The 2022 West of England Regional Championships will take place on Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th March at the Riviera International Conference Centre, Torquay. Weston Silver Band 3. Shotts (Andrew Shaw): 1775. Regional Championships 2022 Schedule. The full results are as follows: When the Saints brings to an end a well-balanced, engaging programme in a performance of which Irvine and Dreghorn Youth Band could be proud. Scottish Power Pipe Band at the British Championships at Battery Park on Saturday 21 May 2022.This was a medley competition and the tunes listed in the progr. Behind them the inconsistencies were more marked (a number of bands battled with reduced numbers due to COVID-19). There are no paywalls to overcome to be able to enjoy what we do to keep our journalism at the heart of the brass banding world. What better way to begin a Sunday morning than with the sweet sound of percussion! Welcome to the web site of the Yorkshire Brass Band Championships. February 28 Required solo trombone, soprano cornet, Bb Bass . Whitburn Wee Band takes to the stage with Growing Pains, the set work in the Preparatory Section. The cornet sounds are especially elegant, Nicholas Childs drawing a sweetness from the players around the stand in the latest performance of this recent Gregson work, the result of a collaboration among several banding nations. Well done, solo cornet player, ascending to the higher reaches in that moment before the band, inspired by solo trombone, is suitably jaunty in the endearing tunes which follow. The MD and players of Campbelltown though deserve to be flown to Cheltenham for the National Finals after yet another super victory. After ending 36 years of waiting in 2020, their confidence is now sky high as they continue to develop as the emerging 'third force' of Scottish banding. For all enquiries relating to the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, please contact the Kapitol Promotions office using the details below: 02920 700943 (Option 1) - office hours 09:30-15:30 Monday-Friday, excluding . We've reached the final band of the day, as the cooperation band takes to the stage to play the third rendition of the contest of The Journey of the Lone Wolf. The brace of 'outstanding' qualifiers came from Bo'ness & Carriden' conducted by Charlie Farren (who the next day played with Whitburn), and Dalkeith & Monktonhall directed by his former alumni James Chamberlain. It's suitably sombre here. Tell us what's wrong in the box below and click send. The intricate trombone section work is neat and although it feels a little frantic elsewhere at times, the playing is exciting. In the Highlands, featuring Highland Cathedral, features the bands solo cornets, who provide the initial statement of the tune before their colleagues join them. It's nicely poised, Katrina Barr ensuring a measured swagger remains throughout. Kay, whose family currently has three generations playing in bands, read more, Dalmellington Band is hosting a preview evening ahead of this years Scottish Championships, featuring four bands from Ayrshire. London W1C2DJ, Saturday 4 March Corporation Street, Huddersfield HD1 2TA, Sunday 5 March Corporation Street, Huddersfield HD1 2TA, Sunday 5 March Boarshurst Band Club. With the podium placings announced, the concert hall screen soon displayed the full results, with the top-six places going to Kirkintilloch Kelvin, Unison Kinneil and Dalmellington. 11) Pemberton Old Wigan DW Band | Chris Binns - Rococo Variations (Edward Gregson). Brass Sounds Inverclyde (Joshua Parkhill): 180*2. Scottish Open 2022 - Live November 26, 2022 Perth Concert Hall Adjudicators: John Doyle and Glyn Williams Mark Good reporting Draw 1) Johnstone Band | Colin McKenzie 2) East London Brass | Jayne Murrill 3) Dalmellington Band | Gary Williams 4) Newtongrange Silver Band | Anne Crookston 5) Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass | Mareika Gray Kilbarchan Pipe Band celebrate their Grade 4B British Championship win Grade 4A Drumming: Lower Clyde 1. The Borders band continues with All Through the Night and the bands sound really rises to the fore, with the key lines rising to prominence throughout. Concert Brass Poynton seek a few additional players including a Bass & Trombone & Front Row Cornet. A few individual frailties and the odd "unforced" error". For what it's worth - and for a bit of fun - here's a prediction from today's contest: 19) the cooperation band | Michael Fowles - The Journey of the Lone Wolf (Simon Dobson). 1) Campbeltown Youth Brass | Katrina Barr. After enduring a few frustrating years away from the top flight, the Fife band is back - and is keen to make up for lost time in its first Scottish Open appearance for about five years. The toe-tapping tunes ring around the hall. An open day of workshops for existing players and for potential new recruits to try out a brass instrument has been read more, Ahead of its participation in the Scottish Championships, The Kirkintilloch Band will be including a performance of the First Section area read more, The Edinburgh University Brass Band is looking for a musical director following the decision by current MD Harry Marshall to step read more, The Coalburn brass band family celebrated a year of dedication, growth and excellent playing at its annual awards evening from read more, The Band of His Majestys Royal Marines Scotland will be performing in a concert that will be out of this world read more, An old clock which was presented to a former member of Dumfries Town Band on the occasion of his wedding over read more, Celebrated musical director Russell Gray will be leading a weekend course in conducting in Livingston at the end of April. While things dont entirely gel, it settles into its stride as the piece progresses. UniBrass 2022 The 2022 Contest was hosted by the University of Sheffield and was held on Saturday 5th February at the Octagon Centre and the Drama Studio. The MDs smile at the end told you everything. Dundee Instrumental (Bob McDonald): 1764. The points were accompanied a trademark smile, but the acuteness of his observations ensured bands knew just what he and Sheona had been looking for in the box. This Bartok-inspired score is a treasure trove of diverse musical ideas. cooperation band used this work as its own choice at the European Brass Band Championship earlier in the year and Stephanie Kennedy, on flugel, takes to the centre of the stage - as she did in Birmingham - to enchant the audience in Perth during the pearly solo passage. Uddingston Strathclyde Novice Juvenile B Drumming: Edinburgh Academy 1. The Scottish Youth Brass Band Championships, part of the 2022 Scottish Festival of Brass, supported by Creative Scotland. Scottish Championships 2022 - FULL RESULTS The Scottish Championships were held last weekend at the magnificent Perth Concert Hall. Scottish Championship (Fourth Section) - 13th Mar 2022 - Brass Band Results Brass Band Results Bands List BandsRegionsSections Band MapNew Map (Experimental)Search Map Compare BandsWinning Bands Contests List ContestsCalendarYearsList VenuesVenue Map Add Results People List People Compare ConductorsWinning ConductorsMost Bands Conducted Pieces The solo sound enchants the Perth audience while the band accompanies with some neat, light-hearted choreography. There's an elegance to the opening as the familiar strains of Now Thank We All Our God weave their way in and out of the texture - and Dalmellington brings a multi-layered performance to the stage, myriad musical colours rising to the fore. Bon-Accord Silver (Adam Cooke):190*3. the cooperation band (Russell Gray): 1894. Coalburn Percussion Academy | Robbie Bremner. RESULTS FILTER. Balance and dynamics were key to the successful colourings that had to be drawn out of what Sheona called, "an incredible piece". Russell Gray's lyrical interpretation was pockmarked with errors. Whitburn Band has welcomed four new signings in time for its challenge at the Scottish Brass Band Championships. Bathgate (Craig Anderson): 1827. The Band results are available here and the Drum Majors results here. Scottish Championships (2nd Section) Winners - 1908, 1968, 1971, 1996 Scottish Championships (2nd Section) Runners-up - 1926, 1937, 1949, 1987 Scottish Championships (2nd Section) 3rd Place - 1955 Scottish Championships (3rd Section) Runners-up - 1948, 1967 Scottish Championships (3rd Section) 3rd Place - 1947, 1965 Veteran principal cornetist, Angus Edmond, displays trademark refinement to open the final movement, Jousts: con brio. A swift change of gear follows and Wingates begins to take the audience on a journey through some of the more spirited sections of Comitas' score. It's measured to open, and the Aberdeen band settles into its stride, producing a pleasing full band sound that is exciting but never threatens to be overbearing. What have you made of it so far? Jayne Murrill turns the corners of this intriguing score gracefully, and the exposed solo passages around the stand are met with an impressive sense of calm. 11) Kirkintilloch Youth Band | Katherine Adams. From 1945 to 1950, Scottish entries to the National Championship of Great Britain were determined by the results of that year's Scottish Area (Daily Herald Qualifying) Contest. . Adjudicators Sheona Wade and Sandy Smith picked up on both. No doubting just what the duo were looking for then, and no doubting that they certainly heard it with the number 1 draw winner, as MD Scott Walker inspired his players to deliver an account rich in stylish character. Adjudicators: Chris Shanks and Ryan Borthwick*, 1) GOLD Dalmellington Brass Academy | Cameron Paterson, SILVER Bathgate Youth Band | Stewart Brynes, SILVER Galashiels Youth Band | Stuart Black, 1) GOLD Coalburn Academy | Robbie Bremner. Well done. Goff Richards' work is a piece of teenage wonderment; light, breezy and daring, a logbook of musical memory of the comings and goings of small aircraft at a local RAF base in Cornwall. "Every performance we enjoyed. They already know too well that the Grand Shield can be a particularly unforgiving place if it is misplaced. Likewise on principal cornet (Amy McMillan) and euphonium (Angus Ritchie), confidence abounds. Oakland University Brass Band Other Results: The Niermeyer Award for Most Entertaining Band - Five Lakes Silver Band Best Individual Performer - Championship Section Robert Miller - Euph - Weston Silver Band The event will take read more, 275 Oxford Street. The band's outstanding young flugel player Iain Lowry took the 'Best Instrumentalist' prize. It was a wonderful moment for the band and their MD, Angela Miller. As with several of the performances today, the East Dunbartonshire band is working hard to find the light and shade in the score of this famous march, which remains full of confidence throughout. It follows with music by John Williams from Jurassic Park. "It had everything," John said, as their admirably secure performance, full of balanced tonality and uber-confident solo lines (especially their 'Best Instrumentalist' award winning soprano) played with a touch of elan, provided the early marker that wasn't to be beaten. Support us with a one-off donation or subscribe from just 2.50 per month. It's a thrilling, full-blooded close, everything left on stage, as Hepworth brings down the curtain on its performance at the 2022 Scottish Open. Watch live via the livestream below. As was heard in Perth, they certainly present a formidable musical partnership that will be many people's favourites at Blackpool. Penicuik Silver (Douglas Anderson): 170, Best Instrumentalist: flugel (Kilmarnock Concert), Test piece: Argos (Stephan Hodel)Adjudicators: John Doyle and Sandy Smith, 1. It ends a fine programme - and a refined performance - of which the band could be proud. . Perthshire Brass (George D Annan): 177, Best Instrumentalist: soprano (Campbeltown Brass), Test piece: Facets of Glass (Gordon Langford)Adjudicators: Sandy Smith and Helen Douthwaite-Teasdale, 1. The maturity of the sounds defy the relative inexperience of the players around the stands with Campbeltown; well done, all. Katrina Barr, a stalwart of Campbeltown Brass and a key figure in the bands continued success, ensures a very well-disciplined, refined performance. Bandstand Boogie is measured as musical director, Stuart Black, guides his young charges through every twist and turn. Include your email address if you like. The major challenges seem to come in 'Green' where the safety first dynamic option found the soprano and especially horn too often submerged in ensemble foliage. Bringing the bands programme to a close is Portals, from Avengers: Endgame, a suitably dramatic close to an entertaining programme with great attention to detail. 2023 Scottish Brass Band Association, The sounds have a resonance, a maturity which really finds favour. It's spirited playing, as Jordan Fairley guides her young charges through every twist and turn. ABBA Gold showcases the music of one of the most famous pop bands of all time, a rip roaring journey through some of the super group's hits. That was obvious throughout a weekend that also saw a trio of non-competitive bands in Abbey Brass, Brass Central Strathearn and Clackmannan Youth & Development perform super 15 minute sets. 3) St Ronans Future Band | Keith Belleville. The adjudicators awarded the band 184 points giving us a 4 point clear victory. A special mention is due to percussion, which features young (and young at heart) members of the IDB organisation - and they are revelling in the groove! Add More Here. 1) Johnstone Band | Colin McKenzie - The Essence of Time (Peter Graham). document.write(' name="x_url" '); And it wasn't the more dayglo hues and textures that she was referring to either; instead, it was the softer shadings, subtle pacings and tonal calibrations. This 37-strong band is an almagamation of Midlothian's four competing youth brass bands. Queensland Band Championships - 2022 September 24, 2022 0 6205 Hi Loyal Viewers! A band that continues to solidly rebuild, they head back to Cheltenham for the first time since 2016. 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