On 4/07/2011 1:00 AM, [1]finale-requ...@shsu.edu wrote:
Amongst the list of high quality british bands, I am surprised no-one has
mentioned Besses Band who rehearse about five minutes drive from my home and
whose ex-solo cornet, Brian Mather I am proud to have as a colleague at our
music
Greetings!
I've lurked on this list for at least a decade (?!) - learned alot, but have
never felt the need to demonstrate my ignorance by chiming in - - until now!
The discussion about writing for Brass Band is a topic near to my heart -
being a bander myself. (I'm one of the founding members
This may have been true in the UK many years ago but at the higher level of
brass band playing it is no longer the case. There have been very many
modern works written for the genre and most of the top section bands
include such pieces in their repertoire.
At the small town level, yes, this is
