Concert: National Childrens' Band of Great Britain

August 3, 2024
Time travelling to past, present and future helps celebrate the 20th anniversary of an organisation that remains as an exemplar of all that is good about youthful development.

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Product: Product review: Hawkins Mutes

July 31, 2024
We look at the range of 3D plastic printed cornet mutes from designer Tony Hawkins to see if they can create more than a subtle niche in a competitive market place.

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Product: CD review: Bliss: Works for Brass Band

July 30, 2024
John Wilson and Black Dyke bring an aesthetic authority to the works of a composer changed by darker personal experiences.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Product: LP review: Black Diamonds

July 17, 2024
Grimethorpe Colliery Band in 1967 — and a recording snapshot on the cusp of lasting greatness.

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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.

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Concert: Wantage Band

July 14, 2024
An evening of fine community music making lifts Euro spirits in brass and voice.

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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.

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Concert: Shepherd Group Band

July 6, 2024
A celebration of communal inclusivity and joyful modular music making gains another significant marker in York.

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Concert: Tredegar Band

July 5, 2024
A long musical association is enhanced at the Royal College of Music with significant brass band tributes.

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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.

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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.

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Concert: Cory Band

June 19, 2024
A memorable day in Bromsgrove is rounded off in triumphant fashion by Philip Harper and his band.

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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.

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Concert: Foden's Band

June 17, 2024
British Open champion delivers on a wide ranging sense of stylish musicality to open inaugural Elgar Festival.

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Concert: Tredegar Band

June 11, 2024
A Road Less Travelled By in more ways than one as Tredegar shine on showcase form in Reading.

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Concert: BONE-AFIDE

June 10, 2024
The award winning trombone ensemble deserved much more in return for their showcase of musical excellence in Reading.

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