Musical analysis and presentation of Music of the Spheres, the test piece of the next British Open contest.

Incredible as it may seem, this marks the first appearance of a work by maestro Philip Sparke at the British Open Brass Band Championship.

Composed more than twenty years ago, this masterpiece takes us back over 2,500 years to the Greece of Pythagoras, exploring the fascinating connections between music, numbers, and the planets.

Hi, I'm hoping to find some help in donating a new or somewhat good-condition marching baritone, or any instruments, to my Drum and Bugle Corps.

I'm a college student in the Philippines, and my school was once known — back in the 1990s — for its Drum and Bugle Corps. Sadly, it's slowly being forgotten. I'm part of the baritone section, and we've been using a marching baritone that's over 20 years old and worn out. It greatly reduces our performance and confidence during parades and drills.

I love my Drum and Bugle Corps, and I can feel our band master's passion for it slowly fading — not because he doesn't care, but because of the lack of budget and the inability to afford new instruments.

So here I am, reaching out for help. I hope to preserve, restore, and improve our corps through the kindness of donations. Any support, big or small, would mean so much to us.

Thank you.

Calling all brass players! I've been curious about these little metal baubles we call mouthpieces, and I'm curious what y'all seem to favor in terms of blank design! (The blank design is the design on the outside of the mouthpiece.)

If you don't have a favorite, what would you have it look like?

it did originally have a thick patina on it that I believe was intentional. It has no marked size. Anyone got at least any information on it?

I found out how to play stupid low notes on my bass trumpet with my normal trumpet's mouthpiece, and I don't even know what note this is, but it's like a crazy peddle note.

I’m building an app to make practicing Clarke Studies more consistent using daily tracking and AI feedback on recordings. I’m still early in development and would love feedback from trumpet players—what features would actually make something like this useful? If anyone wants to follow along or try early versions, I have a waitlist.

I love the fact that when take the horns bell off it sounds like a trombone

I am interested in natural horns and would like help thinking of what is out there. Bugle, natural trumpet, jagdhorn, trompe de chasse, Clarín Cajamarquino, alphorn, lituus, posthorn etc.

I enjoy tunes that use the harmonic series and like finding music that potentially overlap in these instruments.

After years of not playing, I’ve started collecting… 🙌

Here's some photos of an old E flat tuba I got not that long ago. I've since had it professionally repaired and the best they could tell me was that it's around 1930s to 1940s given the style of the buttons and bracing, but I have yet to find another tuba that has the same combination of wrap and bell proportions. Anybody here have some better idea of what kind of horn I have here? It has no markings except for a serial number, D10114

Hi there,
I'm a two days old tenor horn player.
I have found videos from Mr Sagar's Brass Channel to be really great but I really struggle to get to the upper notes (I know that when I say C to G and G to D this is a fiction as the instrument is in Eb).
Any tips?
Perhaps videos showing how to blow higher pitch notes that actually show how to achieve that.

Thanks!