European Brass Band Association

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European Brass Band Association One of the objects of the Association shall be to further and promote the intrinsic, aesthetic and social values of brass bands in Europe.

Each year EBBA will plan, organise and supervise the EBBC together with any appropriate events for example conferences, forums, meetings, workshops and masterclasses for european brass bands, musicians, conductors, jury and panel members, and composers.

CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT FOR EBBC 2027Following a thorough review, the European Brass Band Association has decided that the 2...
13/10/2026

CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT FOR EBBC 2027
Following a thorough review, the European Brass Band Association has decided that the 2027 European Brass Band Championships will be held without a Challenge Section.
๐Ÿ‘‰https://ebba.eu.com/championship-format-for-ebbc-2027/

The European Brass Band Association is extremely saddened to hear about the passing of its Honorary Life Member, Markus ...
18/09/2026

The European Brass Band Association is extremely saddened to hear about the passing of its Honorary Life Member, Markus S. Bach.

Markus S. Bach was one of founding fathers of the European Brass Band Association (EBBA) and served as the first president, from 1995 to 2007.

During that period EBBA secured the position as the undisputed manager of the European Brass Band Championships, and grew the event's reputation to become the worldโ€™s most prestigious band contest. Markus was the driving force behind that development. It was also under his leadership EBBA established the triennial contest for soloists, conductors and composers, helping promote young talents across Europe. The European Youth Brass Band is another initiative to stimulate friendship and musical development during these formative years for the European movement, with Markus as a driving force.

It was with pride that EBBA could award Markus the well-deserved title as the organisationโ€™s first Honorary Life Member.
Markus was also one of the pioneers in the Swiss brass band movement with so many initiatives and achievements.

After his resignation from EBBA in 2007 Markus was always willing to help the organization and a very welcomed guest at all events where he together with his lovely wife Margrith maintained their great network and friendship with people from all EBBA member countries. Also, their sons Phillipe and Michael have contributed to the European movement in different roles.

We extend our warmest sympathies to the whole family.

๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก ๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—˜๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—”๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—š๐—˜ ๐Ÿ† Congratulations to Foden's Band (Russell Gray) on taking the title at ye...
13/09/2026

๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก ๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—˜๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—”๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—š๐—˜ ๐Ÿ†

Congratulations to Foden's Band (Russell Gray) on taking the title at yesterdayโ€™s 172nd British Open Brass Band Championship at Symphony Hall, Birmingham.

They now join the line-up for the 2028 European Brass Band Championship, returning to the very same hall.

Welcome, Fodenโ€™s! ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

๐—˜๐—•๐—•๐—” ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ช๐—ข ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐Ÿ“ฃEBBA is delighted to announce the appointment of Elise Hale and Elisabeth Rogers...
11/09/2026

๐—˜๐—•๐—•๐—” ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ช๐—ข ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐Ÿ“ฃ

EBBA is delighted to announce the appointment of Elise Hale and Elisabeth Rogers as its content creators, who will strengthen its communication, storytelling and digital engagement across the European brass band community.

Both bring a strong combination of brass band experience and professional communication skills, with backgrounds spanning journalism, social media, marketing and performance.

๐—˜๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ
has earned a strong reputation across the British banding scene as the founder and driving force behind Brassing Around. Over the past three years, the platform has grown significantly, leading to opportunities to provide backstage and event coverage at major contests including the National Finals, the British Open and Brass in Concert.

Eliseโ€™s contribution to brass band media has already received national recognition, earning her awards including BBC Young Reporter of the Year, Brass Bands England Young Bandsperson of the Year, and the British Bandsman "Looking to the Future" Award, alongside a nomination for the 4barsrest Newcomer of the Year Award, all in 2023.

On the playing side, Elise began aged eight through the Cyprus Music Service, before continuing her development with Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust. As a member of Youth Brass 2000, she's won three National Youth Brass Band Championships, performed at four European Youth Brass Band Championships, and has represented the The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain on Flugelhorn. She's currently Repiano Cornet at Derwent Brass, while studying Flugelhorn at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

"๐™„โ€™๐™ข ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™€๐˜ฝ๐˜ฝ๐˜ผ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข. ๐™„๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก๐™ช๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™„ ๐™–๐™ข ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š." - ๐˜Œ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ

๐—˜๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€
is widely recognised across the movement for both her playing and her marketing work. She comes from Welsh brass banding roots, having grown up immersed in brass banding from a young age. She became Ammanford Town Silver Band's youngest ever principal cornet at just 14, before moving into Championship Section banding at 16. She was a member of the National Youth Brass Band of Wales from the age of 12, serving as its Principal Cornet on her final course in 2023 โ€” the same year she was selected for the European Youth Brass Band and attended the EBBC in Malmรถ, experiencing first-hand the international spirit that EBBA fosters.

She holds a degree in Music Performance (Cornet) from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama - Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru and has performed with leading bands across the UK at some of the country's most prestigious venues. Sheโ€™s currently Assistant Principal Cornet at Ebbw Valley Brass, also touring annually with Desford Colliery Band across South East Asia.

Alongside her playing, Elisabeth has built a career in communications. Since 2019, she has supported the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain with social media coverage over contest weekends, and after completing her Music degree, she went on to complete an MSc in Strategic and Digital Marketing, graduating with distinction. She has since built a freelance marketing career working with organisations ranging from small businesses to larger corporate clients, and currently works as a Marketing Executive for an international education and data company.

"๐™„โ€™๐™ข ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™จ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™›๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™„ ๐™–๐™ข ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™„ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ข๐™—๐™š๐™ง, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™—๐™š ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™  ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™– ๐™€๐™ช๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก. ๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™–๐™จ๐™จ ๐™—๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™š๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™„โ€™๐™ข ๐™š๐™ญ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™€๐˜ฝ๐˜ฝ๐˜ผ." - ๐˜Œ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด

๐Ÿ”— ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ - https://ebba.eu.com/ebba-appoints-two-new-content-creators/

EBBA is looking for Content CreatorsAs part of our work to strengthen EBBAโ€™s digital presence, we are looking for 1โ€“2 co...
04/06/2026

EBBA is looking for Content Creators

As part of our work to strengthen EBBAโ€™s digital presence, we are looking for 1โ€“2 content creators to join our communications and content team.

We are looking for people with a good understanding of social media and a strong interest in storytelling, digital content and the brass band community.

The role will include helping with content planning and creation throughout the year โ€” and you will also be present at the European Brass Band Championships, creating and sharing content from the event.

This is a voluntary role, but travel expenses will be covered.

Interested? Read more and apply here:
https://ebba.eu.com/ebba-is-looking-for-content-creators/

15/05/2026

Congratulations to the Flowers Band for winning the European Brass Band Championships 2026. Here from the House of Commons.

Congratulations Smรธrรฅs Skolemusikk (Norway) for winning the Development section and Hordaland Ungdomsbrassband (Norway) ...
26/04/2026

Congratulations Smรธrรฅs Skolemusikk (Norway) for winning the Development section and Hordaland Ungdomsbrassband (Norway) for winning the Premier section of the 2026 European Youth Brass Band Contest! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿซถ

Development section

1. Smรธrรฅs Skolemusikk (Norway)
2. Ytrebygda skolekorps (Norway)
3. Junior Brass Band Oberรถsterreich (Austria)
4. Brass Band Aukลกtyn (Lithuania)
5. Wardle Academy Youth Band (England)

Premier section

1. Hordaland Ungdomsbrassband (Norway)
2. Catch Basin Brass Band (Oostenrijk)
3. Liberty Brass Band Junior (Switzerland)
4. The National Youth Brass Band of Denmark (Denmark)
5. Jugend Brass Band Oberรถsterreich (Austria)
6. Seindorf Ieuenctid Beaumaris (Wales)
7. Youth Brass 2000 (England)

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Our 7 Premier section bands all played Burn the Church! by Otto M. Schwarz and an their Own Choice program. Give them a ...
26/04/2026

Our 7 Premier section bands all played Burn the Church! by Otto M. Schwarz and an their Own Choice program. Give them a big applause ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

See you at 16h30 for the Farewell concert and Award Ceremony.

๐Ÿ“ธ chappersmedia

A big applause to all the bands in Development section. They all played Meet the Giants by Thomas Murauer and an Own Cho...
26/04/2026

A big applause to all the bands in Development section. They all played Meet the Giants by Thomas Murauer and an Own Choice program.

They were all giants on stage today ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
See you at 12h for the start of the Premier section.

๐Ÿ“ธ chappersmedia

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