The NYBBGB has been working on a special project this year in collaboration with The Friends of Bedfordshire Youth Music. The NYBBGB Ambassador Ensemble will be touring Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes for the week of 8th to 12th July delivering music education concerts in local primary schools. During that same week on Wednesday 10th July, […]

A joint ambition “to increase understanding and widen opportunity” will see The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain (NYBBGB) and The National Youth Brass Band of Switzerland (NJBB) spearhead a new reciprocal musical partnership. Supported by Besson, Horizons will see two players given the opportunity to experience each other’s annual course — starting with […]

The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain (NYBBGB) is looking forward to providing the world premiere of ‘Fragile Earth’, its major new commission that has been written by Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins. In his first major work for the brass band medium, Sir Karl Jenkins the multi award-winning, best-selling composer has embraced the […]

24-year-old Royal Conservatoire of Scotland graduate Joshua Parkhill has won our second Young Conductors Competition. In a high-quality final hosted by British Army Music in Tidworth and sponsored by The Garrick Charitable Trust, Joshua was joined by Andreas Ashkikis, Felicity Cliffe and Craig Sanders as they were in turn asked to work on one of […]