The “World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE)” is the world’s only organization of wind music conductors, composers, performers, publishers, teachers, instrument makers and friends of wind music. It is a special organization dedicated to improving the quality of wind music around the world and to bringing its members
WASBE-Conference 2021 Weiterlesen »
The corona virus, actually COVID-19, has reached the music. Not that we are aware of a composition with “Covid-19”, but there are several cancellations of music events. Besides the Brawo in Stuttgart, the Musikmesse Frankfurt, as well as the Prolight- and Sound have been cancelled or postponed. According to Messe
Corona and the music Weiterlesen »
The wind orchestra fair planned for Stuttgart from 3 to 8 March has been postponed. The new date is November 20 to 22. As the magazine “Das MusikInstrument” reports, negotiations have been held with all partners involved and it has been decided to postpone the new wind orchestra fair BRAWO.
When people flee, culture flees with them. So does music. I experienced it myself when Syrian singers who I had invited to one of my concerts performed. They sang “Kobane, Kobane”, a song about their destroyed hometown. Every country, every city has its songs. And now they’re on the run again. I guess it’s up to the politicians to find a solution to the refugee problem. But there has to be an underlying insight: Refugees are people. If you want to address this topic at a concert, we have set up a link for you:
Music on the run Weiterlesen »
In 1936 the ‘Kruiskapel‘ was built in the town of Eksaarde (Belgium). It is located on the exact spot where two miraculous crucifixes were found by a certain “Baudouin” in 1317. Suddenly his spade hit a hard object: a cross, and when Baudouin pulled it out of the ground, blood
An Easter story: when Baudouin found the two wonder crucifixes… Weiterlesen »
Ivan Meylemans has been conductor of the “Koninklijke Fanfare Kempenbloei Achel” from Belgium since 2000. The association was founded in 1862. At present the orchestra consists of about 70 musicians from Achel and the surrounding area. Under the title “Supernova” the orchestra has published works from the BVT Music publishing
Supernova – an eruption of emotions Weiterlesen »
Germany’s Federal Association of German Music Associations (bdmv) divides its music clubs into 6 performance levels. From D1 (easy) to D6 (highest level), lists of works for the brass bands are offered for each performance level, which can be used for scoring games. In www.musicainfo.net the works for performance level
D5 – the highest peak (almost) reached Weiterlesen »
Oh, were those perhaps good times, when the balladeers met under the lime tree on the village square and sang the news of politics, the state or simply gossip. Those who spread “fake news” at that time were punished as liars and had to drink the sourest wine in the
A Cantastoria conquers the wind music… Weiterlesen »
“The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” was voted the “worst film of all time” in the late 1970s. Despite this predicate it quickly became a cult and two more “Killer Tomatoes” movies followed and there are even computer games with this title. So what follows is the realization that you
What do tomatoes and trombones have in common? Weiterlesen »
Michael Nover began his musical career at the Jugendmusikschule Neuss and then studied saxophone as his main subject at the Hochschule für Musik, Rheinland in Düsseldorf. In 1990 he began an apprenticeship as a music dealer and at the same time attended the course in wind orchestra conducting at the
MiMuFa – an abbreviation for new publisher. Weiterlesen »
