Whitburn part of 5 star review at Edinburgh Festival
August 20
The Scottish Open champion joins artistic forces for critically acclaimed concert performance as part of the Edinburgh International Festival.
4BR Sunday Quiz: The winner
August 20 • You had to come up with a bit of saintly intervention to find the answer to our latest quiz.
Delegates already booked in for 2020 IBBSS
August 20 • The success of the recent International Brass Band Summer School in Swansea has already seen people signing up for 2020.
4BR Shop: Denis Wick SM Travel Mute — Baritone
August 20 • The perfect way to ensure that baritone players are kept in practice...
Hyde Park encore for Snowdown Colliery Welfare
August 20 • The sound of a brass band has been heard at one of London's iconic bandstands...
Radio: Sounds of Brass
August 20 • A delve into brass band history with Phillip Hunt this week.
4BR Shop: Speak Softly, Love (Theme from 'The Godfather')
August 20 • Go all Marlon Brando with this beautiful euphonium solo from Kirklees Music
Death of Allison Allen
August 20 • The death has been reported of the popular Arrow Valley player Allison Allen.
Take Pride in brass
August 18 • Half a century of a pioneering battle for equal rights will be celebrated with a special brass band concert in Boarshurst next month.
Behind the scenes at Battle of the Brass Bands
August 16 • 4BR was given exclusive access to find out how the forthcoming Sky Arts documentary series was put together by the production team at Twofour...
Sky Arts: Battle of the Brass Bands
August 15 • Sky Arts trailer for the forthcoming four part documentary series produced by Two Four...
Interview with Fiona Hyslop MSP
June 19 • 4BR Editor Iwan Fox talks to Scotland's Minister for Culture at the MEPG Celebration Day event at Glasgow's Concert Hall.
Interview with Youth Brass 2000
March 30 • 4BR Editor Iwan Fox talks to conductor Chris Jeans of the 2019 National Youth Champions of Great Britain, Youth Brass 2000.
Take 5: A quintet of British Open test-pieces ready for reprise
August 9 • 4BR Editor Iwan Fox picks five works used at the British Open since 'Spectrum' in 1969 that deserve a possible well overdue contest reprise...
NYBBS 2019: Scotland's best kept secret
August 8 • Charlotte MacKay looks back at a memorable National Youth Brass Bands of Scotland annual residential course based in Perthshire.
Spectrum: One giant leap for brass band kind...
August 1 • Half a century has now passed since Gilbert Vinter's 'Spectrum' changed the face of brass band repertoire forever. 4BR Editor Iwan Fox looks back at its impact...
Meeting your heroes: Brass for Africa and Wynton Marsalis...
July 26 • Paul McLaughlin of the Lydbrook Band and Gloucestershire Music Services reflects on a memorable musical link with Brass for Africa and a certain Wynton Marsalis and friends, as part of the recent Cheltenham Music Festival.
Battle of the Brass Bands (Episode 1)
August 21 • Sky Arts. Twofour Group . Tuesday 20th August
Concert: Black Dyke Band
August 20 • Conductor: Prof. Nicholas Childs. St Mary's Church. Bridgwater. Sunday 18th August
Concert: Oxfordshire Youth Band
August 19 • Conductor: Judith Atkins. All Saints Church. Marlow. Tuesday 13th August
| # | Band | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cory | 2,393.77 |
| 2 | Valaisia Brass Band | 871.25 |
| 3 | Eikanger-Bjørsvik | 830.62 |
| 4 | Brighouse and Rastrick | 764.23 |
| 5 | Paris Brass Band | 664.04 |
| 6 | Black Dyke | 577.50 |
| 7 | Foden's | 524.05 |
| 8 | Tredegar | 407.38 |
| 9 | Brass Band Willebroek | 333.25 |
| 10 | Carlton Main Frickley Colliery | 280.39 |
Regent Hall Concerts - Ensemble Sauterelle (french horns and male voices)
Friday 23 August • Charlton House. Charlton Road. London. SE7 8RE SE7 8RE
Sandhurst Silver Band - Music in the Memorial Park
Sunday 25 August • Sandhurst Memorial Park, Yorktown Road, Sandhurst GU47 9DP
Foden's Band - Sandbach
Monday 26 August • The Wheatsheaf, Sandbach, 1 Hightown, Sandbach CW11 1AG
Black Dyke Band - Scarborough Spa
Saturday 31 August • South Bay, Scarborough YO11 2HD
Woodfalls Band - Proms in the Park Concert - FREE
Sunday 1 September • Redlynch Social Club. The Ridge,, SP52LN Salisbury, Wiltshire SP5 2LN
Stannington Brass Band
August 20 • A rare opportunity has arisen to join one of Sheffield's leading bands with a vacancy for an EEb TUBA player to complete our bass section. We have a good band room atmosphere and a calendar of interesting concerts and contests
Mid-Rhondda
August 19 • An immediate vacancy exists for a Bb Bass player. Join a very experienced band that has well attended rehearsals on Thursday at 7.30pm at the Band Hall Dunraven St. Tonypandy. CF40 1AL
Shipston Town Band
August 19 • We require Bb Bass to complete our team for the forthcoming 4th Section Finals at Cheltenham Racecourse on Saturday 14th September Regular rehearsals are Wednesday 7.30 to 9.30 and Sunday 7 to 9 Rehearsals are our own band room in Shipston South Warwicks
Gary Davies
Conductor, Band Trainer, Adjudicator