NCBF Big Band Repertoire Review 2024-25
A new season – new Repertoire Lists. There are 47 new pieces added to the Wind Band list and 38 added to the Big Band list. Which also means that a similar number of pieces have been […]
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NCBF Wind Band Repertoire Review 2024-25
A new season – new Repertoire Lists. There are 47 new pieces added to the Wind Band list and 38 added to the Big Band list. This also means that a similar number of pieces have been […]
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FLEXIBLE ENSEMBLES ARE STILL ‘GO’!
As a number of bands still find it difficult to muster numbers and/or instrumentation for full bands, I thought it worth reminding you of resources that are available to you in putting together a programme to present […]
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NEW BIG BAND REPERTOIRE 2023-24
NEW BIG BAND REPERTOIRE 2023-24 Time to start looking at new repertoire for next season. There are 40 new charts being added to the list this year in a range of different styles and difficulty levels. Please […]
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New Wind Band Repertoire 2023-24
Late spring and summer are great times to review new music for groups prior to the new season/academic year. Late spring and summer are great times to review new music for groups prior to the new […]
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New Repertoire Lists for 2021 – 2022 Released
You will notice that there is a rather distinct difference in the updates to the Repertoire Lists for Wind Band and Big Band this year. For Wind Bands, there are only 6 new additions with promises of […]
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Celebrating Birthdays
After one year in lockdown, most of you will be hoping that we can all start performing again… soon. We’ll start looking for content for our concerts and festivals that we hope to be able to take […]
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Back To The Band Room – Part 4
As promised in Part 3 of this short series, here are some suggestions for what Sir Thomas Beecham called “lollipops” – pieces that fit very well at the end of your programme, some are entertainment style, others […]
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Back to the Band Room – Part 3
Now that the prospects of rehearsing again are looking more positive, let’s consider some substantial concert band pieces – why? We can all find shorter pieces of quality that convey a theme, programmatic idea, mood, however in […]
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Back To The Band Room – Part 2
Following on from last month’s thoughts on those first rehearsals following such a long gap in ensemble playing, here are some suggestions which I hope lead your band into confident playing again. Once again, I stress the […]
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