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Brass Band Concerts, Contests & Events: click here for new additions for bands across the UK and overseas
Brass Bands: Annan Town (APD) Band; Askøy Brass Band; Askøy Brass Symposium; Ashton Under Lyne Brass Band; Betlehemskyrkans Musikkår; Crosskeys Silver Band; Fanfare de Crissier; Hellesdon and Sprowston Brass; Hjørring Brass Band; Holsworthy Town Band; Horsham Borough Band; Lingfield Youth Band; Lions Youth Brass; Lydbrook Silver Band; Massanutten Brass Band; Middleton Band; National Youth Brass Band of Wales; Oughtibridge Brass Band; Princeton Brass Band; St Stythians Youth Band; Saltash Town Youth Band; Stonesfield Silver Band; Stretford Band; Wardle and District Anderson Brass; West Yorkshire Police Band; Worsborough Brass
Brass Ensembles: Brass Brothers - Olona Valley Brass Ensemble; Bryanek Brass Ensemble; Copenhagen Brass Ensemble; National Youth Symphonic Brass Wales; Wyndham Brass Quintet
Concert & Marching Bands: Colorado Wind Ensemble; Erdal Ungdomskorps; Försvarsmusikcentrum Swedish Armed Forces Music; Kongelige Livgardens Musikkorps; Laurie Young Concert Band; Marching Bands Online; Marienlyst Janitsjar; Musikselskabet Larmonien; Prinsens Livregiment's Musikkorps; 8. Regiments Musikkorps; Slemmestad Ungdomskorps; Slesvigske Musikkorps; West Midlands Concert Band
Commercial/Suppliers: Alla Breve Music; Alston Press; Studio Music Company; SZK Music; Thein - the Brass Brothers; Westbank & AMC Production; Windi
Miscellaneous: Asociación Colombiana de Trombonistas; Bente Illevold; Children's Music Workshop; Community Music Wales; Composers of Wales; Crystal Palace Band Historical Synopsis; CUKAS - Conservatoires UK Admissions Service; David Childs; Irwell Springs Band; Leeds College of Music; Militärmusiksamfundet med Svenskt Marscharkiv; National Eisteddfod of Wales; National Youth Arts Wales; Scottish Brass Band Association; Simone Rebello; Thor-Arne Pedersen; Trombone Poetry; Ty Cerdd - Music Centre Wales; UCAS - Universities and Colleges Admissions Service; Wagner Tuba; Welsh Amateur Music Federation; Welsh Music Information Centre
Books and Publications: - Bedford Town Band Centenary - 1994; - Fiftieth West of England Bandsmen's Festival - Bugle, Cornwall, 15th June 1974, 50pp (complete details of the previous 49 festivals); - Footscray-Yarraville City Band Tour of Canada, August 1975 - (Souvenir Booklet) Jamieson Printery, Footscray, 1975; - Queen's Bands 75th Anniversary 1905-1980 - Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Bach, Vincent - Embouchure & Mouthpiece Manual - Vincent Bach Corp, Elkhart, IN, 1968. 36pp; Becker, Kersten - Through These Doors: The History of the University of Massachusetts Minutemen Marching Band, 1863-2003 - Old Chapel Press, ISBN: 0974755303; Boosey & Hawkes (Canada) Ltd - Brass By Besson: Over 100 Years of Know-How - The Besson Story - Boosey & Hawkes (Canada) Ltd., Toronto, Canada, 1953; Brose, Eugene & Use, Henry - Spotlighting Your Marching Band - a Handbook on the Marching Band - Don Keller Music Co., Berkeley, CA, 1952. 72 pp.; Brozak, George Alan - A history of the bands at Ohio University, Athens - EdD thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004; Charles, Charles Edward - Historical Canadian band music: A new source of curriculum materials for the Canadian classroom - MMus thesis, University of Calgary, 2004; Clappe, Arthur A. - The Principles of Wind-Band Transcription - Carl Fischer, New York, 1921. 135 pp.; Conley, Martin E. - Stage Band Techniques for Brass & Woodwind - Private, n.d.; DiSanti, Theodore Anthony - The symphonic and military marches of Rafaele and Louis Gaspare: The performance practices of St. Margaret's Blue Coat Band (Rafaele Gaspare, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia) - DA thesis, University of Northern Colorado, 2004; Evans, Richard - Dick the Stick! - Jagrins Music Publications, Stockport, 2005; Fossey, Leslie - This Man Leidzen: Stories from the Life of Erik Leidzen, an American Salvationist Musician - Salvationist Publishing and Supplies Ltd, 1966. 90pp; Frederick, Matthew David - The history, the lives, and the music of the Civil War brass band - DMA thesis, University of Texas at Austin, 2004; Garofalo, Robert - Guide to Score Study for the Wind Band Conductor - Meredith Music, ISBN: 9624308624; Graham, Peter - Music for Brass band - thesis, Salford University, 1999; Griffin, Peter James - A history of the Illinois Industrial University/University of Illinois Band, 1867--1908 - EdD thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004; Griggs, Kevin D - The role of military bands as professional ensembles in the wind genre: A study of selected works commissioned by the United States Air Force band during the tenure of Colonel Lowell Graham - DA thesis, University of Northern Colorado, 2004; Hansen, Richard Kent - The American wind band: New historical perspectives - PhD thesis, University of Minnesota, 2004; Hayward, Carol M. - A course in band literature based on a standard repertoire developed from the opinions of selected collegiate and secondary school band directors - DMA thesis - Ohio State University, 2004; Hellyer, R. - Harmoniemusiks' music for small wind band in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. - DPhil thesis, University of Oxford, 1974; Hickmann, Hans - La Trompette dans l'Égypte Ancienne - Impr. de L'Institut Français, Le Caire, 1946. 76pp; Holmes P. et al - Prehistoric brass instruments - World Archaeology - Vol. 12 No. 3, February 1981; Hope, Noel - Crochets and Quavers, or the Making of the Brixwell Young People's Band - Salvationist Publishing & Supplies, London, 1921. 174pp; Jenkins, J.W. - Jenkins Beginner's Band Book and Instructor - J.W. Jenkins' Sons Music Company, Kansas City, Missouri, 1910. 22pp; Kaasjager, W. J. - Harmonie en Fanfarekorpsen - Alkmaar: De Alk. Grote Alken No. 617, 80pp; Knupps, Terri Lynn - The influence of the British brass-band tradition on writing for solo euphonium - MM thesis, University of Missouri - Kansas City, 2004; Logan, J.D. - Canada's Champion Regimental Band, Souvenir Edition; Louder, Earle L. And Corbin, David R. Jr. - Euphonium Music Guide - The Instrumentalist Co., Illinois, 1978. 46pp; Menke, Werner - History of the Trumpet of Bach and Handel - William Reeves, London; Myers, A. - Characterization and taxonomy of historic brass musical instruments from an acoustical standpoint. - PhD thesis - University of Edinburgh, 1997; Nelson, Justin and Karen - The Band Plays On: History of the Cedar Falls Band 1891-1991 - ISBN 0962950106; Niemisto, Paul - The Finnish immigrant brass bands on Minnesota's Iron Range - PhD thesis, University of Minnesota, 2004; Norcross, Brian H. - One band that took a chance: the Ithaca High School Band from 1955 to 1967, directed by Frank Battisti - Meredith Music Publications, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1994; Pan-American Band Instrument Co. - Band and Orchestra Handbook - Elkhart, Indiana, 19446; Priestley, Brian - The Sax and Brass Book: Saxophones, Trumpets and Trombones in Jazz, Rock and Pop - Backbeat Books, San Francisco, 2003. ISBN: 0879307374. 120pp; Russell, Raymond - Catalogue of Musical Instruments: Victoria & Albert Museum - HMSO, 1968; Seymour, C.H. - Aspects of musicality in the industrial regions of Lancashire and Yorkshire between 1835 and 1914, with reference to its educational, sociological and religious basis. - MA thesis, University of Durham, 1986; Smith, R.A. - Faulty intonation and its correction for brass wind instruments. - Ph.D. thesis, Southampton University, 1974; Thomas, Roger - Brass - Heinemann Library, Chicago, 2001 (children's); Thompson, Kenneth Wayne - Historical and analytical issues relating to Percy Grainger's folksong compositions for band - DMA thesis, University of Iowa, 2004; van Reken, Donald L. & Randall P. Vande Water - And Our Band Plays On - A 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Holland American Legion Band - Private Printing, Holland MI, 1995; Volgel, Martin - Die Intonation der Blechbläser - Düsseldorf, Gesellschaft zur Förderung der systematischen Musikwissenschaft, 1961; Wadsworth, Janet C - Punchinello and Other Bandroom Brawls - Kirklees Music, 2005; Ward, Richard J. - Band of H.M. Royal Marines Commando Forces: Plymouth's Military Music Makers, By Royal Appointment. A Pictorial History. - P.D.S. Printers, Plymouth, c1980; Weiss, Scott Anthony - A history of the United States Army Band 'Pershing's Own', 1945--2000 - EdD thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004; Weston, S.J. - The ophicleide: its background, invention and development - M.Phil. thesis, Leicester University, 1984; Woods, Glenn H. - School Orchestras And Bands - Oliver Ditson Company, 1920

March 2005

Brass Band Concerts, Contests & Events: click here for new additions for bands across the UK and overseas
Brass Bands: Alliance Brass; Blackley Band; Bollington Brass Band; Bristol Victoria Silver Band; City of Lincoln Band; Crofts End Mission Silver Band; Crwbin Silver Band; Dalkeith And Monktonhall Brass Band; Fairey FP (Music) Band; Fakenham Town Band; Grimsdyke Brass; Harwich Royal British Legion Brass Band; Herre Ungdomskorps; Hilgay Silver Band; Hook Norton Brass Band; Hoover Band (Bolton); Ipswich & Norwich Co-Op Band; Jølster Musikklag; Kleppe Musikklag; Kopervik Musikkorps; Krapfoss Hornorkester; Laksevåg Musikkforening; Lewis Merthyr Band; Lockerley Silver Band; Lyme Regis Town Band; Marlborough District Brass Band; Oldham Band (Lees); Plumbing Factory Brass Band; Radøy Brass; Randaberg Musikkorps; Saltash Town Band; Salvation Army Vlaardingen Band; Soundhouse Brass; South Shore Brass Band; Templet Hornorkester; Test Valley Brass Youth Band; Tysnes Musikklag; United Co-op New Mills Band; Wardle and District Anderson Brass; West Mercia Constabulary Band; Woodfalls Concert Brass; Ytre Nordfjord Brass
Brass Ensembles: Brass10; Felleskorps Ringerike; Heartland Brass; Nottingham Brass Quintet; Polyphonic Brass
Concert & Marching Bands: Arnhems Trompetterkorps; Bromley Concert Band; Cassino Band - Northumbria Army Cadet Force; Chiltern Concert Band; Fairport Fire Department Band; Fanfare St.Gertrudis Sint Geertruid; Floral Park Fire Department Band; Gravesend Borough Band; Harmonie Freienbach; Kent Coastal Concert Band; Kilties Drum and Bugle Corps; Los Angeles Pierce Symphonic Winds; New York City Police Department Band; Sevenoaks and Tonbridge Concert Band; Showband les Armourins; Societie Musicale Wincrange; Sound Beach Volunteer Fire Department Band; South Berks Concert Band; Stadtharmonie Laufen; Thanet Concert Band; Triangle Wind Ensemble; Wiltshire Constabulary Band
Commercial/Suppliers: Frog Studios; Geneva Trumpets; Greville Hodgson Musical Instruments; Schmelzer Musikinstrumente; Sounding Brass; Sterling Musical Instruments; Stork Mouthpieces; Weril Instruments
Miscellaneous: 4BarsRest Downunder; Bassclefbass; Brass Forum; Brass Forum UK articles; Composing and Arranging for Brass Band; Freelance Musicians; Historical Bands of Lycoming County, PA; Music Lessons Now.com; OTJ Trombone Forum; Sousaphones 4ever; Steven Haynes; Tuba Mouthpiece Comparison Chart; West of England Bandsmen's Festival; Whit Friday - Denshaw Contest
Books and Publications: - Harmonies et fanfares en Limburg - Gemeentekrediet, Brussels, 1986; Andersson, Greger - Bildning och nöje: bidrag till studiet av de civila svenska blåsmusikkårerna under 1800-talets senare hälft - Universitetet Stockholm, Uppsala, 1982. (a study of the civilian Swedish wind bands during the latter part of the 19th century; Boonzajer Flaes, Rob - Bewogen koper: van koloniale kapel tot wereldblaasorkest - De Balie, Amsterdam, 1993; Carriden, A - How to Choose an Instrument: Woodwind and Brass - Fountain Music Series no.4 - Fountain Press, 1953; Crédit communal de Belgique - Harmonies et fanfares en Namurois: exposition organisée par le Crédit communal de Belgique; à la Maison de la Culture de Namur du 12 septembre au 4 octobre 1981 - Bruxelles, 1981; Crédit communal de Belgique - Harmonies et fanfares en Luxembourg: exposition organisée par le Crédit communal de Belgique; au Palais Abbatial de Saint-Hubert du 25 juin au 31 juilet 1983 - Liége, 1983; Crédit communal de Belgique - Harmonies et fanfares en Hainaut Occidental: exposition organisée par le Crédit communal de Belgique; à ; la Maison de la Culture de Tournai du 5 septembre au 10 octobre 1982 - Bruxelles, 1982; Kapusta, Jan - Dechové kapely, pochod a Frantisek Kmoch - Supraphon, Prague, 1974; Looker, Fred - Memoes of a Bandsman on Active Service - in Captivity and Peace - Fred Looker, 1986; Markham, Lynne - The closing march - Mammoth, London, 1997; Sánchez Buades, Manuel - Historia de la banda de música "La Paz" de San Juan de Alicante: un centario facundo - Caja de Ahorros Provincial, Alicante, 1984; Suppan, Armin - Repertorium der Märsche für Blasorchester -Schneider, Tutzing, 1982; Wilson, Brian Scott - Orchestrational Archetypes in Percy Grainger's Wind Band Music (Studies in the History and Interpretation of Music, Vol 82) - Edwin Mellen Press, 2002. ISBN: 0773473300; Wipfli, Walter - Die Geschichte der Blasmusik im Kanton Uri - herausgegeben vom Urner Kantonalen Musikverband zu seinem 50-Jahr-Jubilaum - Der Verband, Altdorf, 1981; Woodward, Musician - W.'s Musical Catechism, including the technical terms, to which are added many useful remarks on the formation of Military and Brass Bands, Orchestras, etc. - Liverpool, 1847; Zaubek, Othmar KM - Blasmusik im Bezirk Zwettl - Leutgeb, Zwettl, 1980; Andersson, Greger - Bildning och nöje: bidrag till studiet av de civila svenska blåsmusikkårerna under 1800-talets senare hälft - Universitetet Stockholm, Uppsala, 1982. (a study of the civilian Swedish wind bands during the latter part of the 19th century ); Zaubek, Othmar KM - Blasmusik im Bezirk Zwettl - Leutgeb, Zwettl, 1980; Kapusta, Jan - Dechové kapely, pochod a Frantisek Kmoch - Supraphon, Prague, 1974; Markham, Lynne - The closing march - Mammoth, London, 1997; Sánchez Buades, Manuel - Historia de la banda de música "La Paz" de San Juan de Alicante: un centario facundo - Caja de Ahorros Provincial, Alicante, 1984; Crédit communal de Belgique - Harmonies et fanfares en Namurois: exposition organisée par le Crédit communal de Belgique; à la Maison de la Culture de Namur du 12 septembre au 4 octobre 1981 - Bruxelles, 1981

February 2005

Brass Band Concerts, Contests & Events: click here for new additions for bands across the UK and overseas
Brass Bands: Blackhall Youth Band; BM&W Brass; Durham Constabulary Brass Band; Filton Concert Brass; Haslingden & Helmshore Band; High Green Brass Band; Lofthouse 2000 Brass Band; Moreland City Band; North Ayrshire Band; Thornbury Castle Band; Thurlstone Brass Band; Shaftesbury Town Silver Band; Soham Comrades Band; Southend Band; Tullis Russell Mills Band; Vintage Brass Band; Wellington Memorial Silver Band; Winchcombe Concert Brass
Brass Ensembles: Elbeblech Brass Quintet; English Brass Quintet; Fatlips Tubas Ensemble; Smelne Brass Quintet; Tubalaté; Wormshead Brass
Concert & Marching Bands: Band of the Lincolnshire Army Cadet Force; Banda Marcial do Colégio Progresso; Banda Marcial Getulio Vargas; Banda Marcial São Marcos; Sociedade Filarmónica União e Capricho Olivalense; Bognor Regis Concert Band; Brasil Bandas; Charles Cross Concert Band; Fanfarra Impacto; Fanfarra Municipal de Taubaté; Instituto Wamsb Brasil; Kungliga Svea Livgardes Musikkårs; Oakville Wind Orchestra; Regimental Band 150 Regiment RLC (V); Second Wind; Sociedade Filarmónica União e Capricho Olivalense; Wigston Scout and Guide Band; World of Pageantry
Commercial/Suppliers: B&S Tubas; Barcelona Tours; Bell Percussion; Cherry Classics; Crescent Music; de Haro Horns; June Emerson - Wind Music; Klezmer for Brass 'n' Wood; Midland CD Club; Musical Instrument Supplies; Sheehans Musical Instruments & Accessories; Stomvi Trumpets (UK); Victoria College of Music; Vincent Bach
Miscellaneous: Argentinian tubas; Bandas Filarmónicas Portuguesas; Brass Band Podcasting; Durham County Brass Band Association; European Brass Band Association; FIM - International Federation of Musicians; Finnish Music Information Centre; Gustavo Marinoni; Landsgardeforeningen; Lingdale Bands; National Brass Band Championships of New Zealand; Sulasol - Finnish Amateur Musician's Association; Summer Brass Institute 2005; Tony Cliff; Youth Music
Books and Publications: Booth, Gregory D - Brass Baja: Stories From The World Of Indian Wedding Bands, 2005. ISBN: 0195670817; Cook, Graham - Woodhouse Band - The First 150 Years - The Band, 2005.; Green, Roger Challoner - In Pursuit Of A Dream: Proclamation (book to accompany the "Proclamation: In Pursuit of a Dream" - a recording in Celebration of the Bass Trombone, by Douglas Yeo (Boston Symphony Orchestra), 1996; Warren, Alf - Century Of Brass 1887-1987: Morwell Citizens Band, 1987

January 2005

Brass Band Concerts, Contests & Events: click here for new additions for bands across the UK and overseas
Brass Bands: Avonbank (Evesham) Brass Band; Bestwood Welfare Black Diamonds Band; Birchington Silver Band; Blanchardstown Brass Band; Bourbon City Brass Band; Bude Town Band; Crofton Silver Band; Delta Brass Zeeland; Cincinnati Honors Brass Band; Emma Brass; Indiana Brass Band; Jedforest Instrumental Band; King's Park Brass; Machno Vale Silver Band; Magheramorne Silver Band; Malmö Brass Band; March Brass 2000; Martini Brassband Groningen; Nelson City Brass; Penclawdd Brass Band; Redruth Town Band; Snowdown Colliery Welfare Band; Whiston Brass Band; YBS Band
Brass Ensembles: Blue Hill Brass Quintet; DuMaurier Brass Ensemble; Mardi Brass; Middlesex Brass Quintet; Modern Jazz Tuba Project; New England Horn Quartet; Parsifal Brass Quartet; Portland Brass; Proteus 7; Seaside Brass; Something Brass; Symphony Brass Quintet u.s.a.; Talking Trombones
Concert & Marching Bands: Beckenham Concert Band; Blaasorkest de Malpiegalm Valkenswaard; Chalfont Wind Bands; Corpo Bandistico "Igino Robbiani" - Soresina; East Glasgow Concert Band; East Lancashire Concert Band; Koninklijke Harmonie de Jonge Scheuten; KUD Godba na pihala Črnomelj; Lambton Concert Band; Lincoln District Scout Band; Littlehampton Concert Band; Motherwell Symphonic Band; Onkaparinga City Concert Band
Commercial/Suppliers: Brasswind Australia; Brass 'n' woodwind; Giddings and Webster Mouthpieces; Houser Custom Mouthpieces; Leweb; Music from Lloyd; Musicorp; PMSound
Miscellaneous: Art's Tuba Logic; Australian Band and Orchestra Directors Association; Band Association of New South Wales; Benjamin Pierce; Brass Aid Concerts; Brass Players in Film Music; British Music Information Centre (bmic); German Oom-pah Band Music; Girvan Silver Band - as filmed in 1930; Hardraw Scar Brass Band Contest; Hardraw Scar Brass Band Contest History; Hawthorn Band History; Hidehiro Fujita; Inistioge Brass Band History; Israelite House of David - Musical Traditions; John Griffiths; Joshua Brown; Licensing Act 2003 - How it Will Affect Brass Bands and Other Musical Groups < /a>; Marching Band Music; Music Council of Australia; Music Dictionary; Nationale Bastuba Site; Oughton Family; Pål Magne Austnes; Paula Russell; Pennine Music Publishing; Prisma Music; Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL) Arts; Les Tubas de Noël; Searching for Brass Band Ancestors?; South Australian Band Association; Svenska Brass Band Festivalen; Tasmanian Bands' League; Wheaton Band Festival; Windsor Colliery Silver Band; WMA Summer School of Music
Books and Publications: - City of Truro Band – 100 Years of Music Souvenir, The Band, 1988; Birkemeier, Richard P. - Design characteristics of nineteenth century American-made brass instruments - Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 108(5), November 2000, pp. 2618; Clarke, George - Bold as brass: a bandsman's tales - United Writers, 1997. ISBN: 1852000759; Cox, Lindsay - Brave & True: From Blue to Khaki - the Band of the 2/22nd Battalion - The Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory Archives & Museum, 2003; Darbyshire, Bramwell - Woodland Citadel (Illustrated by James Moss) - Salvationist Publishing and Supplies, London, 1959.; Erwin, Paul Francis - Bands, Bandmasters and Bandstands: A Search for Public Support in Democracy - Journal of American Culture, 9(3), Fall 1986, pp.55; Gislingham Band - Cecil Carter and the Gislingham Band - Greenridges Press, June 2002, ISBN: 1902019040; Harris, RG - The Uniforms of the British Yeomanry Force 1794-1914. Volume 14, Yeomanry Drum Banners & Mounted Bands; Hurd, Michael - Soldiers' Songs and Marches (illustrated by John Miller) - Oxford University Press, 1966. [Young Reader's Guides to Music]; Jones, Stuart E - The President's Music Men - Growing from Fifes and Drums to 100 of the World's Most Expertly Played Instruments, the Colorful Marine band Marches Melodiously Through the Nation's History - National Geographic Magazine, Vol 116, No 6, December 1959, pp. 752-766; Newsome,Roy - Brass Bands: from the Second World War to the Present Day - Ashgate, Aldershot, 2005. ISBN: 0754607178; Pearson,Ken – Brass Bands of Lincolnshire: County Contest - Lincolnshire Life, vol. 6(2), April 1966, pp. 39-41; Petrovic D et al – [Noise and injuries in members of a military brass band] - Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 36(1), Jan-Feb 1979, pp.26-9; Petrovic D et al – [Work conditions and health status of members of a brass band] - Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 37(3), May-Jun 1980, pp.180-3; Pinner, M A History of Brass Bands in New South Wales: 1788 to 1901, unpublished M.A. Honours thesis, Macquareie University, Sydney, Australia, 2004; Rosengren, William - Regimental Bands in the Civil War - Journal of American & Comparative Cultures, 24(1-2), Spring/Summer 2001, pp.191; Ruhrmund, F - About St Just in Penwith - Bossiney Books, 1979. [chapter on Pendeen Silver Band]