Northamptonshire-based GUS Band is crowned the winner of the championship.

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 ...

"I haven't ever looked back." Binns is also chairperson for the Cornwall Youth Brass Band, which she played in when she was a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Back for a second year, there are multiple events taking place in Oldham, Bury and Bolton that celebrate the music and ...

Stress relief, improved mental health and lungs like an elite sports star are just some of the ways playing in a brass band can improve your health and wellbeing, according to research from the ...

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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 ...