When Jim Schutz moved to England for his job with Dow in 2012, he didn’t expect to join a brass band—or start one of his own years later in Michigan. This month, the musical connection he forged ...

While wartime bands included woodwind instruments such as clarinets and bassoons, O'Keeffe points out that the 15th Regiment of Foot had already organized a bugles-only band by 1818 and that numerous ...

They have been central to working-class life in mining communities for decades but Britain’s colliery brass bands say they are now fighting to survive due to coronavirus restrictions. With Britain ...

Members of Flowers Band celebrate their win on stage at the Bruckner Haus, Linz, along with Swiss composer Oliver Waespi whose work the band performed on day two of the competition. A brass band from ...

A brass band is bringing music into schools and inspiring next generation of musicians.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, nearly every coal mine in the U.K. had a brass band. They were intended to keep workers out of trouble, and were a... Britain's Brass Bands: A Working-Class Tradition ...

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The second concert in the third season of the Sandwich Arts Alliance's Village Concert Series will feature the New England Brass Band, which will perform at Sandwich Town Hall on November 18 at 7 PM.

The Brass Band Players Registry/Kapitol Group is looking to fill the role of Office Administrator. The Brass Band Players ...

Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain's first brass bands earlier than previously thought, new research reveals. The study undermines the idea that brass bands were ...