NCBF Free Workshops 🎶
Thank you to all the bands who got in touch about this opportunity. Due to unprecedented demand, we are no longer able to accept any further applications for free workshops. If you wish to join the waiting […]
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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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NCBF Play Days 2021
What a fantastic weekend of playing! The ncbf Play Days ‘Blow Away the Cobwebs’ and ‘Back In The Groove’ were two full days, aiming to bring musicians together and make music again. On Saturday, wind band players […]
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Flexible is the name of the game with NCBF…
dates • venues• instrumentation • repertoire We are here to help you re-build your band after far too long of musical silence: • Short of your previous full band? Then have a look at our recommendations to […]
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NCBF Awarded Arts Council England Grant
ncbf (National Concert Band Festival) is delighted to announce it has been awarded a grant of £49,951 from Arts Council England. NCBF is the UK’s only wind band and big band music festival, focussing on active participation […]
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NCBF New Big Band Repertoire List Additions 2020/21 (Part 5)
YouTube clips feature ‘Score and Sound’ or live performances worth listening to. Here I look at pieces at Grade 5 – 6 Happy listening! Barrie Johnson A top composer/arranger who continuously produces imaginative charts.
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Letter to NCBF Band Directors 10/06/20
Greeting to all Band Directors. We at ncbf (National Concert Band Festival) are committed to providing performance opportunities for wind bands and big bands, even at this unique time of COVID-19 infections in the UK and worldwide. […]
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NCBF New Big Band Repertoire List Additions 20/21 (Part 4)
YouTube clips feature ‘Score and Sound’ or live performances worth listening to. Here I look at pieces at Grade 4 – 5 by three outstanding composer/arrangers. Happy listening! Barrie Johnson
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NCBF New Big Band Repertoire List Additions 20/21 (Part 3)
YouTube clips feature ‘Score and Sound’ or live performances worth listening to. Here I look at pieces at Grade 3 plus two exciting Grade 5 charts by Mark Taylor. Happy listening! Barrie Johnson
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NCBF New Big Band Repertoire List Additions 2020/21 (Part 2)
YouTube clips feature ‘Score and Sound’ or live performances worth listening to. Here I look at pieces at Grades 1.5 – 2 plus pieces at higher grades by these composers. Happy listening! Barrie Johnson
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