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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JULY / AUGUST EDITION OUT NOW!

JULY / AUGUST EDITION OUT NOW!

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THE BBW INTERVIEW - PARALLEL REALITIES

Christopher Thomas talks to David Thornton about breaking boundaries and thrilling audiences

KNOW THE SCORE - TRIUMPH OVER TIME

Composer, Peter Graham, revisits the Belle Vue of 1973 - inspiration for his 2016 British Open test

LET’S DEBATE - ‘TIME FOR A RETHINK’

Edward Gregson offers a composer’s view of the big contest test-piece and says it’s time to ‘rebalance’

PRO PRACTICE

Besson Artist and international tuba soloist, Les Neish, advises stay flexible when warming-up

PRO PLATFORM - TO BOLDLY GO...

Oliver Fitzgerald-Lombard interviews Robert Samuel - former Cory Band player - to find out about his globetrotting life as Second Trumpet with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

BBW CASTAWAY

Jim Hayes (or should that be Jonny Midnight?) selects his after dark, desert island listening

YOUNG VOICES

Young Willebroek’s Jonas Violet tells Mark Good what makes him tick

BBW CENTRE BAND

America’s premier collegiate brass band - James Maddison University

EDUCATION AND CAREERS

Brass Education and career ‘opp’s as students await their all-important examination results.

Featured in this useful focus:

Trinity College London

ABRSM

Bryantson School

Chetham’s School of Music

Royal Air Force

Royal Marines

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

University of Huddersfield

Yamaha Class Band scheme

Plus, Steve Legge compares music education stateside with the UK

NEWS

Butlins ramps up the X-facto, Brighouse and Rastrick at Carfest, Black Dyke’s heritage developments, the National Youth Brass Band of Scotland in Norway, the latest pre-contest season signings and Osaka Competition opens for entries

…AND ANOTHER THING

Guest wit, John Barber, unearths the folklore of learning the hard way

RANKINGS

Which bands have a crack at taking the No. 1 slot in September and which Australasian band has forged ahead?

REVIEWS OF THE LATEST CD RELEASES:

Dreamtimes - Steven Mead

Music in the Air - The Central Band of the Royal Air Force

Musicals - The Household Troops Band of the SA

NEW MUSIC REVIEWS OF:

Philip Wilby’s The Pilgrim’s Progress - Triumphonic

Dave Collins’ Broadway Boogie - Prima Vista Musikk

Dan Hall’s Colours in the Rain - Prima Vista Musikk

CONCERT REVIEWS

Cory at the Welsh Proms

Black Dyke Festival Gala Concert

PRODUCTS

The new Mike Lovatt Smith-Watkins Trumpet

Besson’s new tuba

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BRASS BUSINESS

Hayes Music relocates and gets bigger and better

Geneva acquires Amati USA and plans glittering New York Queen Mary instrument launch

DIARY DATES

What’s on around the World in August and September

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS

Alan Jenkins

Allan Withington

Christopher Thomas

Chris Turner

Craig Roberts

Dan Price

David Childs

Edward Gregson

Evan Sayer, Gordon Simpson

Ian Clowes - Goldy Solutions

John Barber

Jonathan Crowhurst

Katrina Marzella

Lisa Fitzgerald-Lombard

Les Neish

Mark Good

Nezzy

Nicola Bland

Nick Walkley

Oliver Fitzgerald-Lombard

Paul McGhee

Peter Graham

Rita Arendz

Rodney Newton

Steve Legge

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JUNE EDITION OUT NOW!

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PERCUSSION FOCUS

A guide to the percussion section and percussion playing by top experts:

International percussion soloist and Yamaha Artist, Simone Rebello, on percussion as a rising solo voice

Cory Principal Percussionist, James Andrews, ask if the Aluphone could be the next contest debutante

Kit drummer, Steve Jones, mixes it up a little highlights his basic perfect kit

Gavin Pritchard’s top tips for the percussion novice

Former LSO percussionist - Rodney Newton tunes into ‘timps’

CBSO Percussion Leader, Adrian Spillett, says ‘don’t get pigeonholed’.

THE BBW INTERVIEW - DAME OF PERCUSSION

Grammy award-winning Evelyn Glennie

on her life, career and brass bands

THE BRASS BAND WORLD

UK National Finals judges released, Brass in Concert announces draw and judges, the national youth bands of Great Britain gather, Scottish band prepares for European Brass/Wind Festival in Germany and Yamaha sings Le Yu.

YOUNG VOICES

Charlotte Horsfield is steeped in brass bands -

Mark Goods meets the solo trombonist

BBW CENTRE BAND

Mach 5 for Danish Champion, Concord Brass Band

RANKINGS

Which band has shot up 37 places?

MUSICAL ‘THUGGERY’

European Champion conductor, Philip Harper, asks if creativity is being ‘mugged’ by modern composers and argues that major contests are setting poor quality test-pieces

PRO PRACTICE

Besson Artist and international tuba soloist, Les Neish, advises about how to engage an audience

BBW CASTAWAY

Composer, Jan Van der Roost, chooses

his 60th birthday desert island listening

HIDDEN MUSICIANS

Professor Michael Alcorn charts the significant, but hitherto uncharted role of Irish bands in the development of brass banding

A GOLDEN STATE

Rodney Newton goes banding in California

REVIEWS

Recordings from Evelyn Glennie, Cory and Septura, plus the low-down on the new and fresh Steven Mead solo CD; the latest repertoire from Boosey and Hawkes; reviews of the Elgar Howarth/Royal Academy of Music, Peter Parkes Tribute and King’s Division concerts; brass stars reviews the Alliance euphonium and baritone mouthpieces, New Generation gig bags from tomandwill.com and Wessex Tubas launches the new Super Tenor Trombone and the Festivo Euphonium

AND ANOTHER THING

John Barber’s take on the Whit Friday spectacle

DIARY DATES

What’s on around the World in June and July

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS

Ben Stratford,

Christopher Thomas,

Chris Turner,
CSgt. Greg Paulett,
David Childs,
Gary Curtin,

Gavin Pritchard,

Gordon Simpson,

Helen Williams,

Ian Clowes - Goldy Solutions,

Jack Lapthorn,
James Andrews,
James McLeod,
John Barber,
Katrina Marzella,

Lisa Fitzgerald-Lombard,

Les Neish,
Malcolm Wood,

Mark Good,
Matthew Fletcher,
Nezzy,
Nicola Bland,

Nick Walkley,
Nigel Seaman,
Philip Harper,
Philip Morris,

Professor Michael Alcorn,

 Rodney Newton,

Simone Rebello,
Steve Jack, 
Steven Jones,
Thomas Dunne

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