Brass Band of Battle Creek E-News

April 07, 2009 Premier Edition


New Website Ready BBBC launches redesigned site

The Brass Band of Battle Creek has commissioned a new website to provide information about the BBBC to the public. 

One of the key features of the new site is a custom content management system, designed especially for the BBBC, which will allow BBBC staff to instantly update the site. 

Also new is an online newsletter feature. This feature will be updated regularly, providing news and notes of interest to BBBC fans. You can easily subscribe to receive notification that the newsletter has been updated, and you will receive an email with the headlines of the articles, as well as a brief listing of upcoming events.

 

 


New CD Coming Soon!

 

Many of you were in attendance when the BBBC first performed Music for Battle Creek which we commissioned from renowned brass band composer Philip Sparke, Philip composed this piece with the particular talents of the BBBC in mind as noted in the British Brass Bandsman: “it is certainly a showcase work for a band that contains a whole platoon full of star performers on any instrument you may care to mention.”
 
Music for B.C., which received its first performances at London’s Royal Albert Hall as part of the 2007 Championships, was recorded by the BBBC during its U.S. Premiere in December 2007.
 
The BBBC has partnered with the MSR Classics label to make this recording available to the public in 2009 with an exact release date to be announced soon. The BBBC has several recording available from our online CD shop, but this MSR release will surely be a collectors item as soon as it is pressed. Buy one for listening and another to keep in the shrink wrap! Will also make a great gift for any brass enthusiast or music fan you know.
 
Of course there will be numerous other selections on this exciting release including St. Louis Blues featuring the great Wycliffe Gordon in his own arrangement of this classic for the BBBC, the frighteningly virtuosic Scherzo from Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony, and many others.

 

Although an exact release date has not ben set, Classical Brass will be released in late 2009. Look for a bulliten on the www.BBBC.net home page as the release date approaches. 


Help Support the Band Every Time You Search the Internet

What if the Brass Band of Battle Creek earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause?  Now it can!
 

GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!

GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to the Brass Band of Battle Creek! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you’ll be supporting BBBC.

Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Brass Band of Battle Creek when you want to support. And, be sure to spread the word.  It's easy to earn money when you have the Goodsearch toolbar installed in your browser. 

Thanks in advance for your support!  Together we can support the band and have individual everyday searches and purchases add up to a sizeable total, so please help spread the word!