Early brass bands also embraced new instrument designs adopted by their military counterparts or introduced by regimental and ex-regimental performers. The keyed bugle, patented by an Irish militia ...

Yale University Press Publishing is offering a special discount on Prof Trevor Herbert’s new book about the banding ...

They sit and wait. And then, when they ve counted out the correct number of measures and the moment arrives, they add the oomph and the gusto and the color to the music. And then they sit and wait ...

Old Crown Brass Band is celebrating its 10th anniversary Sunday with a gala where the group will perform highlights of its decade together. The nonprofit, volunteer band is a 32-piece ensemble of ...

A County Durham grandad has been featured in a BBC documentary as he remains the last miner in Easington Colliery Brass Band.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...