Brass Band News
& Player Vacancies

Eikanger-Bjørsvik to Herald New European Youth Spectacular

Published in Events on 2014-02-17 by Empty Chairs

More news from SBBA

On May 4th 2014, at Perth Concert Hall

The Scottish Brass Band Association (SBBA) and the European Brass Band Association (EBBA) have announced that a performance by the Norwegian champion band, Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag, will precede the new European Youth Brass Band Contest, which will take place in Perth Concert Hall on Sunday 4 May.

SBBA Development Manager Andrew Duncan commented: “It is with great pleasure that we can announce the opening concert of the European Youth Brass Band Contest. This will combine a farewell concert for the 2014 European Youth Brass Band under Musical Director Russell Gray and the outstanding Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag, a former European champion and one of the most innovative and exciting combinations in the world of brass bands.”

Andrew Duncan continued: “Eikanger-Bjørsvik always delivers a great programme and we are sure that the prospect of hearing the 2013 European Championship runner-up will help us to attract a capacity audience for the new European Youth Brass Band Contest, which will commence immediately after the concert.”

Speaking on behalf of Eikanger-Bjørsvik, Band Manager Viggo Bjørge said: “We had a great experience last year, when we closed the championship with a joint concert with Cory Band at the Town Square in Oslo. When we heard that our local youth band would take part in the new European Youth Brass Band Contest we contacted the Scottish organisers to see if we could be of any assistance in supporting the event. We learned from the TV docu-soap series we made last year that the young players really enjoyed having a peek inside the big bands’ engine rooms, so we aim to give them that, not by playing heavy testpieces, but by attempting to bring the house down with an entertaining programme that shows that light music can be as serious and hard as the test-pieces.”

EBBA General Secretary Carsten Hering Nielsen is very pleased that Eikanger will support the event in this way. “I am sure it will bring in a great crowd for both the concert and the contest later in the afternoon.  Furthermore we have been working on a good way to give the European Youth Brass Band of 2014 a proper opportunity to present themselves in a farewell concert. This seems to be solved elegantly by the local organising committee in arranging this opening concert as the culmination of a week of hard work for the EYBB that will also include the soloist final’s gala concert, the opening ceremony and a short programme in Saturday evening’s grand gala concert.”

Share the news!
Comment on this article...
comments powered by Disqus

Brass Band CDs

Publish Your Press Release

There are two simple ways to publish your brass band related press releases on Empty Chairs:

  1. Sign up for a free account to self publish, or
  2. Send the release to press@emptychairs.co.uk and we will publish it for you.

Latest News

New arrivals and new opportunities

City of Oxford Silver Band is celebrating the arrival of new players to its… read more...

Helping to Promote Brass Bands

Helping to Promote Brass Bands Marching Bands UK connects together all styles of bands across the… read more...

IBSTOCK BRICK BRASS BUILDS WITH BANKS

Local community band Ibstock Brick Brass, based in Coalville, are looking for players to… read more...

Let's Face the Music!

Let's Face the Music! Join us for a fantastic afternoon of music and entertainment.… read more...

Sounds Of Brass

Sounds Of Brass is a live online Radio Broadcast Station for Brass Bands non… read more...


Vacancies

Brass Band News

About & Admin