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Results of the 2007 NABBA Championships

Championship

1. Fountain City BB (Joseph Parisi) - 293.0 points
2. James Madison University BB (Kevin Stees) - 289.4 points
3. Illinois BB (Ryan Nelson) - 282.0 points
4. BB of Central Florida (Michael Garasi) - 280.0 points
5. Atlantic BB (Salvatore Scarpa) - 264.1 points
6. Chicago BB (Colin Holman) - 260.8 points
7. BB of the Western Reserve (Keith Wilkinson) - 256.2 points

Honors

1. Central Ohio BB (Jessica Sneeringer) - 272.2 points
2. Georgia BB (Joe Johnson) - 269.0 points
3. Prairie BB (Dallas Niermeyer) - 267.0 points
4. Cincinnati BB (Anita Cocker Hunt) - 256.0 points
5. New England BB (Douglas Yeo) - 250.8 points
6. Princeton BB (Stephen Arthur Allen) - 247.6 points
7. Triangle BB (Robert C. Hunter) - 243.0 points

Challenge

1. Massanutten BB (Kevin Stees) - 281.2 points
2. Natural State BB (Rusty Morris) - 264.2 points
3. Spires BB (John Slezak) - 259.2 points
4. Derby City BB (John R. Jones, Jr.) - 254.8 points
5. Sunshine BB (Jim Cheyne) - 244.6 points
6. Chesapeake BB (Charles E. Hockersmith) - 242.0 points
7. Commonwealth BB (J. Jerome Amend/Anita Cocker Hunt) - 237.8 points

Explorer

1. BB of the Tri-State (Gary Clarke) - 265.0 points
2. Bend in the River BB (Mark Kersting) - 255.6 points
3. All-Star Brass And Percussion (Eric Aho) - 250.2 points

Youth

1. Triangle Youth Brass Band (Tony Granados) - 265.0 points
2. Cincinnati Honors Brass Band (A. Greg Mills) - 247.6 points

Youth Open

1. Triangle Youth Brass Ensemble (Paul Pietrowski) - 254.0 points
2.Junior Varsity All-Star Brass Band (Chad McGee) - 239.0 points

Adult High Brass Slow Melody

1. Kevin Maloney - NEBB
2. Alex Bender - JMUBB
3. Jack Deal - ABB

Adult High Brass Technical

1. Raquel Rodriquez - FCBB
2. Alvin Bernard - BBCF
3. Stephen Cross - NSBB

Adult Low Brass Slow Melody

1. Kevin Elkins - JMUBB
2. Roger Menning – Chicago BB
3. Kevin Cramer – BBCF

Adult Low Brass Technical

1. David Heinsen - JMUBB
2. TJ Menges – Fountain City
3. Chip Gue – BBTS

Adult Percussion

1. Jameson Carr - JMUBB
2. Suzie Berndt - JMUBB
3. Jake Brandyberry – Cincinnati BB

Youth Percussion Solo

1. Matt Adair – ASB&P
2. Mark Claffey – ASB&P
3. Jenni Morrison – JV All-Stars

Youth Brass Solo

1. Terri Williams - TYBB
2. Joel Collier - Atlantic BB
3. Justin Crawford – TYBB

Adult Percussion Ensemble

1. JMU Percussion Quartet
2. New England Brass Band Percussion Quartet

Adult Brass Ensemble

1. James Madison University Brass Ensemble
2. Twisted Steel
3. Lexington Brass Ensemble

Youth Brass Ensemble

1. Triangle Youth Brass Band (Ensemble)

Youth Percussion Ensemble

1. Triangle Youth Percussion Ensemble
2. All-Star Percussion
3. Junior Varsity Percussion

Written by Ian McKenzie on April 17th, 2007 with no comments.
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Brass Band Rankings

As of December 9, 2006

Pos Band Region Points Positional Change
1 Black Dyke Yorkshire 1.524,8 -
2 Buy As You View Wales 1.202,5 -
3 Grimethorpe Colliery (UK Coal) Yorkshire 1.130,8 -
4 YBS Band Yorkshire 766,73 -
5 Brighouse & Rastrick Yorkshire 642,86 +5
6 Foden’s Richardson North West 559,61 -1
7 Scottish Co-op Scotland 528,68 -
8 Leyland North West 477,17 -2
9 The Fairey Band North West 469,47 -1
10 Brass Band Willebroek Belgium 361,13 -1
11 Sellers International Yorkshire 347,00 +5
12 Whitburn Scotland 319,67 +2
13 Kirkintilloch Scotland 260,86 -
14 Reg Vardy North 257,62 +1
15 Rothwell Temperance Yorkshire 247,24 -4
16 Desford Colliery (Aggregate Industries) Midlands 232,45 -4
17 PolySteel West 209,46 -
18 Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Yorkshire 201,06 +1
19 Tredegar Wales 163,32 -1
20 Hepworth (Lanson Homes) Yorkshire 155,58 -
21 Brass Band Fribourg Switzerland 145,54 -
22 Mount Charles West 137,25 -
23 Fishburn North 96,32 +1
24 Aveley & Newham London & SC 95,69 -1
25 Brass Band of Central Florida USA 94,48 +64
26 Brass Band 13 Etoiles Switzerland 90,01 -1
27 Stavanger Norway 69,72 -1
28 Staffordshire Midlands 64,14 -
29 Burry Port Town Wales 62,39 -2
30 Eikanger-Bj�rsvik Norway 58,32 -1
31 Ransome Midlands 57,36 -
32 Wingates North West 56,92 +3
33 BTM Wales 55,84 -3
34 SWT Woodfalls West 49,75 +3
35 Pennine Brass Yorkshire 49,55 -2
36 GUS Midlands 48,12 -4
37 Lyngby Taarbaek Denmark 42,18 -3
38 Newtongrange Silver Scotland 40,89 -
39 Redbridge Brass London & SC 40,68 -3
40 Kingdom Brass Scotland 39,45 -
41 Tongwynlais Temperance Wales 37,08 -2
42 Cwmaman Institute Wales 35,18 -
43 Newstead Welfare Midlands 34,99 -2
44 Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel Yorkshire 34,52 -1
45 Buizingen Belgium 33,46 +14
46 Unison Kinneil Scotland 32,52 +1
47 Kibworth Midlands 32,19 +5
48 Parc & Dare Wales 31,86 -2
49 Ashton-under-Lyne North West 31,40 -4
50 Camborne Town West 30,43 -6
51 Freckleton North West 29,73 +3
52 Gothenburg Sweden 28,39 +14
53 Marsden (Riverhead Brewery) Yorkshire 27,46 -3
54 Manger Musikklag Norway 26,53 -6
55 Metropole Brass Band Belgium 26,36 +38
56 Dalewool Auckland Brass New Zealand 26,34 -5
57 Beaumaris Wales 25,73 -8
58 Brass Band Rijnmond Netherlands 23,78 -3
59 Brisbane Excelsior Australia 23,61 -6
60 Woolley Pritchard Sovereign Midlands 21,44 -4
61 NZ Community Trust Woolston Brass New Zealand 21,41 -4
62 Dalmellington Scotland 21,37 +3
63 Staines Brass London & SC 20,67 -5
64 Bactiguard Wire Brass North West 20,17 -4
65 Dobcross Silver North West 19,65 -4
66 Ensemble de Cuivres M�lodia Switzerland 19,55 +5
67 BT North West 19,44 -5
68 Jaguar (Coventry) Midlands 18,36 -4
69 Soli Brass Netherlands 18,01 -6
70 Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass Scotland 17,76 -3
71 Bon-Accord Scotland 16,46 +2
72 Stocksbridge Yorkshire 16,24 -4
73 BHK (UK) Ltd. North 15,53 +8
74 Thoresby Colliery Midlands 15,10 -5
75 Waratah Brass Australia 14,90 -5
76 EYMS North 14,76 -2
77 Festival Brass Band Belgium 14,62 +38
78 St. Kilda Sentinel Brass New Zealand 14,24 -6
79 Brass Band de Waldsang Netherlands 14,08 +33
80 Pemberton Old Wigan JJB North West 13,95 -1
81 1st Old Boys Association Silver N. Ireland 13,54 -6
82 Bournemouth Concert West 13,35 -6
83 Bazuin-Oenkerk Netherlands 13,00 +15
84 Concord Denmark 12,95 -7
85 Northop Wales 12,75 +16
86 Silkeborg Blaeserne Denmark 12,50 -8
87 Laganvale (Metal Technology) N. Ireland 12,36 -7
88 Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan A Switzerland 12,23 +94
89 Powerfuel Hatfield Colliery Yorkshire 11,99 -3
90 Newbridge Celynen Wales 11,83 -2
91 Abergavenny Borough Wales 11,72 +3
92 Burgermusik Luzern Switzerland 11,69 -9
93 Besses o’ th’ Barn North West 11,67 -9
94 United Co-op Crewe North West 11,51 -12
95 Innovate Skelmanthorpe Yorkshire 10,97 +1
96 Alliance Brass London & SC 10,95 -11
97 United Co-op Yorkshire Yorkshire 10,86 +14
98 Brisbane Brass Australia 10,32 -11
99 Windcorp Sweden 10,14 +87
100 Brass Band Kortrijk Belgium 10,00 +40
101 Brass Band Columbus USA 9,90 +6
102 Bo’ness & Carriden Scotland 9,80 -11
103 Thomas Coaches Mid-Rhondda Wales 9,32 -6
104 Haverhill London & SC 9,03 -12
105 Sandefjord Brass Symposium Norway 8,88 -15
106 Johnstone Silver Scotland 8,51 +4
107 Oberaargauer Brass Band Switzerland 8,46 New
108 Markham and District Wales 8,24 -9
109 Hawthorn Australia 8,13 -14
110 Tavistock Chester-le-Street Riverside North 7,82 -2
111 Aeolus France 7,75 +13
112 Broxburn & Livingston Scotland 7,71 +40
113 Haydock North West 7,69 -11
114 Aldbourne West 7,52 -14
115 St. Austell Town West 7,26 -12
116 Bodmin Town West 7,16 -11
117 Betlehemskyrkans Brass Sweden 7,03 +45
118 Chicago Brass Band USA 6,95 +17
119 Oslofjorde Brass Norway 6,93 -15
120 Gunnedah Shire Band Australia 6,82 -14
121 St. Dennis West 6,75 -12
122 Treherbert Wales 6,63 -9
123 Fountain City Brass Band USA 6,62 +11
124 James Madison University USA 6,59 +18
125 Drighlington Yorkshire 6,59 -6
126 Penclawdd Brass Wales 6,51 +3
127 Longridge North West 6,50 -10
128 Brass Band Schoonhoven Netherlands 6,48 -2
129 Kew Australia 6,47 -13
130 Aarhus Denmark 6,35 -16
131 Krohnengen Norway 6,29 -13
132 Brass Band Berneroberland Switzerland 6,22 -10
133 Arklow Shipping Ireland 6,17 -13
134 United Norwest Co-op Milnrow North West 6,15 -13
135 Wrexham Brass Wales 6,07 -8
136 Yeovil Town West 6,00 +1
137 Kensington & Norwood Australia 5,71 -14
138 Pontardulais Wales 5,46 +52
139 Hade Edge (J&E Dickinson) Yorkshire 5,43 -9
140 Molde Brass Band Norway 5,42 -15
141 Provinciale Brassband Groningen Netherlands 5,34 -13
142 Newmilns & Galston Scotland 5,29 -10
143 Strabane N. Ireland 4,99 -10
144 Lydbrook West 4,98 -13
145 Clackmannan & District Scotland 4,85 -
146 Glossop Old Midlands 4,84 -8
147 Drogheda Brass Band Ireland 4,81 -11
148 Vernon Building Society Poynton North West 4,79 -9
149 Harrogate North 4,53 -1
150 Shepherd Building Group North 4,52 New
151 Stockholm Brass Band Sweden 4,51 New
152 Oldham Band (Lees) North West 4,47 -9
153 Old Silkstone Yorkshire 4,46 -7
154 Kidlington Concert London & SC 4,45 -13
155 St. Keverne West 4,30 -11
156 Ratby Co-operative Midlands 4,27 -9
157 Brass Band of the Western Reserve USA 4,22 +27
158 Greggs Bakery North 4,11 +39
159 Malmo Brass Sweden 4,03 New
160 Tylorstown Arriva Trains S. Wales Wales 3,99 -2
161 Friary Guildford London & SC 3,97 -12
162 Atlantic Brass Band USA 3,88 +32
163 RMT Easington Colliery North 3,88 -6
164 Strata Brass Yorkshire 3,88 -8
165 South Brisbane Federal Australia 3,87 -14
166 Flixton North West 3,85 -11
167 Bollington Brass North West 3,85 -17
168 Marlborough District Brass New Zealand 3,76 -14
169 Zone One Brass London & SC 3,76 -16
170 Enderby Midlands 3,75 New
171 Stannington Brass Yorkshire 3,73 -11
172 Ensemble de Cuivres Jurassien Switzerland 3,70 New
173 Wakefield Metropolitan Yorkshire 3,66 -12
174 Meltham & Meltham Mills Yorkshire 3,51 -7
175 Nordvestjysk Brass Band Denmark 3,50 -16
176 Riddings Midlands 3,47 -12
177 Warringah Concert Brass Australia 3,47 -11
178 Barrhead Burgh Scotland 3,45 -9
179 Blackburn & Darwen North West 3,41 -11
180 Boarshurst Silver (Greenfield) North West 3,39 -10
181 Brass Band Normandie France 3,36 New
182 Ila Brass Norway 3,36 -19
183 Hebden Bridge Yorkshire 3,31 -11
184 Knottingley Silver Yorkshire 3,23 -8
185 Lockwood Brass North 3,21 -11
186 Solna Brass Sweden 3,19 +7
187 Lindley Yorkshire 3,18 -9
188 Amsterdam Brass Netherlands 3,18 New
189 CWA Carrickfergus N. Ireland 3,15 -16
190 Brass Band Oberosterreich Austria 3,13 -25
191 Jaren Hornmusikkforening Norway 3,12 -20
192 Holme Silver (Disposables UK) Yorkshire 3,11 -11
193 National Band of New Zealand New Zealand 3,09 -13
194 The Trusts Waitakere Brass New Zealand 3,07 -19
195 Willoughby City Australia 3,02 -16
196 St Mary’s Band Club Australia 3,02 -19
197 RAF St. Athan Voluntary Wales 3,01 New
198 Lanner & District Silver West 2,90 -10
199 Murley Silver N. Ireland 2,90 -12
200 Tertnes Brass Norway 2,87 -11

Written by Ian McKenzie on January 30th, 2007 with no comments.
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Results of the 2006 National Championships of Great Britain

Test piece:
Les Francs Juges, Berlioz arr Frank Wright

Adjudicators:
David Read, Geoffrey Whitham and William Relton

Results:

1. Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal, Allan Withington, 16, 196
2. Black Dyke, Dr. Nicholas Childs, 8, 194
3. YBS Band, Professor David King, 4, 193
4. Buy As You View, Dr. Robert Childs, 7, 192
5. Fodens Richardson, Gary Cutt, 15, 191
6. Leyland, Russell Gray, 20, 190
7. Fairey Band, Simon Stonehouse, 6, 189
8. Kirkintilloch, Steve Bastable, 19, 188
9. Mount Charles, Nigel Weeks, 17, 187
10. Scottish Co-op, Alan Ramsay, 12, 186
11. Staines, Ian McElligott, 3, 185
12. Fishburn, Richard Evans, 18, 184
13. Camborne Town, Frank Renton, 14, 183
14. Rothwell Temperance, David Roberts, 11, 182
15. Jaguar (Coventry), Dave Lea, 2, 180
16. Reg Vardy , Ray Farr, 10, 177
17. Newstead Welfare, Duncan Beckley, 1, 175
18. Aveley and Newham, Nigel Taken, 9, 173
19. Parc & Dare, Peter Parkes, 13,171
20. Burry Port Town, Michael Thorne, 5, 170

Best instrumentalist: Bert Van Thienen, Soprano, YBS

Written by Ian McKenzie on October 28th, 2006 with no comments.
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U.S. Open Brass Band Championships

2006 U.S. Open Brass Band Championships
Saturday, November 4th
St. Viator High School
Arlington Heights, IL

U.S. Open Brass Band Championships

Written by Ian McKenzie on July 29th, 2006 with no comments.
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Results from the 2006 All England Masters International Championship

1. Rothwell Temperance, David Roberts, 9
2. PolySteel, Philip Harper, 17
3. Brass Band Willebroek, Frans Violet, 15
4. Scottish Co-op, Nicholas Childs, 4
5. Brass Band Treize Etoiles, Geo Pierre Moren, 16
6. Hepworth (Persimmon Homes), Mark Bentham, 21
7. Fodens Richardson, Garry Cutt , 11
8. Kirkintilloch, Steve Bastable, 7
9. Reg Vardy, Ray Farr, 20
10. Brisbane Excelsior, Howard Taylor, 8
11. Sellers International, Phillip McCann, 19
12. Bedwas Trethomas and Machen (BTM), Jason Katsikaris, 12
13. Desford Colliery, Ian McElligott, 18
14, Brassband Rijnmond, Erik Janssen, 2
15. 1st Old Boys Association Silver, Stephen Cairns, 3
16. Carlton Main Frickley Colliery ,Russell Gray, 6
17. SWT Woodfalls, Dave Barringer, 10
18. Whitburn, Andrew Duncan, 1
19. Aveley and Newham, Nigel Taken, 5
20. GUS. David Stowell, 13
21. Redbridge, Melvin White, 14

Test piece:
Paganini Variations, Philip Wilby

Adjudicators:
John Berryman, David Read, Geoffrey Whitham

Best soloist:
Rothwell Temperance, Euphonium

Written by Ian McKenzie on May 28th, 2006 with no comments.
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Composers Competition

The Swiss Brass Band Associations is calling for entries to its Composers Competition (pdf).

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Written by Ian McKenzie on May 15th, 2006 with no comments.
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Win $5,000 for Composing a Brass Band March

McComish March Award 2006 Composition Competition

The McComish Fund for Brass Music has been established at Trinity College, the University of Melbourne, to promote the creation of new music for brass instruments, encourage composers’ interest in brass music, and enrich the repertoire of brass music.

The McComish March Award has been established to encourage the composition of music for Brass Bands.

The first McComish March Award will awarded for a composition of ‘The Great Australian March’ – a march/patriotic song.

TWO PRIZE CATEGORIES

* March Prize $5,000 AUD
* Slow March Prize $5,000 AUD

Criteria:

This competition is open to all composers, regardless of age, nationality and professional status.

The marches are to be composed specifically for this competition, having been neither published nor previously performed.

The marches are to be 5–8 minutes in length.

The march is to be composed for brass band, suitable for wider community use.

Entries will be adjudicated by a judging panel of musicians with relevant experience. In an initial round, a committee of professional musicians comprising representatives of the Melbourne International Festival of Brass will evaluate the submitted pieces, preparing a shortlist of 6 in each category to be assessed by the panel of judges.

Click for entry form Link

Written by Ian McKenzie on April 30th, 2006 with no comments.
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2006 European Brass Band Championships: Results

Results: Championship

1. Brass Band Willebroek, Frans Violet, 7/10, 96+95=191
2. Brass Band Fribourg, Arsene Duc, 5/6, 95/96=191
3. Buy As You View, Dr. Robert Childs, 10/3, 94+97=191
4. Black Dyke, Dr. Nicholas Childs, 1/8, 92/94=186
5. YBS Band, Professor David King, 9/7, 93+90=183
6. Leyland Band, Russell Gray, 8/2, 91+91=182
7. Eikanger–Bjorsvik Musikklag, Bjorn Sagstad, 2/1, 90+88=178
8. Soli Brass, Frans–Aeart Burghgraef, 3/5, 88+87=175
9. Newtongrange Band, Allan Ramsay, 6/9, 89+84=173
10.Brass Band Lyngby Taarbaek, Ray Farr, 4/4, 87+83=170

*Points Set Work/Own Choice

Results: B Section

1. Oberoesterreich Brass Band – Austria, 4, 97
2. Torshavn Brass Band – Faroe Islands, 2, 92
3. Laganvale Band – Northern Ireland, 3, 90
4. Arklow Shipping Silver Band – Ireland, 1, 86

Results: Championship - Set Work

1. Brass Band Willebroek, Frans Violet, 7/10, 96
2. Brass Band Fribourg, Arsene Duc, 5/6, 95
3. Buy As You View, Dr. Robert Childs, 10/3, 94
4. YBS Band, Professor David King, 9/7, 93
5. Black Dyke, Dr. Nicholas Childs, 1/8, 92
6. Leyland Band, Russell Gray, 8/2, 91
7. Eikanger–Bjorsvik Musikklag, Bjorn Sagstad, 2/1, 90
8. Newtongrange Band, Allan Ramsay, 6/9, 89
9. Soli Brass, Frans–Aeart Burghgraef, 3/5, 88
10.Brass Band Lyngby Taarbaek, Ray Farr, 4/4, 87

Results: Championship - Own Choice

1. Buy As You View, Dr. Robert Childs, 10/3, 97
2. Brass Band Fribourg, Arsene Duc, 5/6, 96
3. Brass Band Willebroek, Frans Violet, 7/10, 95
4. Black Dyke, Dr. Nicholas Childs, 1/8, 94
5. Leyland Band, Russell Gray, 8/2, 91
6. YBS Band, Professor David King, 9/7, 90
7. Eikanger–Bjorsvik Musikklag, Bjorn Sagstad, 2/1, 88
8. Soli Brass, Frans–Aeart Burghgraef, 3/5, 87
9. Newtongrange Band, Allan Ramsay, 6/9, 84
10.Brass Band Lyngby Taarbaek, Ray Farr, 4/4, 83

Written by Ian McKenzie on April 29th, 2006 with no comments.
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