Brass Band World

SEPTEMBER EDITION OUT NOW!

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BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPSCory Band scores historic four titles with ‘Open’ win - Christopher Thomas reports, photos by Ian Clowes

BRASS BAND WORLD NEWS2017 British ‘Regional’ tests revealed, Black Dyke’s ‘Team Girl’ tours Japan; Cory in concert at RAH, Foden’s in Parliament, British Open takes Euro lead, Frank Renton’s Brass Machine heads to Skegness, Brass in Concert 40^th anniversary details announced, and Childs to star in new large-scale Karl Jenkins work

VIEW FROM THE BOXFour Cheltenham Finals judges outline what they will be looking for when they anoint the 2016 Section 1-4 British National Champion bands

THE BBW INTERVIEWMark Good talks to Young tubist Ross Knight about ‘the stuff of dreams’ and his new top job with Geneva’s Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

KNOW THE SCORE – THE LONE WOLFRAH FInal composer, Simon Dobson, lifts the lid on his Bartók-inspired Royal Albert Hall challenge

LET’S DEBATE – THE NATIONAL WAYPromoter, Philip Morris, brings clarity to the ‘National’ approach to test-piece selection

PRO PRACTICELeading embouchure expert, Marcus Reynolds, offers advice about how to alleviate pressure

PRO PLATFORM – FAROESE HIGH-FLYERDavid Childs interviews Dávur Juul Magnussen – Principal Trombone with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra

BBW CASTAWAYKatrina Marzella reveals Simone Rebello’s desert island listening and favourite ‘tipple’

YOUNG VOICESMark Good meets Thomas Brown – the young composer who wrote for HM

BBW CENTRE BANDManagement shake-up at Brighouse and Rastrick Band

MELLOW FRUITS Leading Stomvi artist, Pacho Flores, lends insight into the rising profile of the cornet and its four-valve version in orchestral performance

…AND ANOTHER THINGContest day ‘Olympics’ with John Barber and Nezzy

REVIEWS OF THE LATEST CD AND DVD RELEASESHighlights from the European Championships 2016 – Live from Le Nouveau Siècle Concert Hall, Lille, France
Angels Will Fall – Jim Hayes AKA Jonny Midnight
Music for Brass Septet Volume 3 – Septura

NEW MUSIC REVIEWSDean Jones’s United We Stand – Lake Music
John Wallaces’ Positivity – Nimbus Music Publishing
Anthony George’s edition of Joseph Parry’s The Tydfil Overture
Lewis Furber’s English Counterpoint – Wright and Round
Philip Harper’s arrangement of Calon Lân – Wright and Round
New 2017-2020 ABRSM Trumpet Syllabus

CONCERT REVIEWSWellington Brass at Dobcross Band Club,
National Youth Children’s Brass Band of Great Britain in Repton National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain in Morley
National Youth Brass Band of Wales in Monmouth
National Youth Brass Band of Scotland in Perth

BRASS BUSINESSWorld of Brass relaunches website and sells on iTunes, Geneva appoints German ‘Euro’ distributor, and World of Sound’s price fix offer

PRODUCTSDenis Wick develops bass trombone travel mute and Wessex launch new ‘pro’ cornet

RANKINGSWith Gordon Simpson of BrassStats.com

DIARY DATES What’s on around the World in September and October

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS
Alan Morrison
Carl Woodman
Christopher Thomas
Craig Roberts
Dan Hall
Dan Price
David Childs
David Thornton
Dr. Luc Vertommen
Dr. Richard Jones
Dr. Robert Childs
Gordon Simpson
Ian Clowes - Goldy Solutions
John Barber
Katrina Marzella
Lisa Fitzgerald-Lombard
Malcolm Wood
Marcus Reynolds
Mark Good
Matthew Routley
Nezzy
Nicola Bland
Nigel Seaman
Pacho Flores
Paul McGhee
Philip Morris
Rodney Newton
Simon Dobson
Steven Mead
Steve Sykes

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