King Kong is coming to #DurhamBRASS! 🦍 Well in music form that is...🤣 2024 Welsh Champions The Cory Band will be joined by Durham Miners Association Band DMA Brass Band to perform the iconic music of King Kong at Gala Durham on Sunday 7 July. Book tickets🎟️ brassfestival.co.uk/brass/cory-ban…

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English mood this morning captured brilliantly by Redhills Youth Band x DILUTEY JUICE ⚽🏠

Wonderful image of Durham Miners' Association banner and Stuart from DMA Brass Band taken by Mark Pinder at the Durham Cathedral Miners' service yesterday

Lovely night ACW. Great film and a lovely appreciative audience. 😊

Good luck to the wonderful DMA Band (DMA Brass Band) who are competing in the finals of the National Brass Band Championships this weekend. Best of luck also to County Durham bands Craghead Colliery Band, Spennymoor Town Band & Ferryhill Town Band who are also competing.#Finals2024

Cheering on the amazing Durham Miners' Association band DMA Brass Band this weekend! 🤞

Currently putting the finishing touches on the score and parts for my Durham Diptych, which'll be premiered by @PaulCareyJones and the wonderful DMA Brass Band in Redhills Durham this coming February!

#BBConf24 A pertinent focus to start the day - Fundraising for Community Engagement. It’s not all about how we raise money for contest appearances - but how we fund our activities to support and invest in community music making. Good to hear.

#BBConf24 Fundraising for Community Engagement. Interesting thoughts around do people know where brass band funding comes from? Work to do to inform.

#bbconf24 Brass Bands England . Interesting hearing Shri Sriram’s musical influences and how he came to work with a brass band.

#bbconf24 Brass Bands England . Takeaway thoughts from keynote speech. It’s ok to be comfortable with tradition but you can flirt with tradition and re contextualise it and collaboration can take ideas forward.

#bbconf24 Brilliant to hear that next years Brass Bands England conference will be Redhills Durham on Sat 27th September !! One of the main themes will be the next generation. Fabulous!

#BBConf24 The mic-drop moment of the Conference from Matthew Swann, Manager of the BBC Concerto Orchestra - it seems BBC Radio 3 wants bands for Friday Night is Music Night - and needs to hear from us. The gauntlet has been thrown down - no excuses now for not picking it up

#BBconf24 Thought provoking panel discussion with Edward Gregson as chair. Why haven’t we beaten down Matthew Swan’s door to be on BBC Radio 3 Friday night is Music night? Because we didn’t know we could. But, now we do!

#BBConf24 An important topic covered with a sharp and penetrating focus from the panel - and with that added bonus ball extra with the news of the revived interest in BBC Radio3 brass band broadcasting. Now that was a boost with a possible 10 part series in the pipeline too.

#BBconf24 . Inspiring to hear about the project between Hitchin Brass Band and Richmond Hill School and the impact that has had on these children with complex needs.