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Concert: National Youth Brass Band of Wales
July 29, 2024
Cautious optimism grows in numbers, partnerships and music making as Welsh youth complete their summer course tour of the nation.
Concert: Elgar International Brass Band Summer School
July 27, 2024
An enjoyable mix of musical elements brings a successful summer school course to a close in Bromsgrove.
Product: CD review: Malcolm Arnold: Music for brass band
July 24, 2024
Foden's excellence helps to reveal a satisfying conclusion to a compositional life of deep complexities.
Product: CD review: Called to Serve
July 18, 2024
An imaginative mix of the on-trend and the traditional from Dr Stephen Cobb and the ISB.
Product: LP review: Black Diamonds
July 17, 2024
Grimethorpe Colliery Band in 1967 — and a recording snapshot on the cusp of lasting greatness.
Product: CD review: Farbenspiel — A Colourplay through Time and Genres
July 16, 2024
Soloist Anabel Voigt brings a sense of versatile confidence to her ambitious musical explorations for the tenor horn.
Concert: Wantage Band
July 14, 2024
An evening of fine community music making lifts Euro spirits in brass and voice.
Concert: Regent Brass
July 8, 2024
Works that could have heralded the exploration of very different musical vistas for the brass band movement gain a welcome reprise.
Concert: Shepherd Group Band
July 6, 2024
A celebration of communal inclusivity and joyful modular music making gains another significant marker in York.
Concert: Tredegar Band
July 5, 2024
A long musical association is enhanced at the Royal College of Music with significant brass band tributes.
Product: CD review: George Lloyd — The Works for Brass
July 1, 2024
A composer of honesty and distinctive character is reprised in glorious fashion with this amended re-release from Black Dyke and Equale Brass.
Product: CD review: The Beauty Within
June 30, 2024
Sheona White adds further engaging explorations to her musical journey of artistic evolution with her latest release.
Concert: Cory Band
June 19, 2024
A memorable day in Bromsgrove is rounded off in triumphant fashion by Philip Harper and his band.
Concert: Brighouse & Rastrick Band
June 18, 2024
Garry Cutt brings an authentic sense of style to bear on the musical essentials from the West Riding Band.
Concert: Foden's Band
June 17, 2024
British Open champion delivers on a wide ranging sense of stylish musicality to open inaugural Elgar Festival.
Concert: Tredegar Band
June 11, 2024
A Road Less Travelled By in more ways than one as Tredegar shine on showcase form in Reading.
Concert: BONE-AFIDE
June 10, 2024
The award winning trombone ensemble deserved much more in return for their showcase of musical excellence in Reading.
Concert: KNDS Fairey Band
June 9, 2024
Mark Heron curates a gallery of musical delights to round off the Perth Festival of Arts
Concert: Cold Ash Band & Wantage Band
June 4, 2024
Two talented ensembles provide the Sunday evening entertainment in Newbury.
The Heaton Legacy
May 29, 2024
Paul Hindmarsh brings affectionate clarity to the complex contradictions of a composing enigma.
