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General UK Brass Band Organisations See also Academic Organisations below. See also Organisers, Promoters, Consultants Association of Brass Band Adjudicators, Secretary - C Brian Buckley, Egmont, 81 Gabalfa Road, Sketty, Swansea, SA2 8ND. Tel: 01792 205896 Association of Band Traders Boys' Brigade National Brass Band Association Brass Band Aid, charity supporting projects in Africa - what can you do to help? Brass Band Archive - an archive of more than 10,000 sets of music and scores, recordings, programmes, band journals and more. A resource for the serious researcher and the simply curious! Brass Band Heritage Trust, Contact: Paul Hindmarsh, 1 Clumber Close, Poynton, Cheshire, SK12 1PG - Tel/Fax. 01625 873820, Mobile: 07860 707780   Brass Band Players Ltd - Registrar: Philip Rogers, P.O. Box 73, Ammanford, SA18 9AP. Tel: 01269 841127   Brass Bands England - Unit 12, Maple Estates, Stocks Lane, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 2BL, Tel: 01226-771015 British Association of Christian Bands, Mike Priscott, Rosslyn House, 370 Bloomfield Road, Old Down, Bath, BA2 2PD. Tel: 01225-832041, Mobile: 07761 254231    British Brass Band Registry, Unit 12, Maple Estates, Stocks Lane, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 2BL, Tel: 01226-779136, Fax: 01226-771482 (Registry and Office Manager - Colin Johnson) British Federation of Brass Bands - See: Brass Bands England British Open Brass Band Championships English Federation of Brass Bands Kapitol Promotions Ltd. - Organisers of the National Brass Band Championships - 64 London End, Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9 2JD. Tel: 01494 674411, Fax: 01494 670932.   National Association of Brass Band Conductors, Secretary - Ted Howard, 30 Havant Road, Horndean, Hants, PO8 0DT. Tel: 023 9259 8162 National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain - Tel: 02920 704325.   National Methodist Youth Brass Band, Administrator - Mr Paul McAdoo, 52 Westhills, Tantobie, Stanley, Co. Durham, DH9 9RZ. Tel: 01207 239853   National School Band Association - promoting the playing of brass and woodwind instruments in schools, colleges and communities -    National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, Administrator - Philip Biggs, 21 The Coppice, Impington, Cambridge, CB4 9PP, Tel: 01223-234090 National Youth Brass Band of Scotland, Director - Neil Cross, 3 Hillhouse Farm Road, Lanark, ML11 9HS - Tel: 01555-661977 National Youth Brass Band of Wales, Director: Keith Griffin. Ty Cerdd, Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff, CF10 5AL. Tel: 029 2063 5640 Northern Regional Brass Band Trust, Secretary - LW Old, 37 Queens Avenue, Seaham, County Durham. Tel: 0191 581 6552 PMRC Brass Band Research Archive - Popular Music Research Centre - This houses a complete library of the National Youth Brass band of Great Britain, a large number of original scores and a unique, chronological collection of Brass Band News, ranging from 1882-1956 as well as a collection of band parts for test pieces used in the Belle Vue Contests between 1895-1916. Housed at the University of Salford. Scottish Brass Band Registry, Jim Hyslop, Registrar, Craigiebank, 13 Adamson Terrace, Leven, Fife, KY8 4EJ. Tel/Fax: 01333 422379   Welsh Brass Band Registry, Philip Rogers, 119 Waterloo Road, Penygroes, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, SA14 7PU. Tel: 01269 841127   UK Brass Band Associations Bradford & District Brass Band Association (? bands), Secretary - Mrs Joan Slater, Tel: 01274-671760 Brass Band Forum Wales (Fforwm Bandiau Press Cymru) - national body representing Welsh banding Brass Band League of Northern Ireland (BFBB) (20 bands), Secretary: Gareth Downey, 2 Four Winds Drive, Belfast, County Antrim, BT8 6GE. Tel: 028 90790711   Buckinghamshire & District Brass Band Association (BFBB) (12 bands), Secretary - Robin Allen, 19 Longfellow Drive, Newport Pagnell, Bucks, MK16 8PQ. Tel: 01908 616463   Cornwall Brass Band Association (BFBB) (39 bands), Secretary - Mrs Frances Calver, Windfall, Rylands, St Breward, Cornwall, PL30 4LX. Tel/fax: 01208 851235, mobile: 07774 890453    Council of West of England Brass Band Associations Cumbria Brass Band Association (BFBB) (20 bands), Secretary - ?? - (interim contact, Mike Slessor, 53, Pategill Park, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 8JX - Tel: 01768-865094) Durham County Brass Band Association (BFBB) (43 bands), Secretary - Mavis Lloyd, 28 Gypsy Lane, Nunthorpe, Middlesborough, TS7 0DX. Tel: 01642 316258   East Anglian Brass Band Association (32 bands), Secretary - Mrs Dianne Hastings, Tel: 01473-626986   Edinburgh Charities Band Association, Heather Henderson, 29 Middleshot Square, Prestonpans, East Lothian, EH32 9RQ. Tel: 01875 813142   Fife Charities Band Association, Secretary - Hazel Graham, 67a Harviestoun Grove, Tillicoultry Tel: 01259 751967   Gloucestershire Brass Band Association (BFBB) (35 bands), Secretary - David Harding, 41 Hollywell Road, Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, GL17 0DL, 07891 032057   Huddersfield & District Brass Band Association (BFBB) (36 bands), Secretary - Carol Tattersfield, 76 Edge Top Road, Thornhill, Dewsbury, WF12 0BH. Tel: 01924 507651   Leicestershire Brass Band Association (BFBB) (24 bands), Secretary - Lesley Bentley Lincolnshire Brass Band Association (BFBB) (10 bands), Secretary - Sue Cooper, Dickersbush, 47 Seas End Road, Moulton-Seas-End, Spalding, Lincolnshire London & Home Counties Brass Bands Association (BFBB) (14 bands), J. Cave, 15 Buttell Close, Little Thurrock, Grays, Essex, RM17 6UN. Tel: 01375-381744 North East Midlands Brass Band Association (BFBB) (44 bands), Secretary - Brian Eggleshaw, 59 Cardale Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 7RW - Tel: 01623-478454 North of Ireland Bands Association - Secretary: Mr Wm J Clements, 28 Knockfergus Park, Greenisland, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, BT38 8SN, Tel: 028-9086-6179 North Wales Brass Band Association (19 bands), Secretary - Sue Bohanna, "Hafan Fach", 34 Bod Llewelyn, Rhyl, Denbighshire, N. Wales, LL18 4NS. Tel. work: 01745 343158, home: 01745 344872, mob: 07950 412396   North West Area Brass Band Association (BFBB) (87 bands), Secretary - Shirley Woodward, 8 Mayfield Road, Marple Bridge, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 5EE - Tel: 0161-427-3670 Northants & District Brass Band Association (BFBB) (17 bands), Secretary - Richard Haynes, 81 Drayton Road, Irthlingborough, Wellingborough, Northants, NN9 5TQ, Tel: ? Northern Counties Brass Band Association, Secretary - Mrs Diane Henry, 42 Kirkburn, Laurencekirk, AB30 1LG. Tel: 01561 377201   Northumberland Brass Band Association (? bands), Secretary - Tony Griffiths, 35 Latimer Way, Newbiggin by the sea, Northumberland, NE64 6JR. Tel; 01670 222047 mobile 07748 878081   Oxford & District Brass Band Association (26 bands), Secretary - Dennis Barlow, 4 Fircroft, Southwold, Bicester, Oxon, OX26 3XX. Tel: 01869 247549 Scottish Brass Band Association (55 bands), Secretary - Tom Allan, 71 Tantallon Drive, Paisley, PA2 9HS. Tel: 01505 814502   Scottish Borders Brass Band Association, Secretary - Ms Nicola Currie, 9 Cairnmount, Jedburgh, TD8 6SA. Tel: 01835 862631    South East Wales Brass Band Association (? bands), Secretary - Mr Philip Morris, 13 The Paddocks, Penarth, South Glamorgan, CF64 5XY - Tel: 02920-704325 South West Brass Band Association (BFBB) (72 bands), Secretary - Brian Elliot, 1 Woodland Court, Woodlands Road, Ivybridge, Devon, PL21 9HG Tel: 01752-892056 Southern Counties Amateur Brass Band Association (BFBB) (80 bands), Secretary - Ian Carter, 10 Church Road, West Drayton, Middlesex, UB7 7PT - Tel: 01895-420007   Southport and District Brass Band Association   Wessex Brass Band Association (BFBB) (39 bands), Secretary - Mike Knapton, 56 High Street, Chapmanslade, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4AN - Tel: 01373-832572 West Midlands Brass Bands Association (BFBB) (24 bands), Secretary - Greta Russell, 256 Longfellow Road, Coventry, West Midlands, CV2 5HJ, Tel: 024-764-42701 West of Scotland Charities Band Association, Secretary - Thomas Allan, 71 Tantallon Drive, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA2 99HS. Tel: 0150 581 4502   West Wales Brass Band Association (19 bands), Secretary - Tony Evans, 01348-872967 Yorkshire & Humberside Brass Band Association (BFBB) (66 bands), Secretary - Mrs M. Williams, 7 The Lea, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 2BT. Tel: 0113 2860005.    NBBC Regions & Secretaries London & Southern Counties, Secretary - D Hobbs, 12 Stephen Road, Kesgrave, Suffolk, IP5 2PY - Tel: 01473-631591   Midlands, Secretary - Mrs Lesley Bentley, 21 Gables Lea, Sutton Bonnington, Leicestershire, LE12 5NW. Tel: 01509 672029, Mob: 077866 04552   North of England, Secretary - Tony Griffiths, 35 Latimer Way, Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland, NE64 6JR. Tel: 01670 222047   North West, Secretary - Peter Bates, 643a Liverpool Road, Peel Green, Eccles, M30 7BY Tel: 0161-707-3638 Scotland, Secretary - Tom Allan, 71 Tantallon Drive, Paisley, PA2 9HS. Tel: 01505 814502 Wales, Secretary - Mr Philip Morris, PO Box 53, Penarth, South Glamorgan, CF64 5XY - Tel: 02920-704325 West of England, Secretary - Brian Elliot, 1 Woodland Court, Woodlands Road, Ivybridge, Devon, PL21 9HG Tel: 01752-892056   Yorkshire, Secretary - Mrs Peggy Tomlinson, 82 Wheel Land, Grenoside, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 8RN, Tel: 0114-246-8102   International Brass Band Associations European Brass Band Association Austria Blasmusik Verband Tirol Burgenländischer Blasmusikverband Kärntner Blasmusikverband NiederÖsterreichischer Blasmusikverband OberÖsterreichischer Blasmusikverband Österreichischer Blasmusikverband Salzburger Blasmusikverband Steirischer Blasmusikverband Verband Südtiroler Musikkapellen Vorarlberger Blasmusikverband Wiener Blasmusikverband Australia Band Association of New South Wales Federation of Australasian Brass Bands Hunter Regional Band Association National Band Council of Australia Queensland Band Association Queensland Band Association Central Zone Queensland Services Heritage Band Association Society of Entertainers - Creating a community within Victorian Brass Bands through sharing recording's photos and reasourses and creating youth programs to help strengthen the brass banding community South Australian Band Association Tasmanian Bands' League Victorian Bands' League Western Australian Band Association Belgium Vlaamse Amateurmuziek Organisatie (Flemish Amateur Music Organisation) Canada Brass Explosion Society - dedicated to preserving and promoting Brass Band musicianship in Edmonton and across Canada Canadian Band Association North America Brass Band Association Ontario Chapter of the Canadian Band Association Vancouver Area Brass Band Society Denmark Dansk Amatør-Orkesterforbund France Fédération des Brass Bands de France Germany Evangelischer Posaunendienst in Deutschland Vereinigung deutscher Brass Bands (VDBB) Ireland Irish Association of Brass and Concert Bands Sligo Brass Music Liechtenstein Leichtensteiner Blasmusikverband Lithuania Lithuanian Brass Band Association Japan All Japan Band Association Bandmasters Academic Society of Japan Japanese Brass Band Directors Association - Contact: Yutaka Nishida New Zealand Auckland Brass Band Association Brass Bands Association of New Zealand Waikato Bay of Plenty Brass Bands Association - (18 bands) Secretary - Ron Massey, PO Box 258, Whakatane 3080, New Zealand. Tel: +6473087143 Fax +6473087316   Norway Norges Musikkorps Forbunds (Norwegian Bands Federation) South Africa Moravian Brass Band Union of South Africa Salem Moravian Bands Sweden Riksförbundet Unga Musikanter Swedish Brass Band Federation Svenska Missionsförbundets Musikkårer Svenska Missionskyrkans Musikkårer (SMM) Switzerland Aargauischer Musikverband Bernischen Kantonal-Musikverband BKMV Blasmusikdirgentenverband (Conductors of Switzerland) Fédération Jurassienne de Musique Freiburger Kantonal Musikverband Graubündner Kantonal Musikverband Luzerner Kantonal-Blasmusikverband Musikverband Baselland Musikvereine der Schweiz Schaffhauser Blasmusikverband Schweizer Blasmusikverband SBV Solothurner Blasmusikverband St.Galler Blasmusikverband Swiss Brass Band Association Thurgauer Kantonal-Musikverband Zürcher Blasmusikverband U.S.A. American Brass Band Association - A not-for-profit organization that supports the Brass Banding movement internationally American Brass Band Association - East Central - serving the province of Ontario, including Metro Toronto, and the states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois. National Association for Civil War Brass Music - to collect, preserve and make available for research and performance both the music and the instruments of American brass bands of the mid-19th century. North America Brass Band Association Instrumental Organisations See also Instruments. See also Wind, Concert & Marching Bands. Trumpet and Cornet Australian Trumpet Guild Cornet and Trumpet Society (CATS) - Dept of Music, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH Czech Trumpet Players Association European Trumpet Guild Hong Kong Trumpet Guild International Trumpet Guild Horns - Flugel, Tenor, French Association Française du Cor British Horn Society - Freepost WC4386, Epsom, Surrey KT19 0BR Dutch Horn Society Flugelhorn Society International Horn Society, 8180 Thunder Street, Juneau, AK 99801, USA - Tel: +1-907-789-5477, Fax: +1-907-790-4066 Los Angeles Horn Club Northwest Horn Society, USA The Tenor Horn Society - c/o Alison Childs, The Doyen Centre, Vulcan Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 4EP, Tel: +44 (0) 161 628 3799 Tenor Horn Society of NABBA Baritones and Euphoniums International Tuba and Euphonium Association Trombones Association des Trombonistes des Pays de la Loire Australian Trombone Association British Trombone Society Hungarian Trombone and Tuba Association International Trombone Association - (Britain - 3 Cumbria Close, Coventry, CV1 3PG, Tel: 01203-779480, Fax: 01203-779479) Polish Trombone Association Posaunenchöre EPiD - Evangelischer Posaunendienst in Deutschland SuPaTuS - Finnish Trombone and Tuba Association Tubas Arnold Jacobs Society Deutsche Tubaforum e.V. SuPaTuS - Finnish Trombone and Tuba Association Hungarian Trombone and Tuba Association International Tuba and Euphonium Association Percussion Drum Corps UK Percussive Arts Society Other Instruments British Double Reed Society British Flute Society Clarinet and Saxophone Society Flute.com - flute resources Flutewise International Clarinet Association International Double Reed Society International Saxophone National Flute Association Sax Talk Academic Organisations United Kingdom See also Music Education Listing of university and college music department and faculty home pages Area Music Centres in the UK Arts Educational Schools, London Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Association of Woodwind Teachers Barnsley College - (Brass Band courses), PO Box 266 Old Mill Lane Barnsley S70 2YW. Tel: 01226-216216, Fax: 01226 216470    Birmingham Conservatoire - Paradise Place, Birmingham, B3 3HG, Tel: 0121-331-5902 Brass Academy - specialises in running courses for brass players aged 8-18 of Grade 1 standard to Grade 8 and beyond. Centre for Young Musicians - Morley College, 61 Westminister Bridge Road, London SE1 7HT Charles Cross Music School - Rear, 43 Ebrington Street, Charles Cross, Plymouth, PL4 9AF, Tel: 01752-263069 Chetham's School of Music Long Millgate, Manchester, M3 1SB, Tel: 0161-834-9644, Fax: 0161-839-3609 Colchester Institute Centre for Music and Performance Arts - (Brass tuition), Sheepen Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3LL, Tel/Fax: 01206-718633 Countess of Munster Musical Trust - awards and funding guides (scholarships, competitions etc.) CUKAS - Conservatoires UK Admissions Service English Brass Academy - Exceptional courses for brass musicians The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Junior School - For children aged 13-18, Silk Street, Barbican, London, EC2Y 8DT, Tel: 020-7382-7160, Fax: 020-7382-7212   Hindhead Music Centre, Surrey - centre of excellence for musical tuition of all ages and abilities in a wide range of instruments Huddersfield University - (Brass Band courses), Tel: 01484-472003, Fax: 01484-472656   Kent Music School Leeds College of Music London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art London College of Music & Media Music Masters' and Mistresses' Association - Wayfaring, 8 Smithers Lane, East Peckham, Tunbridge, Kent, TN12 5HT. Tel/Fax: 01622 871576   MusicTeachers.co.uk - directory of and resources for UK music teachers and accompanists The National College of Brass - offers Primary Grades, Theory and Practical Grades (I - VIII) and Diplomas in Conducting and Performing. General Secretary: Mrs Lana Clough, The National College of Brass, 15 Brushes Road, Stalybridge, Cheshire, SK15 3EF. Tel: 0161 338 3768. (If a syllabus is required please send an A5 stamped addressed envelope to the value of £1).    National College of Music, General Secretary- 4 Duffield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 9RY, Tel: 01245-354596 National Children's Orchestra, For children between 7 and 14 - 84a Elm Tree Road, Locking, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, BS24 8EH National School Band Association - promoting the playing of brass and woodwind instruments in schools, colleges and communities -    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Niche - Nationwide Independent College of Higher Education - Music and Performance courses Northern Music Centre - 86 Simonside Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 5LA, Tel: 0191 276 2665, Fax: 0191 276 2665 Open College of the Arts - Composing Music courses Open University - Milton Keynes - flexible part-time MA programme. OrchestraNet Purcell School - International Specialist Music School Aldenham Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD2 3TS, Tel: 01923-331100, Fax: 01923-33116 Reading University School of Education Music Teaching in Professional Practice (Mtpp) course - a fantastic opportunity for aspiring or practising brass teachers! Royal Academy of Music - (Brass Tuition), Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5HT, Tel: 020-7873-7380, Fax: 020-7873-7374 Also The RAM Junior Academy   Royal College of Music - (Modern and Early Brass Tuition), Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BS, Tel: 020-7589-3643 Also The RCM Junior Department   Royal Northern College of Music - (Brass Band courses and Brass Tuition), 124 Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9RD, Tel: 0161-907-5264 Also The RNCM Junior School, Training for gifted youngsters aged 8-18 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - (Brass Department), 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama - (Brass and percussion studies), Castle Grounds, Cardiff, CF1 3ER, Tel: 01222-640054   St Mary's Music School - for musically gifted children - Edinburgh Schools Music Association Sedbergh School - Annual Brass Band Scholarships (The Michael Robertson Scholarship Fund) - details from the school: Sedburgh, Cumbria, LA10 5HG, Tel: 015396-20535, Fax: 015396-21301 Telford College of Arts and Technology - (Brass Band Training teachers certificate - City & Guilds 7307), Contact Darryl Griffiths, Tel: 01952-642277   Trinity College of Music - King Charles Court, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London SE10 9JF. Tel +44 (0)20 8305 4444, Fax +44 (0)20 8305 9444 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance - Laban, Creekside, London SE8 3DZ. Tel: 020 8469 9433 UCAS - Universities and Colleges Admissions Service University of Durham - MA in Brass Band Studies - Department of Music, Centre for Brass Band Studies, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RL. Tel: 0191 334 3140 University of Salford - (Brass Band courses), Peru Street, Salford, Greater Manchester, M3 6EQ, Tel: 0161-295-5000, Fax: 0161-295-6113 Victoria College of Music - London. Provides an independent system of examinations that encourage young people and mature students to take up and progress the study of self made Music, Speech and Drama Wells Cathedral School - Specialist music school - brass studies - scholarships and bursaries available, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2ST, Tel: 01749 834200   Winchester Music School Academic - International Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC) Australian National Academy of Music Danish Royal Academy of Music - Aarhus Foundation for Musical and Artistic Excellence Folkwang University of the Arts - Essen Juilliard School for Performing Arts - New York Musikhochschule Freiburg Musical Instrument Academy - private Academy in Norway offering studies in instrument building and repair. Classes for Scandinavian and English speaking students School of Music, University of Illinois - (Brass band course) - The UIUC British Brass Band maintains the traditional British Brass Band instrumentation. Sentinel Auckland Brass Academy - brass tuition and advice in New Zealand Other Arts, Music, Brass and Band Related Organisations UK ADAPT Trust - awards from £500 to £5000 for buildings and capital projects. Arts and heritage venues can apply for grants to improve disabled access. Wellpark, 120 Sydney Street, Glasgow, G31 1JF. Tel: 0141 556 2233. Arts & Business - Encourages business sponsorship of and support for the arts. Arts Council of England Arts Council of Northern Ireland Arts Council of Scotland Arts Council of Wales Association of British Orchestras Association of Professional Recording Services Awards for All - National Lottery funded grants of between £500 and £5000 for local groups Awards for Young Musicians - gives awards of between £200 and £2000 to talented young musicians who are in financial need Benslow Music Trust - Little Benslow Hills, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Herts, SG4 9RB (courses, concerts, instrument loans) Berkshire Young Musicians Trust (Brass) British Academy of Composers and Songwriters British Arts Festivals Association (BAFA) British Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles British Council Music Unit - a range of information resources and support for British music around the world British Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech British Federation of Youth Marching Band Organisations British Music Information Centre - resource centre for British contemporary classical music British Phonographic Industry Ltd - representing British record companies British Society for Music Therapy British Youth Band Association Charities Aid Foundation CISWO - Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation Classical Partners - Musical introduction agency and musical social scene Community Fund - distributes money raised by the National Lottery to support charities and voluntary and community groups Community Music Wales Composers of Wales Contemporary Music-making for Amateurs Countess of Munster Musical Trust - awards and funding guides (scholarships, competitions etc.) Department for Culture, Media and Sport Drake Music Project - encourages music for the disabled through music technology Drum Corps UK English Regional Arts Boards Ensemble Project - towards a distributed national library resource for music Esmee Fairbairn Foundation - grants for arts and heritage projects, Tel: 020 7297 4700 Federation of Recorded Music Societies Incorporated Society of Musicians - professional association for all musicians in the UK (also welcomes music students and amateurs) - 10 Stratford Place, London, W1N 9AE, Tel: +44 (0) 20 7629 4413 Institute of Musical Instrument Technology International Association of Music Libraries (UK Branch) John Fletcher Trust Fund - Grants awarded to brass players under age 20 for advancement of musical education and orchestral playing. Contact: Mrs. Ursula Jones, Hon. Secretary & Treasurer, 14 Hamilton Terrace, London, NW8 9UG Live Music Now! - the foremost outreach scheme in the UK. Promotes the enjoyment and experience of live music amongst people who would not normally have access to it, and assists gifted young professional musicians at the outset of their careers Lottery Good Causes - help to locate the right funding source Making Music - (National Federation of Music Societies) Making Music London Making Music South West Making Music Wales Manchester Musical Heritage Trust Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS), Elgar House, 41 Streatham High Road, London, SW16 1ER, Tel: 020-8769-4400 Music and the Deaf Music Centre Wales Music Education Council - umbrella body for all organisations connected with music education in the United Kingdom Music for Youth - Educational Charity - 102 Point Pleasant, London, SW18 1PP, Tel: 020 8870 9624, Fax: 020 8870 9935 Music Industries Association (MIA) Music Libraries Online Music Performance Research Centre - archive recordings of live performances Music Producers Guild Music Publisher's Association, 18-20 York Buildings, London, WC2N 6JU - Tel: 020-7839-7779, Fax: 020-7839-7776 Musicians' Benevolent Fund Musician's Union, 60/62 Clapham Road, London, SW9 0JJ, Tel: 020-7582-5566, Fax: 020-7582-9805 NAMHO - National Association of Mining History Organisations National Association of Music Educators (UK) National Association of Youth Orchestras National Campaign for the Arts (NCA) - the only independent UK lobbying organisation that represents all the arts. National Children's Orchestra, For children between 7 and 14 - 84a Elm Tree Road, Locking, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, BS24 8EH National Federation of Music Societies National Federation of Music Societies - Yorkshire and Humberside Region National Foundation for Youth Music - To promote and develop music opportunities for young people National Youth Arts Wales Orchestras Live - national development agency for orchestral music in England Performing Artists' Media Rights Association (PAMRA) Performing Arts Data Service Performing Rights Society, 29-33 Berners Street, London, W1P 4AA - Tel: 020-7580-5544, Fax: 020-7631-4138 Phonographic Performance Ltd, Granton House, 14-22 Granton Street, London, W1V 1LB - Tel: 020-7437-0311 Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL) Arts, devoted to the career development of talented young professional artists and musicians from the UK and the Commonwealth. The ROSL Competition awards in excess of £30,000 annually and has built up a solid reputation as a launching pad for the careers of outstanding young musicians now at the forefront of the music profession. Scottish Amateur Music Association Scottish Arts Council Scottish Music Centre - promoting the work of Scottish composers - 1 Bowmont Gardens, Glasgow G12 9LR, Tel: +44 (0)141 334 6393 Society for the Promotion of New Music (SPNM) Sound and Music - the UK's landmark organisation for new music and sound, bringing a vital art-form to more people Traditional Youth Marching Band Association Ty Cerdd - Music Centre Wales Voluntary Arts Network Welsh Amateur Music Federation Welsh Music Information Centre Wilfred Heaton Trust - dedicated to promoting the music and musical heritage of Wilfred Heaton Wind Band Association Workers' Music Association Worshipful Company of Musicians Youth Music - funding and grants for music-making activities for under-18s. International Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) Association for Independent Music Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers COMA - Contemporary Music-making for Amateurs The Conductors Guild Drum Corps International European Music Council FIM - International Federation of Musicians Finnish Music Information Centre Historic Brass Society, 148 West 23rd Street, #2A, New York, NY 110011, USA - Tel: +1-212-627-3820, Fax: +1-212-627-3820 International Alliance for Women in Music International Association of Music Information Centres International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers International Confederation of Music Societies International Military Music Society International Society for Music Education International Women's Brass Conference Jeunesses Musicales International John Philip Sousa Foundation Music Council of Australia Music Performance Trust Funds - US/Canada Nordic Copyright Bureau - Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Lithuania & Estonia World Association of Marching Show Bands World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles World Federation of International Music Competitions Australasia Australian Band and Orchestra Directors Association Australian Band and Orchestra Directors Association (Victorian Branch) Australian Band and Orchestra Directors Association (N.S.W. Inc.) Australian Band and Orchestra Directors Association (Queensland Inc.) Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society Australasian Performing Right Association Belgium Corps and Band Brazil Confederação Nacional de Bandas e Fanfarras Canada Alberta Band Association British Columbia Band Association Canadian Amateur Musicians (CAMMAC) Canadian Band Association Canadian Music Centre Manitoba Band Association Nova Scotia Band Association Ontario Band Association Quebec Band Association Saskatchewan Band Association Denmark Landsgardeforeningen Estonia Estonian Wind Music Society Finland Association of Finnish Brass Players Finnish Music Information Centre Finnish Wind Band Association Sulasol - Finnish Amateur Musician's Association France Confédération Musicale de France - Of the 5,786 musical organisations represented by the CMF there are 6 brass bands. Fédération musicale des Bouches du Rhône French Society of Music Authors, Composers and Publishers Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques Germany Blasmusikbüro Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Blas- und Volksmusikverbände German Authors' Rights Society Hessischer Musikverband e.V. Musikverband Schaumburg Weser e.V. Posaunenwerk der Evangelischen Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck Hong Kong Hong Kong Band Directors Association Hong Kong Marching Band Association Iceland Félag íslenskra Hljómslistarmanna (Association of Icelandic musicians) Icelandic School Bands Association Icelandic Wind Bands Association Ireland Irish Music Rights Organisation Italy Banda Musicale Japan Japanese Society for Rights of Authors and Composers Liechtenstein Liechtensteiner Blasmusikverband Netherlands Bond van Orkestdirigenten en Instructeurs Christelijke Bond van Muziekverenigingen Friesland Christelijke Bond Show en Drumbands International Military Music Society (NL) Jazzmasters in the Netherlands - database of jazz performers Koninklijke Nederlandse Federatie van Muziekverenigingen Limburgse Bond voor Muziekgezelschappen Nederlandse Federatie van Christelijke Muziekbonden Nederlands Instituut voor de Blaasmuziek Norway Norwegian Musical Directors Poland Brasserwis Portugal Bandas Filarmonicas Singapore Band Directors' Association (Singapore) Brass Society (Singapore) - A resource centre and hub for all levels of brass musicianship Slovenia Zveza Slovenskih Godb - Slovenian national Union of wind orchestras and bands South Africa The Field Band Foundation - This is is a non-profit organisation which seeks to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged youth by offering them an opportunity to participate in Field Bands all over South Africa. Switzerland Aargauischer Musikverband Bernischer Kantonal-Musikverband Fédération Jurassienne de Musique Freiburger Kantonal Musikverband Graubündner Kantonal Musikverband Luzerner Kantonal-Blasmusikverband Musikverband Baselland St. Galler Blasmusikverband Schaffhauser Blasmusikverband Schweizer Blasmusik-Dirigentenverband BDV Solothurner Blasmusik Verband Swiss corporation for composers, lyricists and music publishers Swiss Windband Association Thurgauer Kantonal-Musikverband Verband Schweizerischer Posaunenchöre + Association Suisse des Fanfares Chrétiennes Wind Music in Switzerland Zürcher Blasmusikverband Taiwan Republic of China Band Association U.S.A. American Bandmasters Association American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada American Institute of Musicology American Music Center - Scores and parts library. Opportunities for composers, arrangers, and performers. American Musical Instrument Society American Musicological Society Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Association of Concert Bands (USA and Canada) Association of Texas Small School Bands Bands of America 2000 College Band Directors National Association Connecticut Community Band Association Iowa Bandmasters Association Mid-States Band Association Music Library Association (USA) Music Publishers' Association of the United States National Association of Military Marching Bands National Band Association (USA) New England Scholastic Band Association Texas Bandmasters Association