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 ...

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 ...

Back in 1998, with the ink on his master’s degree from Washington State University still wet, Jim Phillips joined the Spokane British Brass Band. He played trumpet with them — as principal soloist, in ...

They sit and wait. And then, when they ve counted out the correct number of measures and the moment arrives, they add the oomph and the gusto and the color to the music. And then they sit and wait ...

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 ...

Join Rocky Mountain Brassworks March 16 in Broomfield for a Celtic celebration just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. As an homage to its rich heritage from the British Isles, Rocky Mountain Brassworks ...

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 ...

Lots of young people dream of starting their own band. Walter Blackburn just waited a bit longer. Several years ago, the retired Millersville University music professor and two Lancaster Symphony ...

Don Bookout, right, leads the Crossroads Brass Band during rehearsal in 2013. Bookout formed the band and helped steer it for years. He died in June, and the band has planned a memorial concert for ...