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2025 Brass in Concert Championships
The Glasshouse, Gateshead
15-16 November 2025
Brass band connections strengthened at Worshipful Company of Musicians
November 21
Alun Hughes and Mark Bromley take leading roles at the Worshipful Company of Musicians as Louise Renshaw's remarkable contribution is marked at installation ceremony.
Competitors ready for Band Supplies Scottish Challenge
November 21 • 20 bands will take to the stage at Perth Concert Hall this weekend.
Childs set for RNCM honour
November 21 • David Childs is to become a RNCM Associate Member in acknowledgement of his personal achievements in the world of music and learning.
Roman talent shines with Italian Brass Band
November 21 • Rising brass stars are being promoted with the help of the pioneering work of the Italian Brass Band.
Marathon concert set to boost Purcell funds
November 21 • A 24 hour long concert will help raise bursary funds for pupils at Purcell School.
Welcome addition to Fountain City family
November 21 • A new ensemble aimed at adults with wishing to return to banding has been launched by Fountain City Band in the USA.
Swiss connection for Gregson
November 21 • Edward Gregson has just returned from a masterclass trip to work with students at the Bern University of the Arts.
Podcast: The Brass Monkeys — Episode 19
November 20 • More from the podcast with a North Wales banding accent
Invisible plaudits for Wallace cooperation
November 20 • Brass in Concert Champion has also been gaining plaudits for its 'invisible' musical partnership with the Wallace Collection.
Nyman Brass
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Music for Organ and Brass
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The World of the Brass Band
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The Yankee Brass Band
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Postcards from Grimethorpe
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Still Glides the Stream
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4BR Review - Episode 10
October 21 • 4BR Editor Iwan Fox and Chris Thomas look back at the 2025 Albert Hall National Championship.
4BR Review - Episode 9
October 10 • 4BR Editor Iwan Fox and Chris Thomas preview the 2025 Albert Hall National Championship as well as look at the latest CD releases.
4BR Review - Episode 8
October 1 • 4BR Editor Iwan Fox and Chris Thomas open up the debate to views and opinions on just what our choices of test-pieces for competition tell the wider musical world about us?
4BR Review - Episode 7
September 6 • 4BR Editor Iwan Fox and Chris Thomas preview the 2025 British Open Championship in Birmingham
2025 Brass in Concert Championship: Images from Gateshead
November 19 • Thomas Jackson of Tynesight Media was on hand all weekend to record the musical action and atmosphere at the 48the Brass in Concert Championship.
2025 Youth Brass in Concert Championship: Images from Gateshead
November 19 • The next generation of brass band entertainers took to the stage and wowed the audience at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music.
Prestige, expectation and scrutiny: Being Black Dyke's new principal cornet
November 10 • Tom Hutchinson will soon add his name to a remarkable lineage of great players to have sat in the principal cornet seat at the most famous band in the world. And there is something to learn from them all...
2025 National Championships of Great Britain: Podium adjudications
October 14 • The written remarks of judges Ian Bousfield, Dr Stephen Cobb and Prof Rob Wiffen OBE on the top three Albert Hall finishers of Desford, Black Dyke and Flowers on 'Symphony in Two Movements'.
CD review: Festivities: Cornerstones Vol. 3
November 6 • Philip Harper's musical impulses provide a strong argument to back the case for his appreciation of classic celebratory spirits.
Concert: Wonder Women
November 5 • Bones Apart span the centuries on their engaging visit to the middle of nowhere.
Concert: Folk and Dance
November 4 • A finely attuned concert of nostalgia is given a thoroughly modern appreciation by Dr David Thornton, Roger Webster and banding colleagues.
| # | Band | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brass Band Treize Etoiles | 1,051.10 |
| 2 | Cory | 970.90 |
| 3 | Brighouse and Rastrick | 910.39 |
| 4 | Foden's | 873.75 |
| 5 | Eikanger-Bjørsvik | 833.00 |
| 6 | Black Dyke | 724.03 |
| 7 | Flowers | 723.61 |
| 8 | Brass Band Willebroek | 653.72 |
| 9 | Valaisia Brass Band | 537.22 |
| 10 | Desford Colliery | 410.82 |
Regent Hall Concerts - Trombonanza with Brett Baker and Friends
Saturday 22 November • Regent Hall (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. WC1 2DJ W1C2DJ
Dobcross Silver Band - Dobross Youth Band and Dobcross Brass Monkeys
Saturday 22 November • Civic Hall . Lee Street . Uppermill . Saddleworth OL3 6AE
Hathersage Band - Hathersage Village Christmas Concert
Saturday 29 November • Hathersage Methodist Church, Main Road, Hathersage S32 1BB S32 1BB
Barnsley Brass - A Night At The Movies
Saturday 29 November • Worsbrough Miners Welfare. Park Road. Worsbrough Bridge. Barnsley S70 5LJ
Garforth Brass - Strawberry Fields Primary School
Friday 5 December • Garforth Methodist Church,. Church Lane,. Garforth,. Leeds LS25 1NW
Tintwistle Band
November 21 • Tintwistle Band are looking for an Eb bass player to join our engine room and help to complete the team.. We are currently in the second section, enjoy all year round concert and contest engagements, and also the odd social event.
Harrogate Band
November 20 • The Harrogate Band are looking for a Euphonium to complete our team. Forward thinking and exciting band with a wide range of engagements and contests. Rehearsals are Wednesday 8pm in our own bandroom with great transport links.
Harrogate Band
November 20 • The Harrogate Band are looking for a Principal Cornet to complete our team. Forward thinking and exciting band with a wide range of engagements and contests. Rehearsals are Wednesday 8pm in our own bandroom with great transport links.
Ian Holmes
BA (hons), PGDip (RCM), ARCM, ALCM
Conductor, piano accompanist and educator