Friday 9th February – Youth Band Governance 1 Workshop

Brendan Breslin from the Royal Irish Academy of Music will be leading this workshop.
Band leaders, conductors, committee members and youth officers will be welcomed to a networking and information workshop to address some of their community ensembles’ main challenges;

• Youth Band governance – building sustainable structures in and around youth development programmes for growth
• Youth Band to Senior Band – bridging the gap between youth and senior ensembles through better engagement, leadership, repertoire, and challenges

The workshop will have theoretical and practical components. Participants will be asked to share and demonstrate some of their experiences to build reflective practice and analysis into their weekly tasks.
This workshop will be held in the rehearsal rooms of Downshire Brass (Belfast) but will also be streamed online for those unable to attend in person.

Please email info@brassbandsni.org or contact us on Facebook to register your interest.

Saturday 10th February – Solos and Ensembles

This will be held in Malone Presbyterian Church Halls
Senior Adjudicator: James MacCafferty
Youth Adjudicator: Brendan Breslin
Brendan will be working with the young people throughout the day in a similiar way to Paul Fisher last year. Charles Fyffe will be providing accompaniment to those performing in the 10, 12 and 15 and under classes. There are a number of accompaniment recordings available here for young people to practise with

The Information and Rules and the Entry Form for this event are available here

Friday 1st March – Brass in Concert Friday Night Event

This will be held in the Valley Hotel in Fivemiletown and will feature a number of local bands playing in an informal concert. Not to be missed for any lovers of brass bands! Please contact us at secretary@brassbandsni.org if your band would like to take part

Saturday 2nd March – Brass in Concert Contest

This will be held in the Valley Hotel in Fivemiletown.
Music Adjudicator: Alan Fernie
Entertainments Adjudicator: To Be Confirmed
Bands will take to the stage playing an entertainments programme. Timings for bands to be confirmed at our delegate meeting Friday 12th January.

Friday 22nd March – Youth Band Governance 2 Workshop

Brendan Breslin from the Royal Irish Academy of Music will be leading this workshop.
Band leaders, conductors, committee members and youth officers will be welcomed to a networking and information workshop to build on the information received at the workshop in February.

This workshop will be held in the rehearsal rooms of Strabane Brass but will also be streamed online for those unable to attend in person.

Please email info@brassbandsni.org or contact us on Facebook to register your interest.

Saturday 23rd March – The Western Solos and Ensembles

This will be held in Omagh Academy
Adjudicator: Brendan Breslin
Brendan will be working with the young people throughout the day in a similiar way to Paul Fisher last year. Charles Fyffe will be providing accompaniment to those performing in the 10, 12 and 15 and under classes. There are a number of accompaniment recordings available here for young people to practise with

The Information and Rules and the Entry Form for this event are available here

Saturday 11th May – Spring Festival

This will be held in The Strule Arts Centre in Omagh
Adjudicator: Leigh Baker
Type of piece(s) (own choice or set test piece) to be decided at our AGM on Friday 12th January.