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Latest edition of Brass Band World Magazine is now out!

The best and most incisive read in the banding world can now be enjoyed in every format you can wish for...

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The latest edition of Brass Band World magazine has just been published, and as usual its pages are packed with great articles, features, reviews and opinions.

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The banding world's favourite monthly magazine can also be read on smart phones, tablets and desk tops PCs — so you can 'Tap it, See it and Read it!'

The online digital copy of Brass Band World magazine is only £30 — so that you can enjoy reading it anywhere on the banding globe

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Or by post: £40 (UK); £68 (Europe); £81 (Rest of the World)

The May edition features:

NEWS:
Major new work commissioned to mark The Battle of Somme, and Iles and Mortimer medallists announced.

YOUNG VOICES:
Mark Good chats to euphonium player, Chris Flynn, who has just picked up a brace of Scottish Championship titles.

WANT TO PLAY FOR A BETTER BAND?
Leading educator, Paul Cosh, gives his thoughts.

GEOFFREY BRAND:
Dr. Robert Childs chats to the inspirational elder statesman as he reaches 90 this month.

GLORIOUS CORY:
Welsh giant tops European fraternity in Lille — as BBW gives you full retrospective coverage of the 39th European Brass Band Championships by our team in France: Steven Mead — Championship Section; Brenden Wheeler — Challenge Section; Russell Gray — Soloists Competition; Malcolm Wood — European Youth Championships and David Hirst — Gala Concert.

PRO PRACTICE:
Les Neish takes a load off by facing our stage fears.

PRO PLATFORM:
David Childs chats to Paul Young, Principal Trumpet of the Ulster Orchestra, about how life has changed for the professional musician

BBW CASTAWAY:
Black Dyke's Principal Cornet, Richard Marshall, gears up for Christmas on his desert island

GOLD STANDARD:
Steve Jack samples the excitement and exuberance at the UK's National Youth Brass Band Championships.

BBW CENTRE BAND:
The very positive First SectionScottish Champion — Tullis Russell Mills Band

RANKINGS:
With Gordon Simpson of BrassStats.com looks at the successful Cory / Philip Sparke European connection

The banding world's favourite monthly magazine can also be read on smart phones, tablets and desk tops PCs — so you can 'Tap it, See it and Read it!'BBW

REVIEWS:
The latest CD releases from Septura, Black Dyke and Jacques Mauger, and a Q&A with the French trombonist; the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens sheet music from Hal Leonard; the latest Philip Harper and Darrol Barry titles from Wright and Round; reviews of the Royal Marines' Mountbatten Festival and The Gregson Connection Virtuosi GUS concert.

Smith-Watkins gets set to launch the new Mike Lovatt Trumpet, mouthpieces for the modern player from the Alliance stable, Wallace Mutes conquer the European stage, LefreQue bridges the world and the historic publishing stable, Wright and Round, launches new website

DIARY DATES:
From Canada to Japan — What's on around the world in May and June.

AND ANOTHER THING:
Guest wit, John Barber, discovers the ultimate excuse for not attending band practice!

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