They're not just a band - they're a brass band. A British brass band, to be exact. And they're the only one in Lancaster. The Lancaster British Brass Band will perform at First United Methodist Church ...

They sit and wait. And then, when they ve counted out the correct number of measures and the moment arrives, they add the oomph and the gusto and the color to the music. And then they sit and wait ...

As a little boy in World War II England, Edmund Fry, 85, remembers one particular Christmas Day when he woke up to the gift of an orange he could share with his twin brother. “That was like receiving ...

The Magnolia City Brass Band. Since its origins in Great Britain in the mid nineteenth century, the British style brass band has become a popular ensemble around the world. The Magnolia City Brass ...

In the 19th and 20th centuries, nearly every coal mine in the U.K. had a brass band. They were intended to keep workers out of trouble, and were a... Britain's Brass Bands: A Working-Class Tradition ...

Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain’s first brass bands earlier than previously thought, new research reveals. The study undermines the idea that brass bands were ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A free concert will be kicking off the summer with a brass band in the traditional British style. We spoke with the band’s director Tim McMillin this morning to get the ...