It is widely believed that brass bands originated with coal miners and other industrial communities in northern England and Wales between the 1830s and the 1850s. New evidence rewrites this history.

The findings challenge the widely held belief that brass bands originated with coal miners and other industrial communities in northern England and Wales between the 1830s and the 1850s.

Katrina Marzella-Wheeler is one of the four nominations looking to claim public support to claim the annual Royal ...

A band made up of players from several London and Southern Counties bands come together to provide musical festive force for ...

A coastal town's brass band has been shortlisted for the Band Project of the Year Award from Brass Bands England. The award recognises bands that have delivered notable projects over the past year ...

West Somerset Brass Band's nomination for the Band Project of the Year Award from Brass Bands England comes after members created showcases their novel song. A project years in the making ...

The findings challenge the widely held belief that brass bands originated with coal miners and other industrial communities in northern England and Wales between the 1830s and the 1850s.

Members of a brass band in Cheshire that is more than a century old fear they could be left without a rehearsal space after a change of use at their current venue. Foden's Band has been based in ...

Bands only discovered the law in March when a UK-wide umbrella organisation Brass Bands England (BBE) posted on Facebook about the need to licence all players under 16 ahead of regional ...

Holiday works to be performed include "Christmas Fanfare," "Only in Sleep," "Christmas Variations," "In The Bleak Midwinter," "Medieval Christmas," "Carol Fantasy," ...

Musicians in a North Yorkshire brass band have said it was a "real honour ... She told the BBC: "Yorkshire is the largest county in England, so to have a light shone like this is really important ...