They're not just a band - they're a brass band. A British brass band, to be exact. And they're the only one in Lancaster. The Lancaster British Brass Band will perform at First United Methodist Church ...
Stephen Arthur Allen nearly died from chronic asthma while growing up in the U.K. in the ’60s. He routinely saw doctors, and conventional treatment didn’t help. So as a last resort, one of his doctors ...
The world often feels full of fading traditions, from drive-in movie theaters to the dying art of good old-fashioned letter writing. For the British, add brass bands to that list. Traditional brass ...
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 ...
Join The Illinois Brass Band at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at the Mount Prospect Park District Lions Park Veterans Memorial Band Shell, 411 South Maple St., Mount Prospect, IL for a truly ...
The Reading Choral Society will collaborate for the first time with the Montgomery County-based, British-style Penn View Brass Band in a holiday concert this Sunday at 4 p.m. in Atonement Lutheran ...
The Five Lakes Silver Band has claimed the title of the 2026 North American Brass Band Champion and will soon be making its ...
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 ...
In the 19th and 20th centuries, nearly every coal mine in the U.K. had a brass band. They were intended to keep workers out of trouble, and were a... Britain's Brass Bands: A Working-Class Tradition ...