Mizore en Nozomi zijn beste vrienden, die bezig zijn aan hun laatste schooljaar. Beide zijn ze bezeten van de brassband club van hun school. Met Mizore op de oboe en Nozomi op de fluit, brengen ze hun dagen door in geluk, totdat de club liedjes begint te oefenen geïnspireerd op het sprookje van 'Liz and the Blue Bird'.
Een mijndorpje wordt bedreigd om gesloten te worden. De enige hoop voor de inwoners is dat hun Grimley Colliery Brass Band meedoet aan een nationale competitie. De bewoners hebben de hoop al opgegeven als ineens Gloria verschijnt met haar blaasinstrument.
Following their success in the qualifying round for the Kansai regional competition, the members of the Kitauji High School concert band set their sights on the next upcoming performance. Utilizing their summer break to the utmost, the band participates in a camp where they are instructed by their band advisor Noboru Taki and his friends who make their living as professional musicians. Kumiko Oumae and her friends remain determined to attain gold at the Kansai competition, but trouble arises when a student who once quit the band shows interest in rejoining and sparks unpleasant memories for the second-year members. Kumiko also learns about her teacher's surprising past and the motivation behind his desire to lead the band to victory. Reaching nationals will require hard work, and the adamant conviction in each student's commitment to the band will be put to the test.
After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional brass band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school hoping for a fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up being surrounded by people with an interest in the high school brass band. Kumiko finds the motivation she needs to make music once more with the help of her bandmates, some of whom are new like novice tubist Hazuki Katou; veteran contrabassist Sapphire Kawashima; and band vice president and fellow euphonist Asuka Tanaka. Others are old friends, like Kumiko's childhood friend and hornist-turned-trombonist Shuuichi Tsukamoto, and trumpeter and bandmate from middle school, Reina Kousaka. However, in the band itself, chaos reigns supreme. Despite their intention to qualify for the national band competition, as they currently are, just competing in the local festival will be a challenge—unless the new band advisor Noboru Taki does something about it.
Een mix van Dave Chappelle's komische sketches en muzikale optredens, gefilmd door buurtbewoners tijdens een feest in Brooklyn. Onder de gasten bevinden zich tevens de artiesten Kanye West, Mos Def, Erykah Badu, Dead Prez, Jill Scott, en The Roots, welke op dit feest exclusieve optredens geven.
The Bower Family Band petitions the Democratic National Committee to sing a Grover Cleveland rally song at the 1888 convention, but decide instead to move to the Dakota territory on the urging of a suitor to their eldest daughter. There, Grampa Bower causes trouble with his pro-Cleveland ideas, as Dakota residents are overwhelmingly Republican, and hope to get the territory admitted as two states (North and South Dakota) rather than one in order to send four Republican senators to Washington. Cleveland opposed this plan, refusing to refer to Congress the plan to organize the Dakotas this way. When Cleveland wins the popular vote, but Harrison the presidency due to the electoral college votes, the Dakotans (particularly the feuding young couple) resolve to live together in peace, and Cleveland grants statehood to the two Dakotas before he leaves office (along with two Democrat-voting states, evening the gains for both parties).
Awaiting new club leader Kumiko is the Ensemble Contest -- a.k.a. "EnCon"-- and the school's preliminary competition to determine the representative team to participate. Kumiko tries her best to make it to the preliminaries without incident, but the concert band club is so large that there seems to be no end to the problems... And as the club leader, she finds herself busy consulting on all sorts of matters. While the club members are deciding on their teams, Kumiko herself hasn't even decided which she will join...
The Gangbé Brass Band, a musical group from Benin, sets out to conquer Lagos, capital of Nigeria.
A new student ,Eiji is forced into playing the drums for the school band by his classmate, Nanao. From the first moment he holds a drumstick in his hands, the rhythm inside Eiji is awakened and he soon becomes captive to its sonic boom. The obsessive and demanding Nanao is soon swayed by Eiji's bright character and natural kindness. Under Nanao's leadership, the band starts making waves in local competitions. Despite their success, can they survive the pressures of school, relationships, and their dreams? In Beat Kids, Director Toshi Shioya weaves a passionate rock and roll coming of age story about a teenager who uses music to turn growing pains into something extraordinary.
A brass band goes to London to take part in a competition.
Documentary shows brass bands from Nepal, Surinam, Indonesia and Ghana.
True story about the brass band of a fire brigade during WW2.
Half a million people descend upon a tiny Serbian village for the 50th anniversary of the world's largest trumpet festival. Brasslands chronicles the cultural and musical collisions through the personal journeys of 3 musicians - American, Serbian, Roma - whose lives are bound to Balkan brass for very different reasons.
The Trojan Boat – Het eerste theaterwerk van de Weense koperblazersepte Mnozil Brass, dat terecht wordt omschreven als de “Monty Python van de muziek”. Mnozil Brass is afgestudeerd aan het beroemde conservatorium van Wenen en maakt indruk met hun adembenemende komedie en over-the-top verbeeldingskracht. Geheel in lijn met het motto van Shakespeare ‘Let me play the lion too’ nemen ze in hun operette alle muzikale en acteerrollen op zich en vervagen – zomaar en met veel humor – ook de grenzen tussen podium en orkestbak.
Westminster Choir College presents their yearly holiday music concert in WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE: AN EVENING OF READINGS AND CAROLS. Recorded in the Princeton University Chapel, the program features more than 400 musicians in five different choirs. The musical numbers performed in the hour-long special encompass a variety of styles, including traditional Christmas carols with audience participation, beloved choral works, a diverse array of holiday standards, and contemporary arrangements that both surprise and delight. Together with a number of secular readings, the evening brings beauty and comfort to viewers at this special time of year.