2025 National Youth Championships
Hymers College, Hull
Live updates from Hull
29 March 2025
Report & Results: 2025 National Youth Championships of Great Britain
March 30
Youth Brass 2000 reclaims the Championship honours with Shepherd Youth Group taking the Performance title in Hull.
Gregson and Bliss to challenge National Finalists
March 30 • Significant composer anniversaries will be marked at London and Cheltenham this year.
Hull ready for National Youth Championships
March 28 • There is a packed day of music making to enjoy at Hymers College in Hull on Saturday with a record field of bands and players taking to the stage.
Baker and Wilkinson renew Atlantic connection
March 28 • A 30 year musical friendship has been reconnected between Brett Baker and Dr Keith Wilkinson.
Brass Bands Wales launch new player initiative this weekend
March 28 • If you are anywhere near Llandudno on Saturday get along with an instrument and some willing bodies to help Welsh banding.
Golborne gain heavy metal sponsorship
March 28 • The Golborne Band has gained sponsorship from specialist scrap metal merchants Tom Martin & Company.
Podcast: The Brass Monkeys
March 28 • The latest banding podcast with a Welsh dimension is now out.
Report & Results: 2025 Dublin Festival of Brass
March 28 • A Ward double as Five Lakes Silver and Motor City Brass head the honours in a three state battle for the titles.
Death of Marilyn Kinch
March 28 • The death has been announced of the much loved player Marilyn Kinch
Odyssey Debut Flugelhorn
£449.00
Odyssey Debut Cornet
£359.00
Odyssey Premiere Tenor Horn
£849.00
Interview with Dr David Thornton
February 4 • 4BR Editor Iwan Fox talks to RNCM International Brass Band Festival Artistic Director Dr David Thornton at the end of the 2024 event in Manchester.
Interview with James Gourlay and Emily Nicolas
February 3 • 4BR Editor Iwan Fox talks to conductor James Gourlay and presenter Emily Nicolas after the performance of the RNCM Brass Band at the recent RNCM International Brass Band Festival
Interview with Ian Porthouse and Matthias Hofs
January 31 • 4BR Editor Iwan Fox talks to Tredegar MD Ian Porthouse and soloist Matthias Hofs at the RNCM International Brass Band Festival
Interview with Simone Rebello
January 31 • 4BR Editor Iwan Fox talks to Simone Rebello about this weekend's RNCM Day of Percussion
2025 Regional Championships: Preview
February 19 • Stoicism and stubbornness still defies change, but there is still much to admire about the 80th anniversary of the Regional Championships this year.
2025 Regional Championships: Test piece reviews
February 18 • 4BR Editor Iwan Fox finds out more about the works from Derek Bourgeois, Morley Calvert, Oliver Waespi, Jacob de Haan and Andrea Price that will test National Final qualification aspirations over the next few weeks.
Wilfred Heaton: His Life - His Music (Part 2)
February 17 • In the second extract from his critically acclaimed biography, Paul Hindmarsh charts Wilfred Heaton's musical apprenticeship.
The Howarth Legacy: 2025 RNCM International Brass Band Festival
January 23 • Whilst the banding movement says it owes Elgar Howarth a debt of gratitude, it is a good job the RNCM Festival has been run by people who actually shared his vision.
CD review: Beyond the Paradox
March 23 • Tim De Maeseneer's major ambitions to project the tenor horn into a different sphere are fully justified with substantial release.
CD review: Neoteric Ensemble: Volume 1
March 22 • A joyful melange of quirkiness and serious observations from the ever inventive six-piece ensemble.
Concert: RCM Brass Band
February 15 • A renewed strengthening of the historical connections between between brass banding and the Royal College of Music is impressively embossed by the current crop of performing talent.
| # | Band | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foden's | 1,265.59 |
| 2 | Brass Band Treize Etoiles | 1,202.20 |
| 3 | Cory | 1,135.50 |
| 4 | Flowers | 989.86 |
| 5 | Black Dyke | 861.38 |
| 6 | Eikanger-Bjørsvik | 750.86 |
| 7 | Brighouse and Rastrick | 652.77 |
| 8 | Tredegar | 633.57 |
| 9 | Valaisia Brass Band | 533.32 |
| 10 | Brass Band Willebroek | 288.84 |
Hathersage Band - Hathersage Village Spring Concert
Saturday 5 April • Hathersage Methodist Church, Main Road, Hathersage S32 1BB
Bilton Silver Rugby Band - Bilton Silver at the Musicals
Saturday 5 April • St Andrew's Church, Rugby CV21 3PT
Rushden Town Band - Hope Spring Concert
Saturday 5 April • Hope Methodist Church, Linnets Lane, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire NN10 8DE
Regent Hall Concerts - The Central Band of the Royal Air Force
Friday 25 April • Regent Hall (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London. . W1C2DJ
Newstead Brass - Under Gaia
Saturday 26 April • Mansfield Palace Theatre. Leeming Street . Mansfield. Nottinghamshire NG18 1NG
Simon Langton Brass
April 1 • Due to forced retirement - Simon Langton Brass (Conductor Keith Demetriou Twyman) has a vacancy for an experienced back row cornet player. Position is negotiable as is a willingness to share your experience with our next generation of cornet players!
Ibstock Brick Brass
April 1 • Midlands Area Champions IBB have an opening for a full-time Tuba player (position negotiable) . . Ambitious and enjoying a varied concert/contest program, IBB are looking forward to the third section finals 2025. Rehearsals Mon/Thu in Coalville, M1 J22
Ibstock Brick Brass
April 1 • Midlands Area Champions IBB have an opening for an experienced percussionist. . . Ambitious and enjoying a varied concert/contest program, we are looking forward to the third section finals 2025. Rehearsals Mon/Thu in Coalville, close to M1 J22
Alan Duguid
BA (Hons), PGDipMus, PGCE
Conductor, Composer, Adjudicator (ABBA)