There’s a way to Brass ring in the holidays. All you need is ears. The Ohio Valley British Brass Band’s holiday concert series begins in Springfield with horns, trombones, tubas, percussion and other ...

They sit and wait. And then, when they ve counted out the correct number of measures and the moment arrives, they add the oomph and the gusto and the color to the music. And then they sit and wait ...

The Ohio Valley British Brass Band will celebrate its milestone with a concert on Sunday, May 7. CONTRIBUTED The Ohio Valley British Brass Band will celebrate its milestone with a concert on Sunday, ...

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 ...

Old Crown Brass Band is celebrating its 10th anniversary Sunday with a gala where the group will perform highlights of its decade together. The nonprofit, volunteer band is a 32-piece ensemble of ...

Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain’s first brass bands earlier than previously thought, new research reveals. The study undermines the idea that brass bands were ...

Over the past 18 months, Alejandro de los Rios, Jonathan Bachman and Michael Seaman have traced the history of New Orleans brass band music for their film “Brass Roots.” De los Rios and Bachman, both ...