News / 2008
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Results: Belgian National Championship
December 02, 2008
Upset sprouts in Brussel as Festival Brass Band claim Belgian National title, as Willebroek miss out.
Results: Netherlands National Championship
December 02, 2008
Brass Band Rijnmond claim second National title and book place for Ostend in 2009.
Results: Swiss National Championships
December 02, 2008
Treize Etoiles make it a round dozen as they claim 12th Swiss National title.
Scottish Co-op's new registration
December 02, 2008
Scottish Co-op make sure registration matters are to be dealt with in future.
Fairey's Festive Farewells
December 02, 2008
Fairey to say festive farewell to two outstanding young players.
Fowles joy at first time Scottish success
December 01, 2008
Scottish Co-op conductor tells 4BR that a combination of hard graft and musical determination paid off at Perth.
Judges realistic about St Magnus halves
December 01, 2008
Never has the cliché it was a game of two halves, been as accurate as it was at the Scottish Open...
Scottish Arts Council praise Youth progress
December 01, 2008
Scottish Arts Council tells 4BR of their delight at the way in which youth brass banding in Scotland is starting to flourish.
Judges hail fantastic Scottish Youth standards
December 01, 2008
The judges at the Scottish Youth Championships were literally blown away by the standard of playing on show on the weekend – from Novices to Senior youngsters.
Set your watch for BST Day
December 01, 2008
The British Trombone Society is holding its North West Quartet Contest this weekend — so get along with those bones of yours...
End of Year events
November 30, 2008
With Xmas fast approaching, many bands are celebrating the end of the banding year.
Results: 2008 Scottish Open Championships
November 29, 2008
Results for the 2008 Scottish Open Championships from the Perth Concert Hall, where Scottish Co-op take the end of year honours and a £3000 dividend payment.
Advert: York Instruments
November 28, 2008
It was Childs play for York superstar David Childs at Brass in Concert
4BR New releases
November 28, 2008
There are a whole batch of new CD releases flooding onto the market in time for Christmas – and all can be bought through 4BR.
Sun, Sea and Sectionals for Tuba star
November 28, 2008
Ben Thomson is enjoying his freelance career — even if he has to endure some Manchester weather to play his tuba...
Obituary: Stuart Broadbent
November 28, 2008
Following the death of Stuart Broadbent, funeral details and obituary have been published.
Advert: Bath Philharmonia
November 28, 2008
Early music dip into the Spa for Fodens at Philharmonia Concert in Bath
IP, IP Hooray for Cobham
November 28, 2008
The Cobham Band recently enjoyed a succesful concert with Ian Porthouse's IP Brass.
Blissful link broken
November 27, 2008
The recent death of a 104 year old American woman breaks a rather Blissful link to our banding past.
PLC joins the jet set
November 27, 2008
Paul Lovatt-Cooper is getting ready to join the jet set this weekend as his carbon footprint soars to meet demand for his music.
