The Brass Band Conductors' Association (BBCA) is here to support and bring together conductors and those interested in picking up the baton from all over the world, and is going from strength to strength. Join today!
Are you making the most of your BBCA benefits?
Checkout the benefits and services offered to members. See our Member Directory and free Mentoring Service.
Login to the BBE website Member Resources to see a host of conducting-related webinars.
Coming up
Join BBCA's next virtual networking session on Zoom with Jacob de Haan and Andrea Price giving insights into the inspiration behind their 2025 3rd and 4th section Area test pieces.
Tuesday 28 January 7pm. Free to members, £5 to non-members.
Chance to listen back to an evening with Tredegar's Ian Porthouse
Listen now to this virtual networking event with Ian Porthouse sharing his banding experiences, including conducting at the BBC Proms.
Brass Band Conductor Award 2024
The BBCA is delighted to congratulate Sarah Woodward, winner of the BBE Conductor Award, supported by the BBCA.
Sarah has been a conductor with the Kirkbymoorside Town Brass Band family for over 20 years, with a decade dedicated to the Junior Sections. In this time she has also set up the Kirkbymoorside Community Band, which is for everyone of all abilities and currently has over 40 players aged 11-89+.
In 2018 she took up the baton for Kirkbymoorside Senior Band, becoming one of the few female conductors of a Championship section band, and now oversees a team of five female conductors, aged 20-50+ leading over 120 musicians.
Meet the BBCA Exec and Area Representatives
Russell Gray is the President of the BBCA, with James Holt as Chair. The Exec is made up of conductors from a wide range of banding backgrounds and others who support banding. Meet the Exec.
The organisation has Area Representatives across the regions, who are always willing to help you.
More information
The Association partnered with Brass Bands England in October 2019, which saw the two bodies coming together to develop educational opportunities for conductors and BBCA members receiving free BBE Individual Membership. Watch the webinar 'Keep calm and Carry on Banding' to hear about BBCA's relaunch (previously the NABBC) in November 2020.
Please email BBCA Secretary Rosie Banham: bbca@bbe.org.uk
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