The Vancouver Area Brass Band Society serves as a non-profit coordination body
for brass instrument related groups, events, and interests in Vancouver, Canada, and
the surrounding area.
News
2012 February 22
Author Brian Stride has made a major update to the
History of Brass Bands in BC section of the VABBS web site.
The updates are primarily in the First Nations section and include many new
photographs, references to new articles, and a timeline that attempts to
correlate events in the First Nations communities with developments in the
British brass band scene (primarily in the mid-1800s). Also, there
is a new separate section on residential school brass bands.
2011 November 29
Vancouver TubaChristmas on 2011 December 17!
Tubas, Euphoniums, Baritones, Sousaphones, Helicons... all playing favorite
Christmas carols for the public to enjoy!
Performance is at 12pm at the Granville Island Public Market courtyard. It's
FREE for the public to come watch and enjoy!
2008 August 26
The "Touch of Brass" quintet will be featured on CBC Radio 2 (British Columbia)
on Wednesday, August 27, 3:30PM.
2007 December 04
On November 25, 57 brass and percussion players assembled for a brass band reading session under the baton of Elgar Howarth. While the Little Mountain Brass Band made up the core of the reading event, there were an equal number of players from other groups, including community wind bands, the Salvation Army and professional musicians. The session included readings of
"All in the April Evening", "Cross of Honour", Elgar Howarth’s "In Memoriam, R.K." and "La Gazza Ladra." See photos from the event.
2007 October 06
Vancouver Area Brass Band Society is pleased to announce it is presenting a brass band music reading session with renowned performer, composer, conductor, and adjudicator
Elgar Howarth in Vancouver on November 25. See the
Events page for details.
2007 January 06
Brian Stride has completed a major enhancement to the
Research Project: History of Brass Bands in BC.
2006 December 24
The
World of Brass web site has
made available a
podcast of brass
music.
2006 February 07
On January 28, two Vancouver area bands participated in the
2006 Northwest International
Brass Band Festival in Bellevue, WA, joining four bands from Washington
state. The two bands were
Little Mountain
Brass Band and the Cariboo Hill Temple Salvation Army Band. A festival
highlight was Bach's
"Tocatta in D Minor"
performed by the six combined bands comprising 150+ brass players.
2005 March 07
Brass Players! Come, bring your instrument and enjoy an evening of reading
brass band music with renowned British conductor, composer and arranger,
Derek Broadbent.
If you would like to attend, please drop
Jim Littleford
(jim_littleford@telus.net) an email so that
we have an idea how many will be attending.
2004 December 17
Little Mountain Brass Band
will be participating in the
Northwest International Brass Band Festival
in Bellevue, WA, on Saturday and Sunday, 2005 January 29-30.
2004 November 06
Added information about the
Aboriginal Brass Band Contest
in New Westminster in 1905.
2004 October 25
Updated the
Members page.
2004 May 30
Vancouver Area Brass Band Society is pleased to announce a reading session to
be directed by
Derek Broadbent, well-known in the world of British brass
banding as a composer, arranger, conductor and adjudicator.
(See
biography.)
Mark your calendars for Monday, 2005 April 04. Location and event time to be
announced.
2004 January 25
Little Mountain Brass Band
participated in the
Northwest International Brass Band Festival in Bellevue, WA, on Saturday,
2004 January 24. Other bands attending were Seattle Temple Band (Salvation Army), PugetBrass, and
Spokane British Brass Band. The event was hosted by
Brass Band Northwest.
2004 January 22
VABBS was delighted to present a reading session conducted by renowned British brass band composer
Philip Sparke in the evening of January 22, at Marpole United Church in Vancouver. When Philip
suddenly became available from previous commitments, 29 brass enthusiasts convened on 24 hours notice
for the highly successful event.
2003 September 21
Little Mountain Brass Band
will be participating in the
Northwest International Brass Band Festival in Bellevue, WA,
on Saturday, 2004 January 24.
2003 September 07
Little Mountain Brass Band has started its
Fall 2003 rehearsals, and welcomes new members.
Updated 2012 Feb 22, 21:37 EST/EDT