At Eccles for BrassBand Conductors comp Ten aspiring MDs in semi final which is down to 5 for final tonight Eccles Borough Band will be led by the final 5 tonight 7.30 at Eccles Town Hall Come along

Our President Russell Gray is leading our next band Eccles Borough Band in rehearsal before they work with our finalists. Band and conductor in fine form #BBCA #Maestro #ConductorsLeadFromTheFront #ConductingConpetition2024 #Yamaha

Five outstanding finalists have been chosen and we start the evening rehearsal with the @ecclesboroughband and So Matsukawa from Japan 🇯🇵 working on Blue Rondo A La Turk #BBCA #ConductingCompetition2024 #Maestro #ConductorsLeadFromTheFront #Finalists #Yamaha

Finalist number 2 is Gary Perrin from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 working with @ecclesboroughband on Barn Dance & Cowboy Hymn #BBCA #ConductingCompetition2024 #Maestro #ConductorsLeadFromTheFront #Finalists #Yamaha

Finalist number 3 is Neil Brownless from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 working with @ecclesboroughband on Serenade #BBCA #ConductingCompetition2024 #Maestro #ConductorsLeadFromTheFront #Finalists #Yamaha

Finalist number 4 is Christopher Ward from America 🇺🇸 working with @ecclesboroughband on Riverdance #BBCA #ConductingCompetition2024 #Maestro #ConductorsLeadFromTheFront #Finalists #Yamaha

Our final finalist is Craig Sanders from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 working with @ecclesboroughband on Legends of Cyfartha #BBCA #ConductingCompetition2024 #Maestro #ConductorsLeadFromTheFront #Finalists #Yamaha

And we are off! BBCA President Russell Gray leading the @ecclesboroughband for tonight’s Gala concert some excellent playing in show! #BBCA #Maestro #ConductingComp2024 #Finals #ConductorsLeadFromTheFront #Yamaha

The results are in and the award for the highest placed UK entrant goes to Gary Perrin! Congratulations! #BBCA #Maestro #ConductorsLeadFromTheFront #ConductingComp2024 #Yamaha

The results are in and the award for the highest placed UK entrant goes to Gary Perrin! Congratulations! #BBCA #Maestro #ConductorsLeadFromTheFront #ConductingComp2024 #Yamaha

In 3rd place Neil Brownless! Congratulations! #BBCA #Maestro #ConductorsLeadFromTheFront #ConductingComp2024 #Yamaha

In 2nd place Gary Perrin! Congratulations! #BBCA #Maestro #ConductorsLeadFromTheFront #ConductingComp2024 #Yamaha

And in first place, our BBCA conducting champion of 2024, So Matsukawa! Congratulations! #BBCA #Maestro #ConductorsLeadFromTheFront #ConductingComp2024 #Yamaha

Today is the day of our Annual General Meeting, all members should have received details including reports and link to join the meeting - see you at 930! #BBCA #Maestro #ConductorsLeadFromTheFront #AGM2024

Our next conducting masterclass for wind & brass conductors is on 9 & 10 November. The closing date for applications is Friday 4 October. Come and learn with Mark Heron🇪🇺 The KNDS Fairey Band Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra! rncm.ac.uk/short-conducti…

Congratulations to our executive member Matt R

The doors we’d all love to walk through tomorrow! Good luck in tomorrow’s National Brass Band Championships, may all your beat patterns look neat, inspire your bands and draw sounds to knock dust off the mushrooms! Lead the way, Maestros! #ConductorsLeadFromTheFront #bbca

Conductors' Association to make leading award at BBE Conference: The winner of the Brass Band Conductors' Association annual Conductor Award will be made at the BBE Conference next weekend. dlvr.it/TFGPbK

#BBConf24 thankyou’s go to our funders Arts Council England, Award sponsors ABRSM rooms4groups BBCA, all of todays amazing speakers and of course EVERYONE who came along - thank you for being a part of the #BrassBand conversation on Creative Communities. #ACEsupported

So delighted that our OWN Sarah Woodward won the Brass Bands England Conductor Award #BBConf24 BBCA