The 160th British Open Brass Band Championships took place on the 1st September

…and the winner is…

FODENS

Saturday saw one of the banding world’s great conducting talents finally secure a personal grand slam of major titles, as Allan Withington led Foden’s to victory at the 160th British Open at Symphony Hall, Birmingham.

Hooray!

A full round up of events can be found on 4barsrest.com

The British Open website – you can watch the contest online now!

An interesting historical fact was that former Principal cornet and conductor of Fodens Brass Band was the famous Harry Mortimer. Mr Mortimer was also Principal Trumpet of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra for many years.