Brass Bands
Celebrating brass banding at the Pacific Festival of Brass
The 2024 national brass band championships begin on Wednesday. This year, the contest is widening participation to outside New Zealand and into the Pacific. RNZ Concert's David Morriss talks with two… Audio
Brass music on Nights
Music Director of the National Band of New Zealand, David Bremner, joins Nights with a selection of Jazz brass players. Audio
Brass with David Bremner
Our cultural ambassador from the world of Brass, David Bremner joins us once again with an eclectic mix of music. Audio
Hot 8 Brass Band: genre-busting band from New Orleans
The Hot 8 Brass Band are coming from the US to play WOMAD in mid-March. The band, direct from the streets of New Orleans, has re-cast traditional marching band jazz with funk, R&B and hip-hop. Kim… Audio
Brilliant Brass - Kevin Jarrett
A tribute to the outstanding NZ cornet player, band director and educator who died in 2015. Audio
Brilliant Brass - The Childs Family
John, Robert, Nicholas and David Childs - three generations of outstanding euphonium players and brass band directors from one Welsh family. Audio
The Best of Upbeat for 3 July 2015
In this week's episode, Eva meets the Belgian cornet virtuoso Harmen Vanhoorne, Roger Horrocks introduces his new collection of Len Lye's writings, and David Morriss talks to Edo de Waart: the brand… Audio
Graham Hickman: NZ Army Band
The New Zealand Army Band provides the soundtrack to most of 'Salute': the Royal New Zealand Ballet's memorial to the First World War. Eva speaks to their music director Graham Hickman. Audio
