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Boston Brass to bring Christmas spirit with holiday show

November 24, 2016

Richmond's No BS! Brass Band . . .

 

In musical parlance, “woodshedding” means to lock yourself away with an instrument and practice with unwavering diligence until the groove kicks in and puts a smile on your face.

 

November 24, 2016

GLOBAL TALENT: Brass Band of B . . .

 

Brothers and fellow podiatrists Bill and Jim Gray recieve rock star treatment when they attend performances in other countries.

September 17, 2016

Lucky Chops brings blend of brass, dnace music

 

 

After Spending several years as a touring musician with different bands, the trombonist felt something was missing: his high school band Lucky Chops.

September 17, 2016

Booka Brass Band are triumphantly . . .

 

 

Until now, Booka Brass Band have had something of a reputation for stealing the show at Irish festivals.

 

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Interview: Hot 8 Brass Band

South of border to top of the pops

Bad Monkey Brass Band in Monday's A Patriotic COncert

Dirty Dozen promise brassy musical celebration

September 17, 2016

Sicily, trumpets and brass bands

 

Not many may know it, but musicians of Italian descent left an indelible mark in the history of Jazz.


Stooges Brass Band climb to the top after Katrina

September 17, 2016

New York Slavic Soul Party!

 

New York's Slavic Soul Party! reimage Duke Ellingston's Far East Suite

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One Love Brass Band - Too Big Fail (Official Video)

Hot 8 Brass Band - There Goes Shlomo

New Breed Brass Band - Voodoo Fest 2016

September 17, 2016

US Fleet Forces Ensemble to perform at Marshall

 

HUNTINGTON — The U.S. Fleet Forces Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Lt. Robert J. Coats, will perform at Marshall University’s Smith Recital Hall at 3 p..m. Sunday, Sept. 25.

Boston Brass Band - Flight of Green Hornet (Official Music Video) 4k

No BS! Brass Band - 3 AM Bounce (by Reggie Pace)

Cocek! Brass Brand - There Goes Shlomo

August 31, 2016

Free admission for New Breed Brass Band Show

 

On the heels of their Galactic show, Roots and Wires presents another New Orleans band to Taos music fans. This time the New Breed Brass Band aims to bring down the house with their original music that draws from their city’s second line tradition and weaves in elements of jazz, funk and hip hop.

 

August 31, 2016

Interview: Hot 8 Brass Band

 

In a modern musical landscape that sees 'authentically' as th ultimate standard, Hot 8 Brass Band should be viewed as one of the greatest bands in existence.

Upcoming Music Festivals

August 31, 2016

South of the border to top of the pops

 

Trumpet legend Herb Alpert still makes great music, and looking to the future, at the age of 81.

August 22, 2016

Bad Monkey Brass Band in Monday's A Patriotic Concert

 

The Bad Monkey Brass Band will be among the featured performers at Monday's A Patriotic Concert by the Twin City Concert Band.

August 22, 2016

Atlanta brass band revolution brings new flavor to July 4 celebrations

 

Independence Day is a time for parades, marching bands and "The Stars and Stripes Forever, " but in the past few years something strange has happened to you John Philip Sousa.

August 22, 2016

Dirty Dozen promise brassy musical celebration

 

Dating back at least 150 years, the New Orleans brass band traditional has been a cornerstone of vibrant cultural traditions in louisiana's fabled Crescent City, most notably jazz.

August 10, 2016

Stooges Brass Band climb to the top after Katrina

 

The Stooges Brass Band knows how to leave an impression.

Take its gig at Taos Brewing in New Mexico two years ago.

 

August 10, 2016

Rebirth Brass Band plays music series

 

levittamp.org/sheboygan or at Arts Center, located at 608 New York Ave., Sheboygan. Food trucks and a cash bar will be on site. . .

 

August 10, 2016

 

New place to play for brass band

 

A FOREST Journal appeal to find a new home for the Forest's highest ranking brass band has hit the right notes in the community.

April 17, 2016

 

Houston Brass Band Brings A British Tradition To The Bayou City

 

What is British-style brass band? Music Director Robert Walp explains.

April 17, 2016

 

Saxes trumpets and all that jazz in Cape Horns

 

There'll be saxes, trumpets, all that jazz and more in an entertaining evening of music with Cape Horns.

 

April 17, 2016

 

Five Star Brass Band to Perform at WIU March 24

 

MACOMB, IL - - Western Illinois University will welcome the Five Star Brass band to College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall for two performances Thursday, March 24. 
 

April 17, 2016

 

North American "Sound! Euphonium" Home Video Release Listed

 

 

North American anime retailer Right Stuf has begun listing a June 10th release for Pony Canyon USA's first Collector's Edition release of Sound! Euphonium.

 

January 02, 2016

 

The tale of a legendary Monterey mouthpiece-maker.

 

Tucked away in a cozy spot on Polk Street in Monterey lies a treasure trove of musical history. Just steps away from the end of Alvarado Street, the shop’s brightly lit front windows reveal a variety of instruments: saxophones, clarinets, trumpets, trombones.

January 02, 2016

 

YEAR IN REVIEW 2015: music (An 'Epic' year for music)

 

Kamasi Washington’s ‘The Epic’ is one of the best albums of the year — nothing short of a modern jazz/funk masterpiece. (Image courtesy Brainfeeder)

January 02, 2016

 

Band of the Royal Marines - 2015

 

The Band of the Royal Marines perform at the Mountbatten Festival of Music in 2013 held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The massed bands of Her Majesty’s 

January 02, 2016

 

Balkan brass band Uska Kan 

 

One of the world's most popular Balkan brass bands nearly did not make it to the Woodford Folk Festival this year after several members of the group almost missed out on having their visas approved.

December 14, 2015

 

27 Doors to Walk Through in New Orleans

 

 

New Orleans is a city of made of equal parts magic, music, and lovers of life. When walking down the streets of the French Quarter, Frenchman Street, and the Garden District, you can't help but stroll among the spirits of yesterday

December 14, 2015

 

Stamford Brass to support charity with Christmas concert

 

Stamford Brass will hold its annual Christmas fundraising concert once again this month.
 

December 14, 2015

 

18 Things to do in Sheffield today, Saturday December 12

 

 

It’s December, it’s nearly Christmas and you’re looking for something to do to fit around your shopping.

December 14, 2015

 

Hollywood preps for 'Star Wars' premiere

 

 

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood is preparing for what could be the largest movie premiere in its history on Monday night when the hugely anticipated “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is screened for VIP audiences in three separate theaters amid tight security.

 

December 14, 2015

 

Cathedral Christmas concert continues tradition

 

 

From city to city, different areas celebrate the holiday spirit in a variety of ways. In St. Joseph, one continuing tradition is the combination of brass instruments with a swelling chorus of voices.

 

December 14, 2015

 

School's band is 'part of the American dream'

 

 

St. PAUL – Several years ago, Pao Yang started taking students from his St. Paul charter school on field trips to the Minnesota State Fair. They visited the animals and the crop art and they always finished up by . . .

December 07, 2015

 

On The Radar #94 Neon Saints Brass Band

 

SAXOPHONIST James Coleman introduces the 12-piece hip hop-inspired brass band which released its debut album earlier this year.

December 07, 2015

 

Dublin's Silver brass band brings home gold

 

 

The Dublin Silver Band took the title at the U.S. Open Brass Band Championships this month, gaining an invitation to a top contest in England next year.

November 18, 2015

 

Calling all artist! Great American Brass Band Festival adds new visual component to events

 

Although the first white flakes of the winter season haven’t yet hit the ground, Great American Brass Band Festival organizers are already in a summer-frame-of-mind, preparing for June 2016’s throwdown. As the festival turns 27 next year, a new event will. . 

November 18, 2015

 

NO BS! Brass Band Transcends The New Orleans Sound

 

 

The brass-band sound is a proud tradition of New Orleans. But over the years, those horns have evolved to embrace a broader repertoire, full of funk and jazz and even a little hip-hop — and the sounds have . . .

November 18, 2015

 

A Tour of the Local Music Scene

 

 

You’ve heard a million times that Memphis is the “Birthplace of Rock-and-Roll” and “The Home of the Blues,” but those two city slogans couldn’t be more true in 2015. . .

November 18, 2015

 

Melting pot: Treme Creole Gumbo Fest

Gumbo is more than a metaphor for New Orleans’ melting pot nature. Each bowl brims with a powerful local elixir capable of instantly bringing people together. 

October 26, 2015

 

Between The Worlds

Samhain, All Hallows’ Eve, marks the time between time, the world between the worlds, when the veil is thin, and beings cross back and forth over the Great Divide.

October 26, 2015

 

6 Questions with LEAF performers Sol Drivin Train

 

In advance of this season’s LEAF, the 41st bi-annual iteration of the festival, we’re talking to performing artists from the LEAF lineup about the festival’s New Orleans-meets-WNC theme. LEAF takes place Thursday to Sunday, Oct. 15-18, at Camp Rockmont.

October 26, 2015

 

Meet The Under 30 Summit's House Band: The High and Mighty Brass Band

 

Despite pursuing what he calls “not the most practical of degrees” in college, drummer Evan Howard and his High and Mighty Brass Band are steadily carving out a niche for themselves in the competitive New York City music scene.

October 26, 2015

 

Joseph Torregano, jazz musician, educator and police reserve officer, has died

 

Joseph Torregano, a clarinetist and retired New Orleans music teacher, who, over the years, was a mainstay of traditional brass bands, such as the Young Tuxedo, the Olympia, the Excelsior and the Original Royal Players . . .

October 26, 2015

 

Motor City Brass Band kicks off 20th season tomorrow with Horns & Howls XV

 

The children again will be holding a costume parade on stage during the Motor City Brass Band's 20th season-opening "Horns & Howls XV: Creepy Classics" at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center Oct. 25

October 06, 2015

 

DuPont Brass band looks to take musical career beyond Metro

 

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Dupont Circle Metro station is about to get a whole lot quieter. DuPont Brass — a brass band of mostly former and current Howard University students who have long performed outside…​

October 03, 2015

 

No City Different drum, for Beirut's Zach Condom

 

 

Zach Condon, who’ll be playing a homecoming show Sunday afternoon with his band Beirut, hasn’t been shy about discussing his Santa Fe roots as he promotes his latest album.

October 03, 2015

 

New Orleans' health initiative asks bands to turn it down

 

Residents in New Orleans, a city beloved for its year-round sonance of street brass bands, have decided that its time the city should quiet down.

September 30, 2015

 

WHAT WE SAW AT LANDMARK FESTIVAL

 

 

Brooklyn based, Dominican American singer George Lewis Jr., better known by his stage name Twin Shadow, brought Landmark's Jefferson stage an early surge of energy on Saturday afternoon with an arsenal of 80s acoustics.

September 25, 2015

 

Shhh! New Orleans takes steps to turn down the music

 

 

In New Orleans, a city synonymous with music and raucous revelry, government officials are launching a public health campaign aimed at turning down the volume.

 

September 25, 2015

Believe it - nearly 30 years of star power

 

 

With No Doubt’s 30th anniversary looming next year, the Orange County-bred quartet is surpassed only by X, Los Lobos and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band as the longest-lived group performing at this weekend’s KAABOO Del Mar festival.

 

September 11, 2015

New Orleans family offer reward for trumpet stolen during jazzman's funeral

 

Instrument belonged to "Trumpet Black", 28-year-old musician who died during a tour of Japan

September 06, 2015

KABOO Del Mar performance times announced

 

The performance times for inaugural edition of KAABOO Del Mar, the Sept. 18-20 music and food festival at the Del Mar Racetrack and fairgrounds, has been announced.

September 06, 2015

Ten years later, resilient New Orleans reflects on Katrina

 

A brass band performs in Jackson Square one day before the ten year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 28, 2015.

September 04, 2015

Tickets fur <<Big Easy in Concert>> in Bad Hersfeld gewinnen!

 

At the opening of. "32 Live Jazz New Orleans Music Festival "come on September 18th international jazz stars in the Stadthalle Bad Hersfeld. In "Big Easy in Concert" there are Brenda Boykin & Jan Luley Trio, the International Cajun Trio, Wolfgang Schmidtke and N'Awlins Brass Band on stage.

September 01, 2015

TOUR OF BRITAIN 2015: village saddles up for arrival of world's elite

 

PEDAL POWER: Deborah Gowans, of CJ’s Coffee Shop, Whalley, shows off the cycle-themed window and flower pot

September 01, 2015

Like New Orleans, second-line parades struggle but survive

 

 

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - It is fitting that the "second line" parade, a central pillar of New Orleans African-American musical tradition, is playing a prominent role in the events marking the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina 10 years ago

 

August 27, 2015

New Orleans: The music never stops

 

 

A brass band leads a parade through the French Quarter in New Orleans. Photo / AP

 

August 27, 2015

New Orleans awash in music 10yrs after Katrina

 

The sound of brass bands fills the streets again, but the locals of New Orleans are fearful that some of the spirit of creativity is lost

August 24, 2015

The hurricane did not destroy New Orleans' music - on the contrary

 

 

The consequences of "Katrina" were disastrous, the horror pictures have been etched in the collective memory. Ten years later, New Orleans celebrates what asserts itself there for over 100 years: jazz, blues, gospel, funk, rhythm and blues. With a music scene that is more dynamic than ever.

July 29, 2015

It will be 40 years since Cory Band last performed in the US. BE PART OF OUR AMERICAN DREAM!

 

 

Cory Band are delighted to announce we have been engaged to perform a five concert tour of the USA in February 2016 and we are extremely excited about it!

 

July 06, 2015

Fanfare Zygos Brass Band. Noirmoutier-en-I'lIe

 

 

Fanfare Zygos Brass Band. Une fanfare et ses danseurs hip-hop, l’esprit d’un jazz festif venu des Carnavals et des parades second line Nouvelle Orléans. Une musique sans complexe, faite pour s’amuser, danser et swinguer. Spectacle de la Déferlante.. 

 

July 02, 2015

Lad proposes in style with New York Brass Band at Glastonbury Festival. Makes 2000 people happy

 

 

BENDING the knee is not an easy thing to do. As Mance Rayder found out in Game of Thrones, series 5. But back to reality. 

 

July 01, 2015

Last call for Dairy Days Parade entries

 

The Dairy Days Parade returns to downtown Freeport on Sunday, and we hope you’ll join us as we once again celebrate agriculture in Stephenson County.

June 31, 2015

Fountain City Brass Band returns for Joplin Pops

 

Fountain City Brass Band’s concert last year, for Pro Musica’s Joplin Pops concert, was pretty good, said artistic director Lee Harrelson.

June 29, 2015

Soul Rebels' Julian Gosin talks about the band's electic influences

 

The Soul Rebels, the New Orleans brass band that dropped the "brass band" suffix from its name a few years ago, has – even in a generation of local brass bands that is in lots of ways defined by musical hybridity and genre eclecticism - . . .

June 16, 2015

U.S. BOOTS '4TH OF JULY TO APPEALS MUSLIM

 

The U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, Robert Blake, said American workers celebrated the Fourth of July a month early – on June 4, actually – in order to show respect for the mostly Muslim nation and the month of Ramadan.

June 15, 2015

Future of festivals looks bright

 

There weren't a lot of successful outdoor festivals in the United States in 2001 when Ashley Capps of AC Entertainment in Knoxville began talking with the folks at Superfly in New York about starting one on a piece of farmland in Manchester, Tenn., the following year.

June 15, 2015

Bringing the brass band magic to Bugle in the 91st West of England Bandsmen's Festival

 

THE magical sound of traditional Cornish bands will fill the air in Bugle at the weekend in the 91st annual West of England Bandsmen's Festival.

June 11, 2015

2015 Gettysburg Brass Band Festival

 

This weekend marks the 2015 Gettysburg Brass Band Festival. Bring the whole family, and come out to experience all your festival favorites while enjoying the workings of traditional Brass Band performers from all across the mid-Atlantic region.

June 09, 2015

Free no more: Admission to 2015 satchmo SummerFest will cost $5

 

 

Trombonist Ronell Johnson performs with Lars Edegran & the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra at the 14th Annual Satchmo SummerFest on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014. (Photo by David Lee Simmons, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)

June 08, 2015

BEER OOMPAH MUSIC AS MERKEL TREATS OBAMA TO FOLKSY WELCOME

 

 

US President Barack Obama (C) and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) shake hands with women dressed in Bavarian traditional costumes at a breakfast meeting with local citizens in Kruen near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, on June 7, 2015 before the start of a G7 summit. Germany. . .more

June 08, 2015

DC Jazz Festival to roll out over 120 acts in 80 neighborhoods

 

 

 

The 2015 DC Jazz Festival will welcome locally, nationally and internationally acclaimed artists in venues across the Nation’s Capital this week.

 

June 06, 2015

American Legion Band Maestro Kept Baton Moving at 96

 

 

 

Irwin Meyer at his home in Brooklyn in 2012. Mr. Meyer died in May after being hit by a car.

June 06, 2015

Florence Brass Band will be performing at the bandstand in Borough Park in Leek

 

The hills of a town's main park will be filled with the sound of music this weekend.

 

June 05, 2015

Rebirth Brass Band drummer Derrick Tabb unviels plans for Treme music lounge

 

 

 

The Rebirth Brass Band, seen here at the Maple Leaf in 2008, is slated to make monthly appearances at the soon-to-open . . .

 

June 04, 2015

Great American Brass Band Festival expands beyond its name

 

Any festival that's been around for 26 years is doing something right. But any festival that wants to be around for another 26 years eventually needs to do something different.

 

June 03, 2015

Glory of Moscow's 80-Year-Old Subway Tainted By Stalin Connections

 

 

 

Visitors check out the Soviet-era metro cars exhibited at the Partizanskaya subway station in Moscow, as part of festivities marking the subway system's 80th anniversary.

June 01, 2015

80 Years of Herb Alpert: The Tijuana Brass. 'Whipped Cream' and . . . The Notorious B.I.G.?

 

 

Today marks the 80th birthday of Herb Alpert, one of the most accomplished individuals in American music, who doesn't get nearly enough appreciation from the younger generations of both fans . . .

May 31, 2015

Saddleworth Brass Band Contest: Thousand of Music Fans Watch Whit Friday Parade in Oldham and Tameside Villages

 

 

 

Huge crowds braved grey skies under umbrellas to take in the sounds of the ever-popular concerts.

May 31, 2015

Music in New Orleans for Saturday, May 30, 2015: Royal Southern Brotherhood at the Oyster Fest

 

 

 

Royal Southern Brotherhood, fronted by Cyril Neville, center, performs at the New Orleans Oyster Festival on Saturday, May 30, 2015.

May 11, 2015

Listen To Jam Band Supergroup Stratosphere All-Stars Crushing Your Favorite Dance Music Covers

 

 

On March 26th at our sold-out Brooklyn Bowl, the Stratosphere All-Stars made up of Mike Greenfield (Lotus), Steve Molitz (Particle), . . .

May 11, 2015

Just announced: Hot 8 Brass Band, 23rd May.

 

 

 

Hot 8 music is feel good music…music with a message. It’s life music.” – Band leader, Bennie Pete

 

 

May 06, 2015

Swedish army brass band play Swedish House Mafia for the King of Sweden's 70th birthday

 

 

 

Anyone who say the military bands and Royal families don’t have a sense of humour have obviously never been to Sweden

May 05, 2015

The Big News just keep on coming!

 

 

The BIG NEWS just keeps on coming! We'll be opening for The California Honeydrops at The New Parish in Oakland, CA on May 16th!!! Click the link below for more info and tickets.

 

 

May 05, 2015

Russell Harvey to lead band . . .

 

As the town clock strikes 7am, veteran bandsman Russell Harvey will have the special honour of leading Helston Town Band away from the Guildhall and into Meneage Street, beginning Flora Day 2015.

May 04, 2015

Boston Brass Summer Intensive

 

Set in the high plains of Laramie, Wyoming and the campus of the University of Wyoming, the Boston Brass Summer Intensive is a weeklong session featuring the world-renowned Boston Brass. The week is designed around performance and career development for brass players seeking advanced instruction of chamber music, audition preparation and guidance for those aspiring to a career in music performance.

April 27, 2015

4BR Interview- Philippe Schartz

 

 

 

4BR Editor Iwan Fox catches up Philippe Schartz to find out more about one of Europe's top orchestral trumpet players and his brass band background.

 

April 26, 2015

KEVIN JARRETT MBE

 

 

 

It is with sadness that we report that Kevin Jarrett, Life Member of the Brass Band Association passed away peacefully on Friday 10 April surrounded by his family.

April 23, 2015

Wellington Brass Band wins Australlian championships

 

Wellington Brass Band won the New Zealand Brass band Championships held in Invercargill in 2014, and at Easter added the national Australian championship to its growing list of titles.

April 21, 2015

Cairns can proudly lay claim to having one of the best brass bands in Australlia

 

BRASS ABOVE: Cairns Brass Band has been named Australia’s best in the B Grade category at the National Titles. Megan Gordon, in front of band members Alistair Ingram, Sarah Ogle, conductor Jon Christodoulides, Chris Buckman, and Tina Ogle. PICTURE: ANNA ROGERS

April 18, 2015

Black Dyke Star to Adjudicate Irvine and Dreghorn Contest

 

 

IRVINE and Dreghorn Band has announced that Richard Marshall, principal cornet player of Black Dyke Band, is to adjudicate the organisation's fifth annual slow melody competition.

April 17, 2015

Geneva launch new Academy range

 

 

Geneva has announced the launch of the first addition to their new ‘Academy’ range of intermediate brass instruments.

 

 

April 17, 2015

Kenneth Hesketh's The Alchemist's Journal selected as test piece for National Brass Band BBC 2015

 

 

Faber Music is delighted to announce that composer Kenneth Hesketh’s colourful work for brass band The Alchymist’s Journal has been selected by the Music Panel of Kapitol Music Promotions as a test piece for the . . . 

April 16, 2015

Original Pinettes all-female brass band blasts French Quarter Fest 2015

 

Pinettes brass band blasts French Quarter Fest 2015

Watch as the Pinettes, New Orleans’ only all-female brass band brings their brand of fiery funk to French Quarter Fest 2015 on Saturday (April 11).

April 12, 2015

Can you hear the buzz?

 

The National Youth Brass Band Championships are fast approaching. The day is an amazing experience for young musicians and adults alike, especially within the inspiring environment of the Royal Northern College of Music.

April 06, 2015

Sacramento Area Musicians Shine at 23rd Annual Sammie Awards Show

 

The SAMMIES stage hosted 15 local acts all nominated for Sacramento Area Music Awards in different categories, Thursday night at Ace of Spades. The performances demonstrated the variety, depth and diversity in the music scene.

April 05, 2015

Jameson wins 2015 BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Award

 

Flowers American euphonium star, Grant Jameson has won the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Award winner.

April 04, 2015

St. George's Day in the Black Country

 

Thousands of people will parade through the streets and proudly fly the flag at events to mark St George's Day

April 02, 2015

Honk! Tx East Austin Parade (Noon): Band Revue

 

South by Southwest leave you hungry for bacchanalia? One thousand pounds of brass bands cluster Downtown, Midtown, and on the Eastside to raise a percussive, horn-fueled racket heard all the way to New Orleans. . .

April 01, 2015

Salvation Army Announces Redevelopment of Historic Long Beach Property

 

Salvation Army has an enduring image of bell ringers, brass bands and shelter for the down-trodden.

March 31, 2015

Take 5 - The good, the bad and the opportunity to grasp

 

 

4BR Editor Iwan Fox gives a personal view on five good points, five bad and one opportunity to grasp after the dust has settled on this year's Regional Championships...

March 30, 2015

Rupa Goes Undercover with Bob Marley's 'Exudos'

 

 

 

 

What do Sly Stone, Nike Drake, Black Sabbath, Radiohead, and Joni Mitchell all have in common? For one thing, they all recorded . . .

March 17, 2015

Gresley Colliery Band Finish Second in Midlands Area Brass Band Contest

 

 

CELEBRATIONS are under way after a brass band landed a spot in a major national final.

 

 

March 13, 2015

The soft, warbling sounds of Jefferson's Community Jazz Band

 

 

Director Peter Tummillo enjoys his "mental health night."The Jefferson Township Community Jazz Band brass play the big band sound.The bass blends with the mellow music.

March 08, 2015

North West Regional Brass Band Championships

 

Dozens of bands took over the Winter Gardens as the venue played host to a prestigious competition.

March 06, 2015

How to Make Money Busking (Street Performing)

 

Busking, also called street performing, is the showbiz equivalent of an entry-level job. Anybody can hit the street and put on a show, but if you put on a great show you could join the ranks of famous performers--

March 04, 2015

Students to play along side pro brass band at KHS

 

KALKASKA — With a visit from the Northern Michigan Brass Band on Sunday, March 1, band members at Kalkaska High School will have the opportunity to play amongst a more sophisticated, professional collection of musicians.

March 02, 2015

Go Out This Week : Stooges Brass Band, 'The Black Power Mix Tape,' Memphis Comedy Festival, etc.

 

It's warming up a bit this week, so of course you'll be wanting to get out of the house. Here are a few weekday recommendations from our GoMemphis writers and editors.

March 01, 2015

CARNOUSTIE TROMBONE PLAYER IN FUNDING BOOST

 

A CARNOUSTIE trombone player has celebrated after receiving a funding boost.

February 28, 2015

Try before you buy? Hire before you buy?

 

John Packer offers the perfect solution when it comes to instrument hire

February 27, 2015

Brighouse Bandmaster Stuart Lingard charged with child sex offences

 

A former music teacher and Brighouse and Rastrick Band Master – who was once named the best brass band player in Britain – has been charged with child sex offences.

February 21, 2015

INVITE: IRVINE AND DREGHORN BLACK AND GOLD BALL

 

IRVINE and Dreghorn Band is organising a Black and Gold Ball, following the success of last year's event

February 21, 2015

Welsh contesting season opens in Porthcawl

 

 

The Welsh contesting season opens in Porthcawl with bands looking to get their hands on the magnificent CISWO Challenge Cup and £1,000 first prize. 

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