JULY / AUGUST EDITION OUT NOW!

JULY / AUGUST EDITION OUT NOW!

FEATURING:

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

pBuzz

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

TAP It

SEE IT

READ IT!

THE WORLD’S FAVOURITE MONTHLY MAGAZINE -

NOW ON SMART PHONES, TABLETS AND DESKTOPS

ONLINE DIGITAL COPY

ONLY £30 WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE WORLD!

TO SUBSCRIBE TO BBW DIGITAL VISIT

www.brassbandworld.co.uk

OR BY POST: £40 (UK); £68 (Europe); £81 (Rest of the World)