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The World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles
The World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles(WASBE) is the only international organisation of wind band conductors, composers, performers, publishers, teachers, instrument makers and friends of wind music. It is the only organization completely dedicated to enhancing the quality of the wind band throughout the world and exposing its members to new worlds of repertoire, musical culture, people and places. |
The British Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles BASBWE is for Players, Conductors, Composers, Teachers, Publishers, Manufacturers and Retailers. |
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Jerry Junkin, Artistic Director and Conductor Frederick Fennell, Principal Guest Conductor The Dallas Wind Symphony, "America's Premier WindbandSM", is the leading professional civilian wind band in the United States today. Comprised of 50 woodwind, brass and percussion players, the band performs an eclectic blend of musical styles ranging from Bach to Bernstein and Sousa to Strauss. They combine the tradition of the British brass band with the musical heritage of the American town band and the pioneering spirit of the 20th century wind ensemble. The DWS makes its home in one of the world's greatest concert halls, Dallas' Morton H. Meyerson Concert Center, where it provides an annual concert subscription series. They have ten highly acclaimed CDs on the Reference Recordings label under conductors Howard Dunn, Frederick Fennell and Jerry Junkin. In 1995, recognizing the Dallas Wind Symphony's importance to the community, the City of Dallas granted the windband use of the historic Fair Park Bandshell, both as a venue for summer outdoor concerts and as an administrative office. |
The Brass Band WWW Page
These pages of many other brass bands of the world are maintained by Nigel Horne |
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The David Urquhart Travel Yorkshire Imperial Band
Appropriately named the David Urquhart Travel Yorkshire Imperial Band is without doubt one of the jewels in the crown of the Yorkshire Brass Band Movement. Formed as the Yorkshire Copper Works Band in 1936, the intervening years have seen 'The Imps' develop into one of the finest bands in the world. In an area where Grimethorpe Colliery, Brighouse and Rastrick and John Foster Black Dyke Mills all challenge to gain ascendancy; success at the hightest level is hard won. David Urquhart Travel Yorkshire Imperial Band are quick to seize the gauntlet and have not falled short in terms of contest success. The honours table speaks for itself. However, whilst contest success and its attendant publicity is important and much valued, it is the concert platform that is the 'lifeblood' of the band. Successive conductors have established record of reliability for performances and musical entertainment. The 'Imps' as the band is affectionately known, is an organisation the loves to thrill and entertain, irrepspective of context, venue or medium. Their music can be found on numerous recording and is regularly featured on the radio. |
The John Phillip Sousa Homepage
A website maintained for fans of the late John Philip Sousa, the king of marches! |
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The Summit Brass was formed under the auspices of the
Summit Records. Consists of many professional brass musicians coming together to make great music!
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This new 20-piece ensemble was first organised in 1995
by renowned tuba artists and pedagogues R. Winston Morris of Tennessee Tech University and Scott Watson
of The University of Kansas. Morris and Watson bring together some of America's most legendary performers
of the tuba and euphonium for the first time. Dedicated to proving that these frequently underestimated
instruments are as beautiful as any others, Symphonia produces the most resonant and gorgeous of textures.
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