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Pages in category "British brass bands" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In Britain, a brass band (known regionally as a silver band or colliery band) is a musical ensemble comprising a standardized range of brass and percussion instruments.The modern form of the brass band in the United Kingdom dates back to the 19th century, with a vibrant tradition of competition based around communities and local industry, with colliery bands being particularly notable.
Many of these bands also compete in the British Open Brass Band Championships, established in 1853, [3] and become representatives of their nations in the European Brass Band Championships. The test pieces set for or commissioned by this section are extremely difficult and use complicated musical conventions and techniques to challenge the ...
The findings challenge the held belief that brass bands originated with coal miners and other industrial communities between the 1830s and 1850s.
The Brighouse and Rastrick band celebrating their victory at the 2022 British Open Championships. The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band is a British brass band formed in 1881. The band is based in Brighouse, in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. The band is known across the world, and is regarded by many as the best and most consistent ...
The Cory Band is one of the oldest and best known award-winning [1] brass bands in the world based in Treorchy of the Welsh Valleys, Britain. [2]Ranked the world's No. 1 brass band for 13 consecutive years, [3] Cory made world history in 2016 by winning all three majors titles: 'Best Brass Band' at British, National and European championships – the banding world's Grand Slam – along with ...
Pages in category "Brass bands" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. Brass band; British brass band; A.
Leyland Band has also rightly earned its reputation as an unrivalled concert entertainer by producing dynamic and unique performances both at home and abroad. Leyland Band has always fostered a strong sense of originality. In 1980, the ensemble was the first western brass band to tour Japan, a country it revisited along with South Korea in the ...