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Last updated : 31-Dec-2007
Articles - 2007
Previews and retrospectives, articles and features. Full and in depth comment on the world of brass bands for 2007.
27-Dec-2007
2007 4BR Awards - 4BR Band of the Year
Who are the players (and conductors) who we have chosen as the 4BR Band of the Year for 2007? Some great performers from all around the world have made it into our band for us, but do you agree with our choices?
30-Nov-2007
Gizmos & Gadgets - December 2007
From the latest high wonder products to the simplest little bits and bobs and a few that are truely weird and wonderful. 4BR has been out shopping - this is what's on offer at Normans in December.
3-Jan-2008
4BR Time Team - December 2007
This month we go back 40, 30, 20, 10 and then 120 years to find out what was happening in the brass band world as the Festive Season approached...
4-Dec-2007
2007 4BR Awards - Conductor of the Year
Who do you think should gain the accolade as the best stickman (or woman) for 2007. There have been some pretty exciting talents on show on the podium in the past 12 months, but who do you think was the best?
29-Nov-2007
2007 4BR Awards - Player of the Year
We have some of the greatest talents in the world within our movement, but whom do you think was the one absolute star of the year?
29-Nov-2007
2007 4BR Awards - CD/DVD of the Year
There have been some fine recordings released by numerous band during the past 12 months, but which one did you think was the best of the lot. There was plenty to choose from.
29-Nov-2007
2007 4BR Awards - Solo CD of the Year
Some of the very best performers in the movement have released CDs this year, and all have been of fantastic quality. It's going to be a pretty difficult choice for you to make.
30-Nov-2007
2007 4BR Awards - Lower Section Band of the Year
Who was the best Lower Section/Youth Band in 2007 then? Some quite brilliant achievements during the past 12 months from lots of bands, so if you think your band were the best, then get voting.
29-Nov-2007
2007 4BR Awards - Newcomer of the Year
Which talent do you think made the biggest new impression on the banding scene during 2007? Lots to choose from as someone or something have created a real impression in the last 12 months.
29-Nov-2007
2007 4BR Awards - Contest Performance of the Year
Here is a real tricky one for you to vote on. What was the very best contest performance you heard during 2007 - and we don't just mean one that took the winners prize either. There is a possible endless selection to choose from...
1-Nov-2007
4BR Time Team - November 2007
This month we look back to November 1978 and the second running of the then Rothmans Brass in Concert Contest.
12-Oct-2007
Gizmos and Gadgets - October 2007
From the latest high wonder products to the simplest little bits and bobs and a few that are truely weird and wonderful. 4BR has been out shopping - this is what's on offer at Band Supplies in October.
11-Oct-2007
4BR Time Team - October 2007
This month in history is October 1957 and a look back at the National Championship at the Royal Albert Hall. A different world indeed...
7-Oct-2007
Advert - Too Accessible - CD Release from Fendall Hill
Sergio Marshall talks to Waitakere Brass soprano cornet player, Fendall Hill, the current Australian and New Zealand champion soloist, who has produced a CD entitled 'Too Accessible', which has just been included in the 4BR list of CDs for sale.
15-Sep-2007
Advert - Rex Richardson
Rex Richardson, one of the worlds leading cross-over trumpeters, is forming strong bonds with the brass band genre. 4BRDU profiles this generous, talented performer.
9-Sep-2007
2007 British Open Championships - 155 facts and figures
4BR has updated our list of useless facts and figures about the British Open to bore the pants of your loved ones if you have a quiet moment or two this weekend. It's a sure fire recipe to lose any fiends you may have...
9-Sep-2007
2007 British Open Championships - Be my Strength and Shield
4BR has updated its records to find out how the bands from the Grand Shield have fared over the years. Some have come and eventually conquered whilst others haven't been so lucky and have even disappeared from the face of the banding earth.
3-Sep-2007
Gizmos and Gadgets - September 2007
From the latest high wonder products to the simplest little bits and bobs and a few that are truely weird and wonderful. 4BR has been out shopping - this is what's on offer at Normans Musical Instruments in September.
17-Aug-2007
4BR Scouting Report - August 2007
4BR has been out and about assessing the brightest and the best young brass players around to find out who are likely to be the superstar players of the future.
To start off we have three of the best in Wales.
16-Aug-2007
Gizmos and Gadgets - August 2007
From the latest high wonder products to the simplest little bits and bobs and a few that are truely weird and wonderful. 4BR has been out shopping - this month looking at what's on offer at Normans Musical Instruments.
29-Jul-2007
Tribute - Ken Gilbert
Jamie Ford, an ex-member of Dalewool Auckland Brass and close friend of Ken Gilbert pays tribute to the late, great Ken Gilbert.
15-Jul-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - Postcard from Takapuna
New Zealand has so much to offer that it comes as little suprise that brass bands are finding it hard to carve a niche market for themselves here. Despite that though the future looks bright as long as they can get some money pumped into the championships
25-Jun-2007
2007 English National Championships - Test Piece Review
4BR has a look at Peter Graham's set work 'On Alderley Edge' and finds that it tells a story of wizards, mythical stones, sleeping armies and even the odd Devil better than JRR Tolkein and JK Rowling put togther.
15-Jun-2007
East Coast Band Championships - Retrospective
East Coast of Australia Band Championships and "Festival of the Bands"
10 June 2007 Newcastle City Hall will be remembered as the year this competition was held under some of the most trying circumstances ever for banding in this region.
7-Jun-2007
2007 Whit Friday Contests - Retrospective
Malcolm Wood was out and about this year at the annual brass band jamboree that is Whit Friday - with all the fun and games, great playing and even a bit of underhanded gamesmanship all adding to the mix.
26-May-2007
2007 Spring Festival - Postcard from Blackpool
In a town that seems to be drowning under the waves of its own tackiness, the Spring Festival continues to flourish due to great organisation, music and the Stereophonics...
25-May-2007
2007 Spring Festival - Senior Trophy retrospective
Ballet for Band certainly tested the contenders on the day, but it was Stocksbridge who finally emerged as victors and booked their place in the Senior Cup next year with Glossop Old, Bo'ness & Carriden and Bactiguard Wire Brass.
15-May-2007
2007 Spring Festival - Senior Cup introduction and prediction
Which of the 18 bands here will be dancing and singing the alleluias come the results? The successful quartet will make it a step closer to the British Open, whilst the bottom four will drop through the trap door to the Senior Trophy.
16-May-2007
2007 Spring Festival - Senior Trophy test piece review
Ballet for Band will require a light touch and an appreciation of the finer things, what with lads in tights and girls who make Kate Moss look as big as Fern Britten in a tutu. 'It's all in the mind' the composer says...
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