The City of Berlin together with EvenTTours from The Netherlands organizes the International Wind Orchestra Festival Berlin 2011 which will take place every year.

Travel dates: 1/2 – 5 June 2011.
The festival will take place in the beautiful and world famous concert hall of the "BERLIN PHILHARMONIE".

More info: www.eventtours.nl/index.en.html / email: info@eventtours.nl
Direct Link: http://www.eventtours.nl/HaFa%20Berlijn%202011%20english.htm

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FNUGG - a 40-45 min recital of great UGG classic and contemporary Euphonium music in aid of “Help for Heroes” will be given by Jonathan Sproule, the euphonium player from the Band of The Royal Logistic Corps.

The Event is a free recital with donations going to Help for Heroes.

Details:

Jonathan Sproule ATCL LGSM
Accompanied by Miss Sally Goodworth on Piano
Venue: St Barbara’s Garrison Church, Deepcut
Date: Thursday 25th March 2010
Time: 1915-2000hrs


Click here to view the poster for full details.

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Musicians' body urges MPs to back Live Music Bill

Last chance before election

The musicians' professional body, the Incorporated Society of Musicians, is urging MPs to grab the opportunity to save live music when the Live Music Bill reaches the House of Commons.

The Bill, introduced in the House of Lords by Lord Clement-Jones, would allow small venues like schools, colleges and village halls to hold concerts without an entertainment licence if the venue holds fewer than 200 people. It would also exempt venues that serve alcohol from needing an entertainment licence where only one or two musicians are performing without amplification.

On 9 February the Bill was passed by the House of Lords without debate and will progress to the Commons.

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www.basbwe.org has been given a makeover and has been launched today. New features (such as the news page) have been added to the existing wealth of information already on the site.

www.basbwe.org will be regularly updated with the latest news from the wind band world, back issues of Winds magazine and other resources - including youtube clips of the BASBWE Festival and more!

If you have any news items (concerts, commissions, etc.) we would be glad to hear from you. Email your news to:

webmaster at basbwe.org (replace "at" with "@")

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BASBWE has joined in the social networking revolution, and now has a Facebook page. There are discussions about programmes, details of concerts, new music and much more!

Point your browser to: www.facebook.com/basbwe

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The Biennial Coups de Vents International Competition and Festival will be held in France from the 9th to the 14th of July, 2010. The International Wind Music Festival will take place from 10th to 14th July 2010, on the Cote d’Opale (North Coast of France) and the first International Band competition will take place on 9th July 2010 and 10th July 2010 in towns of the Nord and the Pas-de-Calais regions.

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The winning fanfares will be premiered at Metropolitan Wind Symphony concerts during its 40th season, between November 2010 and July 2011. Duration 1 - 3 minutes. Work may not have been previously performed, published, or professionally recorded. Entries may be written for any combination of instruments commonly found in a concert band. Cimarron Music Press will publish the winning fanfares. Entries must be received by Monday, April 26, 2010. For more information:

Metropolitan Wind Symphony Fanfare Competition
c/o Bob Piankian
9 Surrey Road
Newton, MA 02458
mws@mws-boston.org
http://www.mws-boston.org/commission/40thfanfare.html

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The WASBE conference was held in Cincinnati, Ohio between 4th and 11th July 2009. Click here for the site containing conference reviews and blogs. TimReynish.com also has a review and you can read about the big debate on quality of repertoire on Stephen Budiansky's site. The forthcoming issue of Winds will also cover the event in detail.

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