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NYSB Featured at Mid-Atlantic Brass Band Festival

Posted on 2 May 2015 by Webmaster

As their first offical engagement of 2015, on 21 February 2015, the New York Staff Band (Bandmaster Ronald Waiksnoris) ventured to southern New Jersey fo the annual Mid-Atlantic Brass Band Festival. The Staff Band was featured as the special guest band for the event, held on the campus of Rowan University in Glassboro.

Tags: Atlantic Brass Band concert Craig Roberts Dorothy Gates Glassboro Gordon Ward master class Mid-Atlantic Brass Band Festival New Jersey New York Staff Band North American Brass Band Association Ronald Waiksnoris Rowan University Salvatore Scarpa special event

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Evans and Farr at Cornwall Youth Residential Course

Posted on 4 March 20144 March 2014 by Webmaster

76 young musicians of the Cornwall Youth Brass Band spent 4 days of their Christmas holiday rehearsing under the baton of guest conductor Richard Evans and the instruction of guest soloist Owen Farr.

Tags: Aaron Harvey Adam Scott Alan Pope Andrew Hammett concert Cornwall Youth Brass Band Hannah Hawken Jeremy Willcock Josie Whale master class Owen Farr Phillip Hunt residential course Richard Evans Tom Howard Truro High for Girls

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Bearcrofts in Arlington

Posted on 1 June 200428 September 2013 by Webmaster

The Arlington Citadel Corps and the National Capital Band welcomed Lt.-Colonel Norman Bearcroft and his wife, Major Kathleen Bearcroft, for a musical weekend on 8 – 9 May 2004.

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Canadian Staff Band Goes to London

Posted on 29 March 200420 September 2013 by Webmaster

The weekend of 6 – 7 March 2004 saw the Canadian Staff Band (Bandmaster Kevin Hayward) make a short journey to London, Ontario.

Tags: Bill Brown Canadian Staff Band concert Craig Woodland John Lam Kevin Hayward London London Citadel London Citadel Band master class Merv Leach ministry weekend Ontario Steve Brown worship

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Hayward Headlines Ten Days of Music in Jamaica

Posted on 2 February 200221 September 2013 by Webmaster

Bandmaster Kevin Hayward, Assistant Territorial Music Director for the Canada and Bermuda Territory, traveled to Jamaica on 17 January 2002. Bandmaster Hayward was invited to the island to conduct the first retreat held by the Caribbean Staff Band (Bandmaster Steve Diaz), hold brass clinics and rehearsals with Jamaican musicians, and perform in several concerts.

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Two-Part Hymn Series: Ten More Tunes

1 June 2019 14:24

The latest set of ten tunes in our Two-Part Hymn Series has been released. There are now 90 tunes available in the second phase, and 210 overall. Read more

STANDING ON THE PROMISES (Tune of the Week)

10 January 2019 06:05

Tune of the Week for 10 January 2019. Read more

Staff Band Marks Passing of Ken Graham (1936–2018)

9 January 2019 06:36

The Canadian Staff Band (Bandmaster John Lam) has announced, with great sadness, the passing of Bandsman Ken Graham (North York Temple) on 24 December 2018. Graham was a member of the Staff Band cornet section for nine years, 1985–1994. Read more

Joyful & Triumphant

8 January 2019 06:40

On 1 December 2018, the National Capital Band (Bandmaster Dr. Steve Kellner) was at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia, for Joyful & Triumphant, a Christmas concert and carol sing-a-long. Read more

NICAEA (Tune of the Week)

3 January 2019 07:23

This is the first of a new series, Tune of the Week, featuring tunes from our Two-Part Hymn Series. Read more

Two-Part Hymn Series Reaches 200

29 December 2018 10:57

The latest set of ten tunes in our has been released. This brings the total number of tunes in the series to 200. All of these tunes are free to download and use. Read more

Away In a Manger (Cornet Solo)

19 December 2018 05:40

James Allen has crafted a beautiful and simple cornet solo that blends together two familiar tunes associated with the much-loved Christmas carol. Read more

NYSB Massachusetts Ministry Weekend

19 December 2018 05:23

On the weekend of 16 – 18 November 2018, the New York Staff Band (Bandmaster Derek Lance) traveled to the Massachusetts Division for a ministry weekend that included stops in Worcester, Canton, Boston, and Brockton. Massachusetts Divisional Music Director (DMD) Matthew Luhn and his team organized the events of the weekend. Read more

Brass for GOSH Launched

3 December 2018 05:17

The London Central Fellowship Band (Bandmaster David Rudd) launched their latest recording with a concert at Regent Hall on 17 November 2018. Just under 300 people were in attendance for a fantastic night of music-making, raising funds for the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Charity. All of the profits realized by Citadel Promotions, the producers, will benefit the hospital charity, leading to the title of the recording, Brass for GOSH. Read more

Kintambo Band Supports Anniversary Service

1 December 2018 08:32

On Sunday, 28 October 2018, the Kintambo Band (Bandmaster Henri Makanda Nkodia) had the privilege of being on duty at the Menkao Post in the Plateau District (the eastern part of the city of Kinshasa) for the district’s tenth anniversary Thanksgiving service. Read more