A few individual frailties and the odd "unforced" error". Alan Fernie has been a busy chap today, taking to the stage with several bands; his influence on the Scottish banding scene is quite considerable. document.write(' type="hidden" '); SG1 1LZ 18/19 March Kevin Williams (Regional Secretary): secretary@london.regional-contest.org.uk / 07813 154163 MIDLANDS https://mabbc.org/ New venue: The Core, Corby, Northants, NN17 1QG Concert Brass Poynton seek a few additional players including a Bass & Trombone & Front Row Cornet. There's a huge variety in the choices of repertoire for today's Scottish Open, with Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass opting for the intriguing Journey of the Wolf, telling the story of the hungarian composerBla Bartk, in its first competitive outing with Mareika Gray at the helm. Speaking of kit, a special mention is due to the young lady at the drums - what a talent! 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. Theres a Jaws influence to the opening and percussion make plenty people in the audience jump with some suitably dangerous sounds! The Fourth, 4B and Championship events take place the following day, with the top section Scottish champion also claiming the honour of representing the nation at the 2023 European Championships. Well done, Miss cornet player, who performs her solo with confidence! Welcome to the web site of the Yorkshire Brass Band Championships. Theres a warmth to the full band sounds, while percussion adds colour but doesnt get in the way. Quality sounds, individually and collectively, are evident around the stands and David Thornton gives particular care to the lighter, reflective corners of Lloyd's score; a welcome, understated quality when required. Kingdom Brass is suitably haunting to open, grumbling basses soon giving way to haunting chords across the band. London W1C2DJ, Saturday 4 March Corporation Street, Huddersfield HD1 2TA, Sunday 5 March Corporation Street, Huddersfield HD1 2TA, Sunday 5 March Boarshurst Band Club. Its clean, well-balanced and, most importantly, the players look like theyre having a ball! Ah, those pesky results. The Scottish Championship - which gets under way at 9.30am on Saturday with the Third Section - is the Regional qualifier for the 2022 National Brass Band Championships to be held at Cheltenham Racecourse on September 17-18 and the Royal Albert Hall on October 15 . This is a terrific piece, laced with catchy tunes and infectious beats and the band seems to enjoy bringing it to the stage in Perth. Abide With Me sees the programme take a reflective turn and the band works hard to find a smooth, legato feel to the sounds. 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. With percussion in full flight and bass trombone unleashed (and firing straight at the press gallery), there is a delightfully menacing quality to the band's performance. It's tight at the top in today's Scottish Open! Recent News All the Latest RSPBA NI News More News Latest Events Click Here to view all our events Principal Funders Funders The Championships themselves ended with titles and accolades for Whitburn and Prof Nicholas Childs. Edinburgh Academy 3. 11. Well done. These were interpretations that for the judges best captured the colouring and mood of the music; the character enhanced by the ability to incorporate the required subtle changes of pace, tonality and balance. 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. 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). 11th June, 2022 11th June, 2022 / News / By Paul Brown. enthusiastic with drive to take the band forward and prepare for Concerts this year and Contesting 2024. in the 3rd section, DRSAM, Dip.NCOS Arranger, composer, adjudicator, conductor, Grimethorpe to link with Denis Wick for new partnership, Priestly prep on show ahead of Yorkshire Championships, Regent Hall Concerts - The Countess of Wessex's String Orchestra, Contest: Yorkshire Regional Championships, Boarshurst Silver Band - Stockport Silver Band, Regent Hall Concerts - The Band of the Scots Guards. The soaring melodic lines are pure Hollywood and are treated with care and attention. 14) The Kirkintilloch Band | David Roberts - Cloudcatcher Fells (John McCabe). 2023 Scottish Brass Band Association, Its an emotive work, lyrical melodies rising to the fore. 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. Vice Chairman. Although the Fourth Section contest was to be overshadowed by tragic news, there was still much to savour as Brass Sounds Inverclyde and Stranraer Brass claimed their places at Cheltenham. They already know too well that the Grand Shield can be a particularly unforgiving place if it is misplaced. Greenbridge Lane. Thor's Hammer is underpinned by industrial percussion sounds, with big, bold corners interspersed with lighter, more reflective passages. High School Dundee 2. Whitburn Band. The sounds are gargantuan to close, bringing to an end a performance of great drama and authority. An opening of poise from Unison Kinneil, Raymond Tennant ensuring a well-measured account. Good morning and a very warm welcome to Perth for the Scottish Festival of Brass. Weston Silver Band 3. It's not the biggest sound of the day so far - but it's refined and very well shaped from the Merseyside band in its appearance on stage in Perth. Concert march, Walkabout, provides an engaging opening to Dalmellington Brass Academy's programme; sprightly and crisp. It's not immune from the occasional scruffy edges but the detail leaps from the score. Kirkintilloch Kelvin (Thomas Wyss): 1875. Scottish Championships 2022 - FULL RESULTS The Scottish Championships were held last weekend at the magnificent Perth Concert Hall. We are a first section band with our own band room just off junction 22 of the M1 in Leicestershire. Indeed, the solo trombone playing in the interlude is suitably melancholic, languid in its approach, and the refinement seems to inspire colleagues around the stand, the flugel sounds tender and endearing. It was a wonderful moment for the band and their MD, Angela Miller. 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 could be tight at the top today. 16) Kingdom Brass | Paul Drury - Fraternity (Thierry Deleruyelle). Camelon and District 4. This was the West Lothian band's 21st Scottish Championship success and the MD's tenth since 2001. 12) Fishburn Band | Duncan Beckley - English Heritage (George Lloyd). Rococo Variations was commissioned by the British Open Championships for the 2008 contest in Symphony Hall, Birmingham. John McCabes Cloudcatcher Fells was used as the test piece for the National Brass Band Championship in the same year and remains a challenge almost 40 years later. They. The Scottish Brass Band Association continues to provide an inclusive, welcoming environment for all those who President Carrie Boax proudly calls a "family". The band opens its programme with Alan Fernies Growing Pains, an engaging account featuring a fine contribution from a very hard working horn team. No one overblew so well done. "It's very simple," he said, but "the devil was in the detail.". Copy the URL in your browser's address bar and paste it here. The band played Darkwood by Dan Price and were delighted to have won the 3rd Section and our Principal Euphonium Dawn Spence was award the Best Instrumentalist Prize. document.write(' type="hidden" '); 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. There is no shortage of intricate lines in Gregson's work and so much of the detail rises to the fore, including some fast and furious tuned percussion and a magnificent, industrious horn section. 11) Kirkintilloch Youth Band | Katherine Adams. "We were jigging about in our seats", Sandy admitted in his pre-results remarks. Johnstone Band, from Renfrewshire, opens proceedings with The Essence of Time and its purposeful, even if not quite all the detail springs from the score. Campbeltown Brass (Stephanie Mitchell): 188*2. Coming soon is a livestream of the results! 10) Loanhead Brass Rootlets | Alan Fernie. Talking of grooves, Bandstand Boogie enjoys a fine swagger as the players of Irvine and Dreghorn Youth Band let their hair down - and in some cases, boogy away with glee! The intricate trombone section work is neat and although it feels a little frantic elsewhere at times, the playing is exciting. 4) Scottish Borders Youth Brass Band | Alan Fernie. Bandstand Boogie is measured as musical director, Stuart Black, guides his young charges through every twist and turn. Kilbarchan Pipe Band celebrate their Grade 4B British Championship win Grade 4A Drumming: Lower Clyde 1. Out of sympathy for the family and the band, the details were not announced at the event itself. Report & Results: 2022 Scottish Championships Victories for Whitburn, Bo'ness & Carriden, Campbeltown, Kilmarnock Concert Brass and Brass Sounds Inverclyde as the thoughts of Scottish brass banding are focused elsewhere on a tragic weekend. There's a pleasing lilt to the siciliana, with ensemble only occasionally losing its rigidity. The fast, furious material subsides and makes way for some inspired solo playing, firstly from flugel (an enchanting contribution, accompanied by gentle backing track) and then trombone. 2023 Scottish Brass Band Association, 1st Section Scottish Champions 2022 - Bo'ness & Carriden, 4th Section Scottish Champions - Brass Sounds Inverclyde, 3rd Section Scottish Champions 2022 - Kilmarnock Concert Brass, 2nd Section Scottish Champions 2022 - Campbeltown Brass, NYBBS 2022 Summer Course at Strathallan Childrens Band, NYBBS 2022 Summer Course at Strathallan Reserve Band, NYBBS 2022 Summer Course at Strathallan Senior Band, NYBBS 2022 Summer Course at Strathallan all bands and tutors 150 attended, Campbeltown Brass 2022 National 2nd Section Champions, Winner 2022 Band Supplies Scottish Challenge Bathgate Band, Winner Scottish Open 2022 the cooperation band, Winner 2022 Scottish Open the cooperation band, Campbeltown Bands Winners of Development and Preparatory Sections 2022, Workshops open day results in new recruits for Coalburn Bronze Band, Kirky in concert preview of championships test piece, Uni band is on the look-out for a new MD from June, Coalburn awards mark a year of dedication and growth, Royal Marines Band in a musical exploration of the universe, Old timer returns to Dumfries Town Band, Russell Gray to lead weekend conducting course, Creative music workshop for young people in Aberdeenshire, Kays assistant tutor role with Kirkton Youth Band, Ayrshire bands in Scottish Championships preview. 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