One of the richest seams of raw Scottish brass banding talent continues to fire a powerhouse of excellence stoked by an inspirational conductor. This Bartok-inspired score is a treasure trove of diverse musical ideas. Bon-Accord Silver (Adam Cooke):190*3. the cooperation band (Russell Gray): 1894. Include your email address if you like. Previous Post. 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's tight at the top in today's Scottish Open! This is a steady Caribbean Holiday, Caroline Farren looking to ensure everything is in its place, before Whitburn Youth Band brings its programme to a close in Gold Rush, by Cameron Mabon. 2022 Results Competition Results 1. MD Scott Walker is not going to have any difficulty getting his players to come to practice from now on whatever the weather. Cheesy Feet Rock closes the programme from Maroon Brass, full of fun and youthful vigour in an entertaining set. They used what they were given and made music properly in the style of Langford.". The chorale is hushed, though not immune from some rough edges. Not so with Granite City led by Bruce Wallace. Paul Brown. Alan Fernie's Growing Pains is committed from players all around the stand; it's proved to be a fine choice today. While things dont entirely gel, it settles into its stride as the piece progresses. The muted colours shine through particularly effectively. Kilmarnock Concert (Scott Walker): 182*2. RECENT RANKING CONTESTS. Lochgelly (Paul McKelvie OBE): 1818. The Championship Section contest of the Welsh "Regionals" also acts as the qualifying competition for the European Brass Band Championships the following year. 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. 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. Theres attention to detail and the music surges forward with purpose. Coming soon is a livestream of the results! Copyright 2022 Brass Band Results & Tim Sawyer, All Rights Reserved, Printed from https://brassbandresults.co.uk/, Scottish Championship (Championship Section), Scottish Area (Daily Herald Qualifying) Contest. 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. St Columbas school 4. This contest does not appear to have complete results. Thw Scottish Open Championships, presented by the Scottish Brass Band Association - live from Perth Concert Hall, Adjudicators: John Doyle and Glyn Williams, 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 6) Rainford Band | David Thornton 7) Easington Colliery Band | Stephen Malcolm 8) Elland Silver Band | Daniel Brooks 9) City of Bradford Band | Jonathan Bates 10) Bon-Accord Silver Band | Stephen Malcolm 11) Pemberton Old Wigan DW Band | Chris Binns 12) Fishburn Band | Duncan Beckley 13) Unison Kinneil Band | Raymond Tennant 14) The Kirkintilloch Band | David Roberts 15) Whitburn Band | Nicholas Childs 16) Kingdom Brass | Paul Drury 17) Hepworth Band | Ryan Watkins 18) Wingates Band | Andrea Price 19) the cooperation band | Michael Fowles. Sheona highlighted the need, "to pass the musical baton" with the linear phrasing, with Sandy using that 'radar' analogy to highlight the need for players to link the 'fragmented' structures of the Heaton score. It had been he said, "a brilliant morning.". Kirkton Brass Bathgate (Simon Railton): 1729. Balance and dynamics were key to the successful colourings that had to be drawn out of what Sheona called, "an incredible piece". 4) Newtongrange Junior Band | Alan Fernie. It warms the heart. March 1 The team at the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) enjoyed meeting new and familiar faces at the recent Music & Drama Education Expo in London. It's a musical melting pot in the opening stages, a variety of colours rising to the fore. 4) Newtongrange Silver Band | Anne Crookston - Pageantry (Herbert Howells). *Views and comments expressed are opinions of the reporter and dont necessarily represent those of SBBA. Percussion brings full blood and thunder, subsiding to make way for low brass, which take up the mantle to full effect. The closest to pipping them came from a finely controlled Tullis Russell, as the experienced Ray Munday provided an admirable structure on which his players (especially a fine dep sop) could shine. document.write(' value="' + document.URL + '">'); 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. 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 It's engaging, too, only occasionally getting a little strident. Kilbarchan Pipe Band celebrate their Grade 4B British Championship win Grade 4A Drumming: Lower Clyde 1. You sold it to us. We will be taking part in the Yorkshire Areas on the evening of 5th March 2022 at Huddersfield Town Hall. Among the soloists to shine is principal horn player, Andrew McMillan, an unassuming charm to his virtuosity. Bon-Accord gets the Scottish Open back underway with Isaiah 40, music commissioned for the final of the 1996 National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. Saddleworth OL3 7EW, Friday 10 March Regent Hall (The Salvation Army). 4barsrest continues to be a proudly independent voice. It's well-balanced and the young players capture the excitment of the music, which then becomes altogether more lyrical in outlook. Ah, those pesky results. It has become a very different matter of expectation for Whitburn. Lower Clyde Pipes and Drums 2. Queensland Band Championships - 2022 September 24, 2022 0 6205 Hi Loyal Viewers! This fledgling group opens with set work Growing Pains, and the potential of the band is clear to hear, with many of the basics secure and in place. 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. Edward Gregson's piece was written as part of a collaboration among several banding nations, with the intention the work would be performed at their major championships, including the British Open on UK shores. Campbeltown Brass hails from the westerly Kintyre peninsula, their geographic isolation turning any competitive outing into a journey of epic proportions: Yet they have now returned from the Scottish Championships crowned a winner on no fewer than five occasions. The London outfit is a regular visitor to the Scottish Open and has left nothing in reserve in its journey north to Scotland's Fair City, bringing to the stage an intricate work - with flair. In the Highlands, featuring Highland Cathedral, features the bands solo cornets, who provide the initial statement of the tune before their colleagues join them. We all knew just how demanding the challenges were on 'Contest Music', but everyone delivered so well especially 1 meter apart. St David's Brass (John A Dickson): 178 10. Apr 5, 2022; 1 min; . All this from a town of around 4,500 inhabitants. Soloists move to their positions too. The sounds around the stand have a sheen to them; trombones are a fine example, the control and balance refined throughout. The lines of Chris Bradley (cornet) and Scott Kerr (euphonium) weave in and out with a gentle ebb and flow. A suitably understated opening from Wingates Band, with a nice lightness of touch. Loxley is a 4th Section brass band with a friendly family atmosphere, with players ranging from 10-80 years . It opens with a trip to the movies. March 1 Two iconic names in the banding world have announced a new partnership link. Boundary Street begins by taking us to a Brazilian carnival, full of energy and colour. Sandy's 'radar' (a point made about a form of GPS musical intuitiveness) also picked up the signs. After that the placings and marks represented, "how well the bands captured the style of Gordon Langford", but also the "tightness of ensemble" which she said could be heard in the first four bars of the piece. To conclude, Techno Pirate surges ahead, dance-infused melodies rising to the fore as Kirkintilloch Youth Band boogies its way to a fun-filled close. The 2022 West of England Regional Championships will take place on Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th March at the Riviera International Conference Centre, Torquay. The daunting prospect of tackling Gilbert Vinter's 'Spectrum' brought an informed musical response from the 10 well matched bands in the First Section. The bold, majestic sounds of Alan Fernie's Prismatic Light open Whitburn Youth Band's programme. Roads, by Ian Mundy, opens with good momentum; there's a confidence apparent throughout this performance from Coalburn Bronze Band, another fine banding organisation with pathways for players as they develop in experience. The Scottish Championships - 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 17/18 September and the Royal Albert Hall on 15 October. There were, "two really outstanding" overall performances he said, although, "all got something out of it.". RESULTS FILTER. March 1 A change from contesting? 6) Rainford Band | David Thornton - English Heritage (George Lloyd). The Scottish Youth Brass Band Championships, part of the 2022 Scottish Festival of Brass, supported by Creative Scotland. 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. It has won the Scottish brass band championship a record 36 times, and the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain twice.. History. It was never really going to be enough to secure a first hat-trick of titles since 1998 if Whitburn (drawn 6) played anywhere approaching the top of their expected form. The percussion team, in particular, is revelling in the groove en route to a confident close. It's a well-tempered performance and an engaging reading; a fine choice and one which Bon-Accord Silver embraced on stage in Perth. Its full of fun - but the discipline remains in the playing, which is to members credit. 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. Scottish Championship Also/previously known as: Scottish Band Association Contest Contests Years We have events for this contest in these years. 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 To conclude, 42nd Street is another bright, energetic piece from Kinneil Youth Band, which is played with confidence. Buckhaven & Methil Miners (Steven Craig): 1755. This is, at times, a rather 'bitty' score but the MD threads it together and helps ensure cohesion to the performance. High School Dundee 2. Newmains (Mike Marzella): 1846. Prior to World War Two, this contest existed as a standalone Scottish Championship. 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