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Book Review - Preparation, Practice, Performance
Paula Russell, Principal Cornet for Brisbane Excelsior, reviews Dr Roger Webster's new book Preparation, Practice, Performance.
Black Dyke - An Inside Story
John H. Clay
171 Pages
Jagrins Publications
£30.00 plus postage and package
DVD - 2005 Highlights of Brass in Concert Championships
World of Brass DVD: WOB114
Featuring: Various bands
Book Review - The Modern Brass Band
From the 1930s to the New Millennium
Dr. Roy Newsome
Ashgate Publications
406 Pages
Price: £17.99 plus postage and package
DVD - Heritage
Black Dyke Band
Dr Nicholas J Childs
In association with The Royal Armouries Museum Leeds
World of Brass Recordings: WOB 110
Total Playing Time: 1 hour approx
DVD - Black Dyke Band: 150th Anniversary Concert
Raising Brass for Kirsty
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: Dr.Nicholas Childs
Soloist: James Morrison
Featuring: Ludus Dance Company,Massed Choirs and vocal soloists
World of Brass Recordings DVD: WOB 113
Total Playing Time: 1 hour 47 mins
101 Things to do with Hymn Tunes
Russell Gray
Published by: Jagrins Publications
Full Score and Band Parts
Price: 30.00 from 4BR
Book Review - 150 Golden Years
The History of Black Dyke Band
Dr. Roy Newsome
World of Brass Publishing: 231 pages
Wessex Summer School
Elizabeth Stimpson from the Knottingley Band seemed to have had a great time at the recent Wessex Band Summer School. Here is what she made of it all...
Book Review - Dick the Stick
Autobiography of Richard Evans
Jagrins Publications
244 pages
Price: £13.99
Brass Spectacular
The Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Artistic Directors Bryan Allen & Nigel Boddice
Sunday 24th April
DVD - British Open 2004
Highlights from The British Open Brass Band Championship 2004 and World of Brass Gala Concert
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, September 2004
WOB108DVD
British Trombone Society
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
14th November
Chris Thomas, Principal Trombone of the BAYV Band recently enjoyed himself at the BST get together in Cardiff. Here he reports on the event.
Book Review - Beyond the Box
David Read
A social history of brass bands over the last 60 years as seen through the eyes of one of the world's foremost adjudicators
Jagrins Publications
Price: £11.99
Book Review - The Samplist
Francis Ellen
Ronak Publishing
With accompanying CD
Price: £10.99
Publication - The Brass Herald
4BR looks at the new quarterly magazine that looks to cater for just about every aspect of the brass playing world of ours.
New Music Releases from Jagrins Music Publications
Out in Front—Goff Richards
The Joy of Christmas—Tony Swainson
Love Lilt—Tony Swainson
The Polar Bear—Gareth Pritchard
Alexander Owen Hymn Book
Festive Spice—Ray Sacks arranged by Gavin Pritchard
Longings—Gareth Pritchard
“Maestro”—A Novel by Bram Gay
Published by Michael O’Mara Books Ltd 1996.
O.K. this isn’t War and Peace but it’s a damn site better than the last offering of literary note to cover the high powered world of the symphony orchestra as described by one Miss Jilly Cooper.
Book - Fodens Band—One Hundred Years of Musical Excellence
Author: Allan Littlemore
Published by Caron Publishers £14.95
This has been a labour of love by Allan Littlemore who was for over 14 years band manager at Fodens and who has had associations with brass bands almost all his life.
An Autobiography, Peter Roberts—A Legend in his own Lifetime
Published by: Jagrins Music Publications
Release date: 13th September 2003
Price: £11.99 + P&P
Website - The Leyland Band
Webmaster: Paul Warder
www.leylandband.co.uk
There has been something of a resurgence with the Leyland Band over the past six months or more, and judging by the quality of the hard work put into their website, it’s well deserved.
Website - The Black Dyke Band
www.blackdykeband.co.uk
For just about anyone with an interest in brass bands, the most famous band in the world is without doubt, Black Dyke.
Website - The Williams Fairey Band
www.williamsfaireyband.co.uk
Webmaster: Ian Yates
The first thing that struck us about the site was how well put together the whole package was. It’s neat and tidy with clean lines and good use of colour.
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Contests
SEWBBA Ebbw Vale
Date: 18-May-2013
Venue: Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre, Municipal Offices, Civic Centre, Gwent. NP23 6XB
Concerts
Regent Hall Concerts Academy Trombone Choir
Date: 17-May-2013
Venue: Regent Hall (The Salvation Army). 275, Oxford Street - opposite BHS. London W1C 2DJ
Professional Cards
David Ashworth
RSCM
Conductor, band trainer and independant adjudicator











