The Milwaukee Festival Brass and Illinois
Brass Band are both active members in the North American
Brass Band Association and participate in the annual
brass band championships.
The event, which showcases some of the finest
brass band performers, takes place on Saturday and Sunday.
Manager at Grosvenor Manor, Hayley Bebbington, added: "Our residents love music so we try to delight them with a range of different types and genres and the
brass band is definitely one of the favourites.
Emley
Brass Band opened the second half of the concert conducted by Garry Hallas with a jaunty western-themed piece, Hogarth's Hoe Down, which starred their percussion section, including use of a washboard!
We are certain that UniBrass in Bangor will not only be a memorable time for
brass bands from around the nation, but also an excellent way of engaging with the local community."
H e played with Glasgow Schools
Brass Band, becoming its principal cornet player.
But the Sekolah Tun Fatimah
Brass Band has been around since 1973, scooping up multiple awards along the way.
"Betty was a pioneer of women being active in
brass bands, firstly as a fine tenor horn player with Kibworth Band and going on to conduct Ratby Band where amongst other distinctions she was the first female conductor to win the Grand Shield and to conduct at the British Open.
Euphonium player George Ferencz (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater) also wrote the masterful
brass band arrangements of the compositions by Lavallee, Schallehn, and Zeiner.
A big attraction for
brass band fans will be the appearance of multi-championship-winning The Fairey
Brass Band at the Gala Theatre on July 17.
As well as the fantastic originals and covers that audiences have come to love and expect from Northern Monkey
Brass Band, the band will include some New Orleans classic tunes in the set.
At the Brooklyn Night Bazaar, along with tunes from On the Funky Side and their previous successful CD It's a Jungle Out There, Jambalaya
Brass Band will be performing other original and traditional favorites.