The Magnolia City Brass Band. Since its origins in Great Britain in the mid nineteenth century, the British style brass band has become a popular ensemble around the world. The Magnolia City Brass ...

A new book written by Prof Trevor Herbert and aimed at general readers interested in an overall analysis and insight into the brass band movement in the UK and beyond, is to be published in July.

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 ...

Houston Brass Band, led by Houston Symphony trumpeter Robert Walp, preforms a lively and entertaining program of British brass band music. The band is a member of the Hobby Center’s Uniquely Houston® ...

As a little boy in World War II England, Edmund Fry, 85, remembers one particular Christmas Day when he woke up to the gift of an orange he could share with his twin brother. “That was like receiving ...

Wantage MD Chris King used all his considerable experience in balancing what adjudicator Dr Tom Davoren said were the type of ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A free concert will be kicking off the summer with a brass band in the traditional British style. We spoke with the band’s director Tim McMillin this morning to get the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — From patriotism to celebrating the holidays, the Brass Band of Columbus has been sounding their horns since Dana Rinehart was the city’s mayor in 1984. One of the original ...

Bolton’s Victoria Hall will host a rare showcase of brass band music this weekend, it's not to be missed.

While wartime bands included woodwind instruments such as clarinets and bassoons, O'Keeffe points out that the 15th Regiment of Foot had already organized a bugles-only band by 1818 and that numerous ...