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® ...

One of the finest cornet players of this or any other brass band generation is the recipient of the 4BR Special Award.

One band once again stamped its class and authority on the banding world this year - with the promise of even more to come in ...

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 ...

SKIPTON Brass Band is looking forward to its second appearance on a hit television show in a matter of weeks. Hot on its ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mary is the American-born lady at home across the pond as well as at the cottage. Edmund is the proper and charming host extraordinaire, escorting ladies to their seats with a aplomb but also having ...

GRIMETHORPE, England (Reuters Life!) - They sound as loud and confident as the day their mine shut, but 15 years on, the changes are plain - only two members of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band have ever ...