The intention of Brass Band Week is to demonstrate the importance of brass bands in the cultural and musical heritage of Scotland. We hope that we can make the public at large aware of the almost unbelievably high technical and artistic standards of our top bands, the fact that bands are active in hundreds of communities up and down the country with many thousands of players, the contribution bands make in the field of music education and the important role which our bands play in the lives of their own local communities.
The idea behind the campaign is that every band throughout Scotland is asked to undertake at least one event during Scottish Brass Band Week. The exact nature of the event, its scale and its arrangements are up to each individual band. Previous experience has been that if enough bands take part, the programme of events taking place across the country will be sufficiently large and impressive to attract the interest of the local and national media.
Please email brassbandweek@sbba.org.uk with details of any events that you intend to run during brass band week