A Learning Festival followed the business of Sunday’s AGM with three one-hour workshops on volunteering, conducting and reasons for optimism in banding. SBBA patron and renowned trumpeter...read more

Scottish Brass Band Association president Carrie Boax recounted a year of emotional contrasts in her report to the organisation’s virtual 2022 AGM yesterday (Sunday 30 January)....read more

Nobody would deny how confusing it can be to closely follow – and adhere to – the ever-changing rules, regulations and guidance for Covid restrictions –...read more

The third SBBA Speaks podcast is out, featuring brass banders Iona McVicar and Laura Carter talking about ‘Beginnings’. The duo chat about how playing musical instruments came...read more

The Scottish Brass Band Association (SBBA) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant of £70,000 for 2022/23 from Creative Scotland under the...read more

A comprehensive list of answers to questions relating to the revised 2022 version of Facets of Glass has been prepared by Sandy Smith, one of the...read more

You wouldn’t have guessed that the Clackmannan District Band’s Christmas concert was the first time its beginners’ section had played in public – it was a...read more

Langholm Town Band is seeking a percussionist to complete its line-up for the forthcoming Scottish Championships. The third section band is currently busy rehearsing Facets of Glass...read more

A quick reminder that the closing date for entries for the West of Scotland qualifying event for the Scottish solo and ensemble championship is this Friday...read more

Over the last three years, SBBA has been working to improve the media coverage of its key events, resulting in live broadcast of the results from...read more