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Tuba Carols just round the corner
Any tuba players wishing to help at the Tuba Carols 2013 this year are reminded that the event takes place on Sunday December 15th from 12.45—14.30 in front of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. Fund...
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Salvation Santas helps local hospice
Last Sunday, a number of the members of the Chelmsford Salvation Army band were given permission to miss their normal Sunday morning service to take part in the annual Santa ‘Fun Run’ in aid of the...
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Evans and Farr set for Cornish Christmas
The 76 young musicians of the Cornwall Youth Brass Band will be spending four days of their Christmas holidays rehearsing under the baton of guest conductor Richard Evans at their residential course at...
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Huddersfield set to beat German marathon marchers
Huddersfield Marathon Band is hoping to snatch back a musical world record next year from German rivals, as they seek to become the fastest marching band to complete the 26 miles 385 yards of a...
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Advert: Wessex Tubas
Wessex Tubas have just introduced another fantastic new tuba to the family—and it’s an ideal alternative to the normal brass band BBb tuba.New additionThe new addition to the Wessex family is a full...
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Radio: World of Brass
World of Brass Radio:Presented by John Maineswww.worldofbrass.com/wobradioA new programme every Friday heard 24/7 52 weeks!Also catch up with previous programmesContact: John Maines invites you to...
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Kennedy signs up for Butlins
Carlton Main Frickley Band has announced the signing of Vicki Kennedy on repiano cornet ahead of their build up to the Butlins Mineworkers Festival in Skegness in January.Yorkshire championVicki had...
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New Cornerstone put in place
Cornerstone Brass has announced the signing of Graham Mercer as their new soprano cornet.New roleGraham has spent the past few years as solo cornet with the band and will replace Oliver Ridley who has...
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Thomas steps down from Fishburn
The Fishburn Band has announced that Huw Thomas has stepped down from the position of Musical Director with the North of England band.ThanksA spokesperson told 4BR: "The change is for personal reasons...
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Lydbrook help launch Christmas lottery
The Lydbrook Band will be helping the National Lottery make plenty of happy millionaires this Christmas.FeatureThe band is featured in a new television advert and is seen performing a seasonal...
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Deepcar youth development bears fruit
The Deepcar Band has been delighted to hear that their talented young solo horn player Paul Kirk has been accepted into the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain.Paul was taught to play at Deepcar...
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Festive shut down for Brass Bands England
4BR has been informed that the offices of Brass Bands England will be closed for the Christmas Holidays from 1.00pm on Friday 20th December and will reopen at9.00am on Monday January...
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7 year old hero helps local hospice
A capacity audience recently packed the Princethorpe College Chapel in the Midlands for a concert provided by the Bilton Band organisation in aid of their local Myton Hospice.Idea‘Jimmy’s Heroes’, was...
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Seismic change at GUS
Virtuosi GUS baritone player Jo Stephenson, is due to set off to pastures new next year.SeismologyHaving achieved a first-class honours degree in Geophysics, Jo (above) is heading to Australia to add a...
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Greater Gwent announce new course of action
Despite the announcement of changes to Gwent Music Support Service following substantial efficiency savings in recent local authority budgets, it has still been announced that the Greater Gwent Youth...
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Radio 2 Young Brass Semi finalists announced
The eight talented performers who have been selected for the semi final of the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Award have been announced.RecordRadio 2 has announced that each will record up to 10 minutes...
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Welsh celebration underway
The day long celebration of all things great about Welsh brass banding has started on Radio Wales.ImportanceThe role and importance of the music provided by the Salvation Army has been featured on the...
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Welsh celebrations last all day
The BBC Radio Wales Brass Day has been deemed a great success, after the national broadcaster provided a full day of brass band related output that culminated in a concert live on air in Cardiff last...
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Radio: Listen to the Band
Listen to the Band: 6th February:Iain Culross tells Frank Renton about the joys and pitfalls of his new job as solo cornet with Grimethorpe Colliery Band, one of the hottest seats in the band world.
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Brighouse Youth takes first concert steps
The new generation of possible Brighouse & Rastrick players took their first steps into the limelight recently when the Brighouse & Rastrick Youth Band played with their senior counterparts at...
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