The BTS will be at the Brass Arts Festival on Sunday 20 May at Leeds Town Hall (The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD) and will feature the Black Dyke Trombone Quartet and Black Dyke Youth Quartet.

This year's Black Dyke Brass Festival held at Leeds Town Hall will create one of the greatest of sounds in recent times. The festival will feature a gala concert on Sunday 20 May at 3:00 pm with performances from Black Dyke and special guests, the Yorkshire Youth Brass Band.

The programme of music includes the evocative Deep Harmony hymn tune, Pomp and Circumstance in this Diamond Jubilee Year, and the grand finale of Respighi's Pines of Rome featuring over two hundred musicians.

The Black Dyke Band is the current English Champion and through the direction of Nicholas Childs and a unique partnership with Leeds Metropolitan University, the band continues to be at the forefront of the development of the brass band movement.

The concert features special guests and stars of tomorrow, the Yorkshire Youth Brass Band. The band was formed in 2006 under the guidance of Dr Nicholas Childs with the support of Leeds Metropolitan University to inspire young people aged 11-18 who have already achieved Grade 4.

Tickets for the concert are priced £10-£15 and are available from the Box Office on 0113 224 3801 or from the Leeds Concert Season website.

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On Saturday 19 May, the Second Rossendale Scouts Band and British Trombone Society are hosting an all-day workshop and evening concert.

Venue
Second Rossendale Scout Group Band
Scout Headquarters
Burnley Road
Bacup
Lancashire
OL13 8AE

Contact: Brett Baker ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Admission: cover charge of £5 per BTS member; £15 to non-members for the all-day workshop; £5 for the concert to non-performers. (It makes economic sense to visit the BTS website and join before attending the Open Day!)  

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The new BTS recording, Fanfare, will be aired in the USA on 14 May 2012 at 7:00 PM ET on WWUH, the radio station of the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut. Listeners outside of Hartford area can tune in to the live stream of the broadcast at http://www.wwuh.org, presented by Keith Barrett, the host of Drake's Village Brass Band every Monday evening from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET.

British Summer Time is 5 hours ahead of US Eastern Time (ET). This broadcast will therefore start at 12:00 AM on 15 May.

Fanfare is available to purchase online in CD and MP3 format.