to home for the stars of tomorrow.
CD review: Transatlantic
August 9 • Onyx Brass bring a polished appreciation in connecting English and American inspirations of time and place.
CD review: Lookin' for Telemann
August 5 • Austrian euph star Georg Pranger provides a mix and match discovery wall that despite the lack of directions fully rewards the inquisitive listener.
| # | Band | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eikanger-Bjørsvik | 1,126.73 |
| 2 | Cory | 1,032.85 |
| 3 | Foden's | 1,003.92 |
| 4 | Brass Band Treize Etoiles | 946.60 |
| 5 | Brass Band Willebroek | 858.63 |
| 6 | Flowers | 739.99 |
| 7 | Black Dyke | 645.89 |
| 8 | Valaisia Brass Band | 618.19 |
| 9 | Brighouse and Rastrick | 493.42 |
| 10 | Tredegar | 488.91 |
Cheltenham Silver Band - Brass (and percussion) and Beer
Friday 22 August • St. Barnabas Church Hall, Orchard Way, Cheltenham, GL51 7JY GL51 7JY
Haverhill Silver Band - East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival
Sunday 24 August • St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1QX
Haverhill Silver Band - Concert in Saffron Hall
Wednesday 27 August • Saffron Hall, Audley End Road, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11 4UH
Uckfield Concert Brass - Eastbourne Bandstand 1812 Concert
Wednesday 27 August • Eastbourne Bandstand, Lower Grand Parade, Eastbourne. BN21 3AD
Cheltenham Silver Band - Brass (and percussion) and Beer
Friday 29 August • St. Barnabas Church Hall, Orchard Way, Cheltenham, GL51 7JY GL51 7JY
Lydbrook Band
August 20 • Bass Trombone
Regent Brass
August 20 • Regent Brass (Championship Section) seek Bass Trombone, Eb/Bb Bass & Percussion. Shortlisted for 4barsrest Lower Section Band of the Year 2024, we have a balanced schedule of innovative concerts & contests, regularly premiering new music.
Lydbrook Band
August 19 • Bass Trombone
Chris Wormald
B.Mus (Hons), LTCL, PGCE
Conductor, adjudicator, arranger