The Trachtenkapelle Brand has been organizing an annual festival since 1968, and has always invited brass bands from South Bohemia and cultivated friendly relations with the neighboring region of South Bohemia. In 2010, out of this tradition, the international brass music festival “The Bohemian Dream” – to promote exchange and…
WASBE-Conferenze 2022: Everything worth hearing, seeing and mentioning.
The Penthesilea Academy aims to accompany young, talented musicians on their way to a positive audition experience.
The United States Marine Band is a sounding body of the United States Marine Corps and was established by law on 11 July 1798. It is the oldest extant music corps in United States military history. The unit is stationed at the Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C.. Since 1801, the…
On 25 September 2021, the international military tattoo “Musikfest der Bundeswehr” will take place. More than 800 participants from 7 nations are expected in Düsseldorf. The festival will take place at the ISS DOME there. First-class orchestras and artists, top-class show acts and a strong dash of humour make this…
What comes to mind when you think of music from Greece? The Sirtaki dance, maybe Greek folk music, and Mikis Theodorakis as a composer. Then that’s usually the end of it. But wind band music in Greece? Most of you will say: never heard of it. It’s hard to believe,…
The planned WASBE Conference 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic, is such a big thing. Long preparation times are needed around the organisation, transport and accommodation of numerous large orchestras from all over the world. Corona has also thrown the schedule into disarray here, and so the first date in 2021…
As reported by the German music magazine “Das Musikinstrument”, the NAMM Show planned for Anaheim, California, from 21 to 24 January 2021 has been cancelled due to the Corona Pandemic. The leading international trade fair for the industry has always been the starting signal for the new year and is…
The new wind music fair “BRAWO” in Stuttgart starts with a varied workshop and advanced training programme. For the first time, Messe Stuttgart will be the meeting place for everyone who cares about wind music. On 7 and 8 March 2020, the new event concept will combine an exhibition, concerts…
Training – Information – Exchange From 16 to 19 January 2020 the second International Brass Music Congress – IBK for short – will take place in Neu-Ulm. In the center of the four-day meeting Workshops are located for conductors with and without blowing orchestra, for musicians and musicians, for association…
