The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) has been delighted with the response for their ‘Young Adjudicators’ initiative which has now gone live at both the Yorkshire Regionals and the London and Southern Counties Regional contests. AoBBA are extremely grateful to Peggy Tomlinson and her team at the Yorkshire Region in giving fantastic support over […]
Martin Heartfield The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) announce the appointment of Martin Heartfield as the head of AoBBA’s adjudicator training programme. Martin is a well known conductor and adjudicator and is self-employed as a marketing and education consultant. Commented David Hirst, “The adjudicator training programme has been extremely successful and we are currently […]
Philip Harper The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) have expressed praise for the recent initiative by Brass Bands England (BBE) for their Artistic Development Programme for bands and conductors. Led by Philip Harper (an AoBBA member) there has been a great deal of interest from the brass band community. Commented Mark Wilkinson “Philip’s […]
The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) have expressed delight at the selection of tests for the 2019 Regionals. Chairman Mark Wilkinson commented “The Kapitol selection panel have done a marvellous job of choosing five superb pieces for this years Regionals and will prove to be a great test for all the competing bands”. AoBBA […]
Youth Adjudicators London and Southern Counties Regional Contest 2019, Stevenage, March 17th, 2019 There are still a few places left for 11-18-year olds interested in joining the Young Adjudicators scheme being held at the forthcoming L&SC Regional Contest. This is designed to be a fun day for young musicians who are interested in […]
The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators is sad to announce the death of member Stuart Fawcett. Stuart commenced his musical career as a cornet player with Meltham and Meltham Mills Band at 8 years of age, and after moving onto euphonium, in 1962 was invited to join Crossley Carpet Works Band in the Championship section. In […]