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December 2003

Brass Band Concerts, Contests & Events: new additions for bands across the UK and overseas
Brass Bands: Auglend Skolekorps; Brass Band La Marcelline de Grône; Brass Band WBI; Brass Band Willebroek; Cadishead Public Band; Cambridge SA Band; Canning City Brass Band; Canterbury Brass Band; City Of Truro Band; Classic Brass; Echo des Glaciers Fairey FP (Music) Band; Ferndown Concert Brass; Ferryhill Town Band; Gjesdal Brass Band; Hornorkesteret Stavanger; Kennington (Oxford) Band; Langley Band; La Liberté de Salins; Listowel Citadel Band; Louth Riverhead Silver Band; Orchestre de Cuivres de Paris; Rivington and Adlington Brass Band; Smyrna Brass; South East Cheshire Youth Band; Sutherland Shire Brass; Tustin Ranch Band; Victorian State Youth Brass Band; Wellington (Telford) Brass Band; Winona Brass Band; Yarwell & Nassington Britannia Band; York Citadel Band
Brass Ensembles: Blech im Quadrat; Bocal Consort Hamburg; Brass Roots; Brio Brass Quintet; Generation Brass; London Banqueting Ensembles; Saskatchewan Brass
Concert & Marching Bands: Bicester Concert Band; Brampton Concert Band; BT Orchester Bad Bramstedt; Burlington Concert Band; Corps de Musique de St-Imier; Eiganes Skolekorps; Etobicoke Community Concert Band; Fanfare Ancienne Cécilia de Chermignon; Fanfare Echo de la Dente-Blanche; Fanfare Echo des Bois; Fanfare Echo du Trient; Fanfare la Cécilia d'Ardon; Fanfare la Léonardine; Fanfare la Rosablanche de Nendaz; Fanfare la Rose des Alpes; Fanfare Union de Vétroz; Festival Wind Orchestra; Førre Musikkorps; La Gérinia; L'Harmonie Municipale de Bonneville; Haugesund Ungdomskorps; Kongelige Norske Marines Musikkorps; Madlamark Skolekorps; Mississauga Pops Concert Band; Northdale Concert Band; Norwood Brass Firemen; Oakville Wind Orchestra; Pihalni Orkester Radeških Papirnièarjev; Scarborough Community Concert Band; Thornhill Community Band; Union Instrumentale Ayent-Anzère; University of Exeter Concert Band; Wester Harmonie; Yorkshire Volunteers Band
Commercial/Suppliers: Atkins Band Instrument Repair; Basset Hound Music Store; Early Music Shop; John Hornby Skewes & Co; Manduca Sheet Music and Scores; MelodyBay musical entertainment search; Musicsender; Rayburn Musical Instrument Co. Inc; Southern Music Company; TP Music
Miscellaneous: Access to Music; Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM); Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC); Australian Trumpet Guild; BBC Young Musician of the Year; Bell Engravings; Brass Band - Musikstil oder Lebenseinstellung; Buy the Latest Recordings from Brass Bands; Classical Partners; Federation of Recorded Music Societies; Flute.com; Hindhead Music Centre; International Double Reed Society; Jim Self; Music for Teachers; National Music Museum & Center for Study of the History of Musical Instruments; National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain; OJ's Trumpet Page; Schools Music Association; Scottish Music Centre; Spence's Music Jokes; Trinity College of Music; Trumpet Player Online; Vintage Salvation Army Brass Band 78rpm recordings; Vintage Vinyl Brass Band records; Waldo's Tribute to the Wonderful Tuba
Books and Publications: Bailey, Wayne & Caneva, Thomas - The Complete Marching Band Resource Manual: Techniques and Materials for Teaching, Drill Design and Music Arranging - University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. ISBN: 0812218566; Battisti, Frank - The Winds of Change: The Evolution of the Contemporary American Wind Band/Ensemble and Its Conductor - Meredith Music Publications, 2002. ISBN: 0634045229; Camphouse, Mark - Composers on Composing for Band - GIA Publications Inc, 2003. ISBN: 1579991955; Johnson, Eric - The Bands Play On!: A History of Burton Bands - Tempus Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 0752430793; Johnson, Keith - Brass Performance and Pedagogy - Prentice Hall, 2001. ISBN: 0130914835; Meek, Harold - Horn and Conductor: Reminiscences of a Practitioner - University of Rochester Press, 1997. ISBN: 1878822837; Mortimer, Harry - ABC of Brass Bands - Radio Times, October 11-17, 1953; Murray,David - Music of the Scottish Regiments - The Mercat Press, 2003. ISBN: 1841830267; Rocco, Emma Scogna - Italian Wind Bands: A Surviving Tradition in the Milltowns of Pennsylvania (European Immigrants and American Society) - Garland Science, 1990. ISBN: 0824074297; Sharth, Sharon - Brass Instruments - Child's World, 2002. ISBN: 1567669859; Simonett, Helena - Banda: Mexican Musical Life Across BordersWesleyan University Press, 2001. ISBN: 0819564303

November 2003

Brass Band Concerts, Contests & Events: new additions for bands across the UK and overseas
Brass Bands: Bolton Music Service Brass Bands; Burnley Alliance Silver Band; Callington Town Band; Coronation Brass; Friary Guildford Brass Band; Fuoco Brass; Greenalls Brass Band; Hatfield Wilfreda Beehive Brass Band; Hungerford Town Band; Kilbirnie Citadel Band; Mid Sussex Brass Band; Mornington Youth and Citizens Band; Musikgesellschaft Lyss; Muziekkorps Brunssum-Treebeek; Muziekvereniging Valuas; Pavilion Brass; Playa Ancha Corps Band; Rangitikei College Brass; Reading Central YP Band; Salvation Army German Staff Band; NZ Salvation Army National Development Youth Band; NZ Salvation Army National Youth Band; Radyr & Morganstown (Melingriffith) Band; Salvation Army Vlaardingen Band; South Yorkshire Police Band; Stockton Citadel Band; United Norwest Co-op Milnrow Band; Wolverton Town Band; Woodbridge Salvation Army Band
Brass Ensembles: ABF Brass Ensemble; Berlioz Historical Brass; Boulevard Chamber Brass Ensembles; Creative Tuba Quartet; Daniel Speer Brass Quintete; Euphoria Tuba Quartet; Euskadi Brass; VulpenBrass
Concert & Marching Bands: Banda Escuteiros de Barroselas; Barnet Band; Blasorchester Neufeld-Marne; Dublin Concert Band; East Coast Elite Brass & Percussion Corps; Koninklijk Erkende Christelijke Muziekvereniging "De Bazuin"; Koninklijke Harmonie Mechelen; Koninklijke Muziekvereniging 'Concordia' Tholen; Musikerverband Schleswig-Holstein; Nottinghamshire Police Band; Woodley Concert Band; Zalaszentgróti Városi Fúvószenekar
Commercial/Suppliers: Croft Music; Eclipse Trumpets; HW and J Dean Brass Repairs; Opus3 Music; Piccolo Press; Superscope; Turandot music notation software
Miscellaneous: Appleton family in brass bands; Brass bands in Welsh slate quarrying communities; Brass Herald; Darrol Barry; Eiliv Herikstad; Feat of Brass!; Inner Tuba; James Scott - one of life's true gentlemen; János Mazura; Opotiki's old Band Hall & the Brass Band; Our Trip to Saxmundham (1908); Roy Lambeth and the Durham Miners' Gala – 1983; Salvation Army Instrumental Music Index; Timpani & Percussion & its contribution to the Modern Brass Band; Vintage pictures of brass players
Books and Publications: - Launceston City Band Jubilee 1876 - 1926 - The Examiner & Weekly Courier, Launceston, Australia, 1926; Adelaide Municipal Tramways Symphonic Band - Souvenir of the Adelaide Municipal Tramways Symphonic Band - Adelaide, South Australia, 1924; Bartner, Art - University of California Trojan Marching Band: Twenty Five Years with Dr. Arthur C. Bartner - Jensen & Walker Inc., California, 1995; Collinsville High School - CHS Band: Fifty Years of Making Music 1930-1980 - Collinsville High School, Collinsville, Illinois, 1980; Hammonds,DG - Kent Police Band Souvenir Booklet - Kent County Constabulary, 1989; Hatton, Thomas J - The Music Came First - The Memoires of Theodore Paschedag - Southern Illinois University Press, P.O.Box 3697,Carbondale Ill., USA 62902-3697 - 1988 - ISBN: 0-8093-1471-1 and 0-8003-1472-X (pbk.); Littlegreen, Curtis (ed) - Script Ohio: 110 Years of the Ohio State University Marching Band - Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1979; McIntosh, Dale - History of Music in British Columbia 1850-1950 - Sono Nis Press, Victoria, BC, Canada, 1989. ISBN 0-919203-99-X; Mackie-Beyer - The Band Leader's Guide - J.W. Pepper & Son, Philadelphia, 1916; Maloney, T & Clark, SH - 'Music For Winds I: Bands - Musique Pour Vents I: Harmonies - The Canadian Music Heritage Society, PO Box 53161, Ottawa ON, Canada K1N 1C5 - 1998 - ISBN: 0-919883-27-3; Pratt, Will - A Funny Thing Happened On...The Way! - Humor in The Salvation Army - Winepress Publishing, USA, ISBN: 0854126422; Redhead, Gwenyth J. - The Bandmaster: the book of the play - The Salvation Army (Canada and Bermuda), Ontario, 1981. ISBN: 0888570260; Stoessel, Albert - The Technique of the Baton: a handbook for students of conducting - Carl Fischer, New York, 1920

October 2003

Brass Band Concerts, Contests & Events: new additions for bands across the UK and overseas
Brass Bands: Barrow Shipyard Band; Brass Band 70; Brassband Old Fellows & Friends; Breage & District Silver Band; Broxburn Public Band; Creetown Silver Band; East London Brass; East Riding of Yorkshire Band; Eccles Borough Silver Band; Emley Brass Band; Flixton Band; Frodsham Silver Band; Granite City Brass; Mosgiel Brass; Newport Borough Brass Band; Old Arizona Brass Band; Ottery St. Mary Silver Band; Pendennis Brass; St Michael's Brass Band; St Stephan Brass Band Hamburg; Skelmanthorpe Brass Band; Stanley Newmarket Colliery Band; Tullis Russell Mills Band
Brass Ensembles: BrassNeck Quintet; Modern Brass Quartett; New Trombone Collective; Trafalgar Brass
Concert & Marching Bands: Gloucester Charter Concert Band; Indianapolis Municipal Band; Musikkapelle Opfenbach 1785 e.V.
Commercial/Suppliers: Agan Music Company; Brooks Art; Crabtree Music Publications; Eclipse Trumpets; Kelly Mouthpieces; Musical Instrument Sales; Pollard Valve Oil; Sounds Right Music Publications; Wallner Friedl
Miscellaneous: Australasian Music and Dance Research; Band Director.com; Band Director Discussion Forum; Historical Brass Band Figures; Reading University School of Education Music Teaching
Books and Publications: Knott, Melvyn - Constant Trust - The Spirituality of the Music of Eric Ball – Planetree Books, Llanidloes, 2003. ISBN: 1842941240. Includes a CD of conversation between the author and Eric Ball. Copies £6 from Melvyn Knott, 25 Richmond Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 5LL; Slater, Brigadier - The Salvation Army Dictionary of Music - The Salvation Army Book Department, London, 1906; Whiteoak, John - Early Australian Brass Band Music as Pop - Tony Mitchell and Peter Doyle (eds) - Changing Sounds, 1999 International IASPM Conference, Sydney, University of Technology, 2001, p.177-182; Whiteoak, John - Pity the Town Without a Band - Brass Banding in Australian Rural Society Before World War Two - Rural Society, (11), November 2003; Whiteoak, John - Popular Music, Militarism, Women and the Early "Brass Band" in Australia - Australasian Music Research, (6) p.27-48, 2002; Whiteoak, John - The Big Brass Band Battle - Francesca Folk-Skolaro (ed) - Brunswick Stories and Histories, Brunswick Community History Group, 1999, p.47-9

September 2003

Brass Band Concerts, Contests & Events: new additions for bands across the UK and overseas
Brass Bands: Aabenraa Brass Band; Canterbury Foundation Brass; Clackmannan and District Brass Band; Denton Brass; Dobcross Silver Band; Dysart Colliery Silver Band; Fleckney Silver Band; Freckleton Band; Hawthorn Band; Killamarsh Silver Band; Lochgelly Band; Moston and Beswick Manchester Band; Natural State Brass Band; Scissett Youth Band; Silk Brass (The Macclesfield Band); Singleton Town Band; Toronto Brass; Victor Harbor City Band; Waltham Forest Brass; Westoe (STHCT) Band; Wigan Youth Brass Band
Brass Ensembles: British Euphonium Ensemble; Emmanuel Brass Quintet; Fanfare Piston Circus; No Strings Attached; White River Brass
Concert & Marching Bands: Blaskapelle Bad Bayersoien; East York Concert Band; Kalamaria Wind Band; Lanarkshire Orchestral Society; St Alfio's Band of Lawrence
Commercial/Suppliers: Benthooters; Chicago Brass Works; Devilish Publishing; Dragon Music Publishing; John Robshaw & Associates; Middleton Music; Mitre Music; Monette; Nichols Music Company Publications; Oriana Publications Limited; Ruh Musik AG; Simply Brass
Miscellaneous: Another Face of Saddleworth; A Brief History of the Military Drum leading to the evolution of Pipe Band Drumming; Amazing Story of the Floral Dance; Band Association of New South Wales; Baton Problems; Boosey Woodwind and Brass Method; Brass Bands at Craft Shows; Brassinfo.nl; David Thornton; Fleugelhorn in the Brass Band; Geography of Community Bands in Virginia; George Pollen Midi Collection; Hebron Military Band History; Iain McKnight; James Smock; Nick Walkley; Orchestral Euphonium and its repertoire; Pegswood Colliery Band - 1960 film clip; Pete Meechan; Policy for Child Protection and Safeguarding Tutors in Brass Bands; Rich Szabo; Ryan J. Peni
Books and Publications: - How To Promote Your Band, A Manual Of Public Relations For The Band Director - H & A Selmer Inc, Indiana, 1957; Anderson, Paul G. (Compiler) - Brass Ensemble Music Guide - The Insrumentalist Co., Evanston, 1978; Bowen, C. K. - Adult community bands in the southeastern United States: An investigation of current activity and background profiles of the participants, 1995. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56(04), 1172A. (University Microfilms No. AAT95-26740); Boyd, E. - The Kirkwood Community Band - Instrumentalist, 43(4) 1988, p62.; Bryant, Carolyn - And the Band Played On, 1776-1976 - Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1975; Carson, W. S. - A history of the Northshore Concert Band, Wilmette, Illinois, 1956-1986: The first thirty years - 1992. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53(07), 2150A. (University Microfilms No. AAT92-37242); Coffman, D. - Musical Backgrounds and Interests of Active Older Adult Band Members - Dialogue in Instrumental Music Education, 20, 1996, p25.; Coffman, D. D., & Levy, K. - Senior adult bands: Music's new horizon - Music Educators Journal, 84(3), 1997, p17-22.; Colin, Dr. Charles - The Brass Player - Vital Brass Notes - The Art of Trumpet Playing (A Text) - privately printed, 1972; Cox,Joyce - The Reepham Town Band (now Matthews Norfolk Brass) a tribute by Joyce Cox - Reepham Society, Reepham, 2002. ISBN: 0953985822; Dynan, B. - Community bands: Think small - Instrumentalist, 33(8), 1979, p123.; Falardeau,V and Parent,J - La musique du Royal 22e Regiment: 50 Ans d'Histoire 1922-1972 - Editions Garneau, Quebec City, Canada, 1972; Fuller, J. E. - Colorado adult amateur bands and the implications for music educators - 1973. Dissertation Abstracts International, 34(05), 4822. (University Microfilms No. AAT74-01614); Fuller, J. E. - Contests: The key to developing community bands - Instrumentalist, 43(6), 1979, p80.; Hauer, J. - Toot your own horn: Start an adult band - Instrumentalist, 43(9), 1989, p92.; Heintzelman, T. D. - Adult concert band participation in the United States - Doctoral dissertation, Indiana University, 1988. Dissertation Abstracts International, 50, 381A.; Jantzen, C. - A beginning band with only adults - Instrumentalist, 52(11), 1998, p62.; Lawrence, P. - Benefits of community bands - Instrumentalist, 46(6), 1992, p70.; Lawrence, P. - Extending the influence of community bands - Instrumentalist, 49(6), 1995, p80.; LeCroy, H. F. - Community-based music education: influences of industrial bands in the American South - Journal of Research in Music Education, 46, 1998, p248-264.; Leighty, Ellis E. & Walker, Alan W. - A History of the 106th Infantry Division Band, 1948; Maher, Marty - Bringing Up the Brass; my 55 years at West Point - David McKay, New York, 1951; Martin - A status study of community bands in the United States - Council for Research in Music Education Bulletin, 1986, p87; Martin, P. J. - A status study of community bands in the United States - 1983. Dissertation Abstracts International, 44(09), 2703A. (University Microfilms No. AAT84-00706); Patterson, F. C. - Motivational factors contributing to participation in community bands of the Montachusett region of north central Massachusetts - Doctoral dissertation, University of Connecticut, 1985. Dissertation Abstracts International, 46, 1776A.; Patterson, F. C. - Intrinsic rewards as a motivational factor contributing to participation in community bands of the Montachusett region of north central Massachusetts - Dialogue in Instrumental Music Education, 10, 1986, p58.; Patterson. (1988). Motivational factors contributing to participation in community bands of the montachusett region of North Central Masachusetts - Council for Research in Music Education Bulletin, 1988, p97.; Sheldon, D. A. - Participation in community and company bands in Japan - Update, 17, 1998, p21-24.; Slevin, Felix ("Martindale") - Mr Pubprop: the Man Who Knows it all on Brass Bands, Brass Bandsmen and Other Things - Bandsmen Press Ltd, London, 1942; Spencer, W. D. - An attitude assessment of amateur musicians in adult community bands - 1966. Dissertation Abstracts International, 57(11), 4684A. (University Microfilms No. AAT97-14061); Stella, M. - The story of the Metropolitan Community Concert Band - Instrumentalist, 35(12), 1981, p16.; Terziano, Ed (Compiler) - The Little Town Band That Grew and Grew: A Mini History (Anglo Canadian Leather Co. Concert Band) - Forester Press, Huntsville, 1986; Wier, R. - Community bands: Percussion section considerations - Instrumentalist, 43(12), 1989, p28.; Wifler, R. - Community bands: The wind section - Instrumentalist, 43(12), 1989, p22.; Wilhjelm, C. - A different community band - Instrumentalist, 37(12), 1983, p18.; Wilhjelm, C. - Developing community band programs - Instrumentalist, 46(2), 1991, p74.; Wilhjelm, C. C. - A case study of the Ridgewood concert band, a New Jersey community band dedicated to life-long learning - 1998. Dissertation Abstracts International, 59(07), 2413A. (University Microfilms No. AAT98-39135)

August 2003

Brass Band Concerts, Contests & Events: new additions for bands across the UK and overseas
Brass Bands: Anglia Divisional Golden Oldies Band; Avonbank (Evesham) Brass Band; Brass Band Eintracht Schötz; Brass Band Excelsior 's-Heer Arendskerke; Brassband Pro Rege Heerenveen; Brassband Rijnmond; Briton Ferry Silver Band; Camborne Town Band; Cwmbran Brass Band; Godalming Band; Holsworthy Town Band; Ipswich Citadel Band; Nambour & Maroochy's Sunshine Brass; Residentie Brass Band; Royal Buckley Town Band; Sale Brass Band; Triangle Youth Brass Band; Ulverston Town Band
Brass Ensembles: Brass Monkeys Ensemble; Brassnex Quintet; Gallyogue Brass Ensemble; Juvavum Brass; Veithen-Tuba-Ensemble; Zollern Brass
Concert & Marching Bands: Banda Cittadina di Arsie; Brassband Frohsinn Oberursel; Brass Band Loehne; Contra Costa Wind Symphony; Filarmonica di Colloredo di Prato; Musikverein "St. Lambertus" Manderfeld; PO Sentjernej; Sligo Concert Band
Commercial/Suppliers: Jagrins Music Publications; Punjab Music House; Reel Music; Stewart Norman Associates Manufacturing Ltd.
Miscellaneous: Band Watching - Beginning and ending with The Beatles; Brassband.pagina.nl; Eric Totman's Vintage Valved Horns Collection; Irish Association of Brass and Concert Bands; Music Centre Wales; Severnside Composers Alliance; The Cornet Site
Books and Publications: Roberts,Peter - Peter Roberts - A Legend in his own Lifetime: An Autobiography - Jagrins Publications, 2003

July 2003

Brass Band Concerts, Contests & Events: new additions for bands across the UK and overseas
Brass Bands: Barisons Brass Band; Blanchardstown Brass Band; Brass Band Breitenbach; Bratton Silver Band; City of Bristol Brass Band; Coronation Brass; Cosham Concert Brass; Drumblade Brass Band; Golden Eagle Brass Band; Hazel Grove Brass Band; Heritage Brass Band; Marshfield Brass Band; Milford Haven Town Band; Musikgesellschaft Dürrenäsch; Newtonburg Brass Band; Onchan Silver Band; Parr Band; Poole Borough Band; Selkirk Silver Band; Stanhope Silver Band; Thuringowa Brass Band; Tintwistle Brass Band
Brass Ensembles: International Brass; Karls Bavarian Brass; Seventh Chapter of Fine Brass; Trumpeters of London
Concert & Marching Bands: Banda di Serravalle; Central Band of The Royal British Legion Scotland; eConcertBand.com; Marinierskapel der Koninklijke Marine; Musikverein Edelweiss Busenbach; Old Dam Community Band; Pihalni Orkester Salonit Anhovo; Salvation Army Symphonic Wind Ensemble; Stephenson High School Band
Commercial/Suppliers: Brass Toff; Firebird Editions; Joe's Musicroom; Raisonsbrassband
Miscellaneous: BaritoneMania!; Brass Band Music Group; Derek Bourgeois; Internet Band Show; Nick Walkley; Sparklyland; Timothy Oldroyd
Books and Publications: Kingston,WHG - Follow the Drum: The Story of Regimental Music and the Soldier Musicians of The Green Howards - Regimental Headquarters, The Green Howards, Richmond, Yorkshire, 1969; Visscher,Marja - Als iedereen meeloopt hebbie 'n optocht. 40 jaar Federatief Muziekleven in de Hoeksche Waard - Uitg Deboektant, 1988

June 2003

Brass Band Concerts, Contests & Events: new additions for bands across the UK and overseas
Brass Bands: Allerød-Spejdernes Tamburkorps & Brass-Band; Athena Brass Band; Bakewell Silver Band; Bedale Brass Band; Blackpool Brass; Borehamwood Brass; Bostock Band; Brass Band Feldmusik Escholzmatt; Brass Band Limburg; Brass Band MG Egolzwil; Brindle Brass Band; Cincinnati Honors Brass Band; Dereham Band; European Youth Brass Band 2003; Extreme Banding; Hadleigh Temple Corps Band; Hall Village Brass Band; H.B. Smith Cornet Band; Hosier & Dickinson (Watford) Band; Intrada Brass; Knighton Town Silver Band; Maple Leaf Brass Band; Nelson Brass Band; Pittington Brass; Pontypool Brass; Poynton Youth Brass Band; Sacriston Colliery Band; Scottish Co-op Band; Silkeborg Blæsernes; Stanhope Silver Band; Tenby & District Brass Band; Vale of Glamorgan Brass Band; Yeadon Old Brass Band; York Railway Institute Band; York RI Golden Rail Band
Brass Ensembles: Brass Unlimited; Lucerne Chamber Brass; Junction Quartet; Monarch Brass; Posaunenchor Emmaus Hinschenfelde; Posaunenchor Heidelberg-Wieblingen; Posaunenchor St Ilgen; Posaunenchor Sandhausen; Posaunenchor Schönow-Buschgraben
Concert & Marching Bands: Band of the Life Guards; Bradford Metropolitan Concert Band; Feldmusik Wolhusen; Harmonie Municipale d'Orbe; Itchy Feet Pep Band; No Strings Attached Community Band; University of New South Wales Concert Band; US Military Academy Band
Commercial/Suppliers: Allianz Cornhill Musical Insurance; Kanstul Music; Kanstul Musical Instruments
Miscellaneous: Brass Band Genealogy - name changes and dates; Brass Band Recordings from the 78 r.p.m. Era; David Notley; Evangelischer Posaunendienst in Deutschland e.V.; Fitness for Brass; Internationale Posaunen-Vereinigung e.V; Kevin Birch; Dr Lisa Wright; MMP Brasswind; Music Discussion Forum; Musculature - its importance in the playing of brass instruments; North American Brass Band Association Championships 2004; Simon Oates; Tony Granados; Traditional Sewing
Books and Publications: Chalabala,Mark S - Tuba Views: Echoes from the Back Row - M Chalabala, 2003. ISBN: 0972219404; Marshall,Ian - The Amazing Story of the Floral Dance in Words, Music and Pictures - From its origins in the quaint old Cornish town of Helston in 1911 - to its world-wide fame as the best-selling ballad of all time. From its rebirth as a brass band favourite - to its place in the history of Cornish music.; Reynolds,Captain Russell B. - Drill And Evolutions Of The Band - A Manual Covering Every Phase of the Organization and Training of a Band Except Musical Instruction - National Service Publishing Co., Maryland, 1928; Richards,Alan - History of the Stoke sub Hamdon Band (1945-1995), [the author], 1995. Copies still available from Alan Richards, 3 Langlands, Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset. Tel 01935-824111.

May 2003

Brass Band Concerts, Contests & Events: new additions for bands across the UK and overseas
Brass Bands: Amore Brass Band; Brassband Advendo; Brassband De Nije Bazún - Britsum; Brassband Panta Rhei Gent; Clacton-On-Sea Co-operative Band; Darley Dale Brass Band; Diamond Valley Brass Band; East London Brass [updated content]; Gramercy Brass Orchestra; Greggs Bakery Band; Hilgay Silver Band; Ibstock Brick Brass; Lanner & District Silver Band; Marlow Town Band; Maryborough City Brass Band; Metropole Brass Band; Mississauga Temple Band; Mole Valley Silver Band; Pendeen Silver Band; Radyr & Morganstown (Melingriffith) Band; Ripon City Band; Saxtons Cornet Band; Stansted Silver Band
Brass Ensembles: Atlantic Brass Quintet; Celtic Brass Ensemble; Classic Brass Berlin; Novelty Sound Orchestra; Poire en Cinq; Polished Brass; Quinteto Metais do Paraná; Rotterdam Philharmonic Brass; Royal British Legion Victory Brass Band; Swabian Brass Ensemble; Tarrington Brass
Concert & Marching Bands: Band of The Royal Logistic Corps; Banda Cittadina di Tricesimo - Udine; Banda Musicale "F & G Fontana"; Banda Musicale di Pont Saint Martin - Valle d'Aosta; Banda Sociale di Lavis; Banda Sociale di Pieve Tesino; Banda della Valletta dei Liberi Falchi; Barnes Concert Band; Corpo Bandistico "Don G. Pederzini" di Lizzana; Drietomanka Brass Band; Easton Municipal Band; Egypt Brass Band; Farnborough Concert Band (Royal British Legion); Frysk Fanfare Orkest; Maghull Royal British Legion Concert Band; Musikkapelle Hohensalzburg; Musikverein Altenfelden; Musikverein Forchheim-Buckenhofen; Old Basing Royal British Legion Corps of Drums; Prince George Community Band; Surbiton Royal British Legion Youth Marching Band; Sussex Band of the Royal British Legion; Trent Concert Band
Commercial/Suppliers: Brass and Drums; Chops-Bag; Chop-Sticks; Crumpled Horn Instrument Repair Services; Doug Elliott Mouthpieces; Falna Music; Moorland Music; Singing Chicken; StringsandHorns.com
Miscellaneous: Brass band drug scandal; Database of Brass Music by Women Composers; Österreichischer Blasmusikverband; Western Brass
Books and Publications: Down,Arthur - A Short Biography of Thomas John Down ... edited by his son (A. Down), etc. (An Autobiography, by A. Down, History of T. J. Down's Bands ... from February, 1905 to December, 1936.) - J. Walker & Co., Warrington, 1938; Giles,Ray - Here Comes the Band - On the history of musical instruments and bands - Harper & Bros, London, 1936; Speeks, Davic - By way of introduction, or Portraits in Miniature of Regent Hall Salvation Army Band - 1949; Wright,Al G - Marching Band Fundamentals - C. Fischer, New York, 1963

April 2003

Brass Band Concerts, Contests & Events: new additions for bands across the UK and overseas
Brass Bands: Audley Brass; Beatrix Brass; Bedford Brass; Bellshill Salvation Army Band; Brønderslev FDF Brass Band; BTM Band; City of Southampton (Albion) Band; Gloucestershire Constabulary Band; Green Mountain Brass Band; Haukås Musikklag; KFUM-Spejdernes Brass Band; Lanner & District Silver Band; Levin & Districts Brass; Lockwood Brass; Longridge Band; Mereside Brass; Muziekvereniging Amicitia Andwijk; Muziekvereniging Advendo Diever; Portsmouth City Youth Band; Rangitikei College Brass; Rock Ferry Salvation Army Band; St Joseph's Brass Band; Sidmouth Town Band; Standish Band; Towcester Studio Band; University of Warwick Brass Society; Walkers Engineering Works Band; Wealden Brass; Wingates Band; Young Lancashire Brass
Brass Ensembles: Cappuccino Brass; Nemo's Quintet; Titan Trombone Quintet
Concert & Marching Bands: All Saints Concert Band; Bloomington Community Band; Catholic High School Band; Frienisberger Blasmusikanten; Huddersfield University Student Concert Band; Kfar-Saba Wind Band; Lincoln District Scout Band; Morriston Concert Band; Mullingar Town Band; Postmusikkapelle Koblenz
Commercial/Suppliers: Belgarum Music Publishing (BMP); Beyond The Stave; Brass Bits; Brass Tones Music Publishing; C.E. Kilian Designs; Ruh Musik AG; Sordino Enterprises; Staves Ltd.; Thomann Cyberstore; Wind Mail Associates
Miscellaneous: Andrew Claxton; Andy Cattanach; Association of British Orchestras; Carlton Brass (Crossed Trumpet); Drake Music Project; Jerry Lanning music; Keith Marr; Ken's Euphonium Page; Koperblazers in Nederland; Lindsay R. Paterson; On Stage Together - combination band; Past and Future of Brass Bands; Tony Kirwin; TromboneCzar
Books and Publications: Howe,Major James H. - A Conductor's Journey - JH Publishing, 2003. (Available from the author at 34 Pashley Road, Eastbourne, BN20 8DY.); Vickers,Peter - Longridge Brass Band - From Schoolyard to the Albert Hall

March 2003

Brass Band Concerts, Contests & Events: new additions for bands across the UK and overseas
Brass Bands: Barrow Steelworks Band; Bell Inn Brass Band; Brassband Almere; Brass Band de la Côte Picarde; Brass Band Erschwil; Brass Band Frohsinn Grosswangen; Brass Band Frutigen; Brass Band Kirchenmusik Flühli; Brass Band MG Root; Brass Band Posaunenchor Arni-Worb; Brass Band Posaunenchor Flaach; Brass Band The Tubes; Brassband Euphonia Wolvega; City of Coventry Band; Cockerton Band; Deiniolen Silver Band; Dobcross Youth Band; Durham University Brass Band; Fairey Band; Haydock Band; High Green Primary School Community Brass Band; Jåtten Skolekorps; Lostock Hall Memorial Band; Meltham and Meltham Mills Brass Band; MG Brass Band Lengnau; Mid Sussex Brass Band; Milwaukee Festival Brass; Musikgesellschaft Dietwil; Musikgesellschaft Flühli; Musikverein Speicher; Newtown Silver Band; 55th Old Boys Brass Band; Pingströrelsens Brassband; Pontypool Brass; Porthleven Town Band; Porthywaen Silver Band; Posaunenchor CVJM Riehen; Ransome Band; Skeie Skolekorps; Skittenelv Musikkorps; West Chiltington Silver Band; Woodbridge Excelsior Brass Band; Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel Band
Brass Ensembles: Brass Monkeys Quintet; Frelsesarmeen Brass Lillehammer; Orvieto Brass Quintet; Posaunenchor EMK Adliswil; Silkin Brass
Concert & Marching Bands: Armadale City Concert Band; Associazione Musicale "G.Verdi" Sinnai; Celebration Reed and Brass Band; Clarence City Concert Band; 3rd Davyhulme (Lostock) Scout and Guide Band; Hungry March Band; Kelvin Grove Wind Ensemble; Orchestre d'Harmonie de Vichy>; Ski Ungdomskorps; Staunton Concert Band; Trinity School Show Band; Vestsidens Musikkorps
Commercial/Suppliers: AmeriMusic, Inc.; Bayside Press Music
Miscellaneous: American Bandmasters Association; Bandamusicale.it; Eighteen Steps to improve Muker Silver Band; Euphonium Studies from Japan; Flugelhorn Ancient & Modern; Musictheory.net; Pro-Dep-List; Trumpet of the Lord; Tuba-Euphonium Forum; United States Collegiate Wind Bands European Concert Tours
Books and Publications

February 2003

Brass Band Concerts, Contests & Events: new additions for bands across the UK and overseas
Brass Bands: Brass Ensemble De Bazuin Vlaardingen; Brass Band Val de Loire; Brass Futures Brass Band; British Airways Band; Capital City Brass Band; Esbjerg Brass Band; Federal City Brass Band; Hawthorn Band; Newhall Band; Rhein-Neckar Brass Band; St Helens Youth Brass Band; Stannary Brass Band; Syston Band
Brass Ensembles: Birra Brass; Göteborg Kammarbrass; Nottingham Brass Quintet; Phantomquintett
Concert & Marching Bands: Fanfare la Fraternité de Noës; Medina Marching Band; Musikverein Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld 1960 e.V.; Sammamish Sublimation Band; Slough (new wind band); South-East Queensland Symphonic Winds; Southend Wind Orchestra
Commercial/Suppliers: JV Music; Mapac Group; Marching Solutions Inc.; Ulid Music
Miscellaneous: Calverton Colliery Welfare Brass Band History; Cecilia; Encore!; Ian Raisbeck; Musical Instrument Academy; Nigel E. Weeks
Books and Publications: Ambler,John - Sound the Trumpets, Beat the Drums: Military Music through the 20th Century - ParaPress, Kent, 2002. ISBN: 1898594724; Anon - From A to B. Kenneth Alford and Hubert Bath - British Music (17) 1995, p49-60; Baker, Nicholson - Playing Trombone - The Atlantic Monthly, March 1982, p39-58; Bolton,Barbara - Clattering Drums - in Booth's Drum. The Salvation Army in Australia 1880-1980 - Hodder and Stoughton, Sydney, 1980. ISBN: 0340257717; Benade,AH - The Physics of Brasses - Scientific American, July 1973, pp24-35; Clarke, Herbert - The Cornet and the Cornetist - Historical Series of Cornet Talks Originally Written in 1918, 1921, and 1923 - Glenn Bridges, Detroit, 1970; D'Ath,Norman - Cornet Playing - Boosey & Hawkes, London, 1960; Gordon, WJ - Bands of the British Army - illustrated by F Stansell - Frederick Warne & Co., 1921; Kopstein, Jack & Pearson, Ian - The Heritage of Canadian Military Music - Vanwell Publishing Ltd, St Catharine's, Ontario, 2002; Matthews,Brian - The Military Music & Bandsmen of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich 1933-1945 - Tomahawk Films, Winchester, 2002. ISBN: 0954281209; Olson,R. Dale - Sensory Evaluation of Brass Musical Instruments - Acoustic Instruments Press, Fullerton, CA, 2000; Paterson,Lindsay R - Lindsay's Brass Band History - Melbourne, Australia, 2002; Siedl, Anton - The evolution of the brass band, in Music of the Modern World, vol. 16, Appleton & Co., New York, 1895; Van Reken,Donald - And Our Band Plays On: A 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Holland American Legion Band - Van Reken, 1995; Weast,Robert - The Brass World (1965-1976) - Brass Bulletin, 116, IV 2001, p58-63

January 2003

Brass Band Concerts, Contests & Events: new additions for bands across the UK and overseas
Brass Bands: Abraham Darby School Brass Band; Amsterdam Staff Band; Appledore Band; Brassband Bernlef; Brassband 'David' Zwolle; Brassband de Lofklank Ureterp; Broughtons Brass Band; Cabell-Breckinridge Brass Band; Cincinnati Honors Brass Band; Crofton Silver Band; Hatfields of Colchester Band; Isle of Wight Vectis Brass & Vectis Youth Brass; JYMY Brass Band; Skegness Silver Band; Spijkerpakkenband Opsterland e.o; Third Carrickfergus Band
Brass Ensembles: Brassoholics; Brukssextetten; Chameleon Brass; First Brass; Gateway Brass Quintet; Grums Mässingssextett; Holborne Brass Ensemble; Innovata; Jubes; London Ottoni Ensemble; Lundberg Brass; Mallusjoen Torvisoittokunta; Nederlands Trompet Consort; Nordiska Brasskvartetten; NYH - Suomen Orkesteri; Phil Dando Brass Ensemble; Quintette de Cuivres de Maisonneuve; Salve Brass Quartet; Sohon Torwet; Totally Brass; Versatile Brass; Very Interesting Brass; Visby Brass
Concert & Marching Bands: Army Air Corps Band; Band of the Hampshire Constabulary; Bicester Concert Band; Brisbane Symphonic Band; City of Swansea Concert Band; Hyvinkää Concert Band; Medina Madness Brass & Percussion; Meridian Winds; Petawawa Legion Community Band; SAS Janitsjarorkester
Commercial/Suppliers: TREverson Music
Miscellaneous: Alexandre Gagnaux; Australian National Band Championships 2003; Les Brass Bands; Brass Band Radio UK; British Federation of Brass Bands; Chris Thompson; Early Music America; Extinct Brass Bands - details of the bands of yesteryear; Fitness for Brass; 5 tips on how to be a good bandsman; Its Been Stolen; news://nntp.bandsman.co.uk newsgroup server; Percussion and the Brass Band; Ryan J. Peni; Slidearea - website of Joseph Alessi; Trombones.nl; Trompet.nl
Books and Publications: - Action Music - The Royal Marines Band Service, HMSO, UK; Nowicke, Carole & Farrar, Lloyd P. - Mr Bell Remembered - A Centenary Celebration of William J. Bell, Tubist, 1902-1971. Issued as a Special Conference Report of Redeeming Brass IV (A Fourth Annual Brass Band & Brasswind Workshop in Norris, Tennessee).; Suppan,Armin - Repertorium der Märsche für Blasorchester, Teil 2 -(Alta Musica v.13) Tutzing : H. Schneider, 1990 - ISBN: 3795206588

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