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www.britishbandsman.com Issue no. 5587 – 14 November 2009 Price £1.25 Brass in Concert set to Illuminate The Sage Gateshead hosts premier entertainment festival BB 1.indd 1 10-11-2009 18:29:25 Get a real handle on At last … an online shop run by people who brass band understand Wind, Brass & Band music music The Shop at Boosey.com sells a huge range of Wind, Brass & Band Banks Music is famed throughout the UK for its music, plus classical & educational comprehensive and exhaustive selection of scores, sheet music, CDs & DVDs. brass band music. Musicians travel from U Music from all publishers, far and wide to visit our York showroom. worldwide It’s the only place that you can actually U Search engine tailored for get to see and browse such a wide Classical Music selection of today’s repertoire. 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The bands receiving an invitation to compete are: Black Dyke, Brighouse and Rastrick, Camborne Town, Carlton Main Frickley Colliery, Desford Colliery, EYMS, Fairey, Foden’s, Flowers, Grimethorpe Colliery, Hepworth (Cookson Homes), Leyland, Redbridge Brass, Rothwell Temperance, Virtuosi GUS and Wingates. The BFBB has also announced the test-pieces for the 2010 National Youth Brass Band Championships, which will be held at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester on 18 April. They are: Premier Section: Partita (Philip Wilby) - published by Winwood. Advanced Section: Variations on Laudate Dominum (original version) (Edward Gregson) - published by SP&S. Intermediate Section: Adventures in Brass (Ray Farr) - published by Obrasso. Laganvale on top at Northern Ireland Championships 5. Lourdes Brass (H. Kelly) 88; 6. Ballyduff Silver (W. Hill). Best Cornet Section: 3rd Carrickfergus. Best Bass Section: Drogheda Brass. Laganvale Band won the right to represent Northern Ireland in the ‘B’ Grade 3 Section of next year’s European Championships in Linz, Austria, following 1. Newtownards Silver (J. Kitchen) 93; 2. St Mark’s Silver (C. McBride) 92; the band’s victory at the recent Northern Ireland Championship in Armagh. 3. Wellington Memorial Silver (A. Graham) 91; 4. Comber Silver (G. Clarke) 90; The adjudicator was Peter Bassano and the results were: 5. CWA Brass 89; 6. Magheramorne Silver (J. McDowell) 87. Championship Section Grade 4 1. Laganvale (Metal Technology) (E. Ruddock) 93; 2. 1st Old Boys Silver (S. 1. St Mary’s Silver (T. Doherty) 93; 2. Poyntzpass Silver (D. Watson) 90; Cairns) 92; 3. Murley Silver (W. Hill) 91; 4. Arklow Shipping Silver 3. Dungannon Silver (F. Mitchell) 89; 4. Warrenpoint Silver (A. Graham) 88; (J. MacCafferty) 89. Best Instrumentalist: Clive McBride, trombone, Laganvale. 5. Maguiresbridge Silver (A. Cooke) 87. Grade 2 Grade 5/Unaffiliated 1. Drogheda Brass (M. Maher) 93; 2. 3rd Carrickfergus (D. Graham) 92; 1. Greystone Silver (E. Dalton) 92; 2. Hamiltonsbawn Silver (A. Graham) 91; 3. 3. Downshire Brass (M. Alcorn) 91; 4. Roughan Silver (K. Anderson) 90; Aughnaskeagh Silver (G. Shields) 89; 4. Banbridge Silver (A. Cooke) 87. Siddis title for Norwegian Champion 1st Division The current Norwegian National Champion, Eikanger-Bjørsvik, completed a 1. Askøy (S.H. Giske) 10 + 94 = 104; 2. Bjørsvik Brass (E. Gjerdevik) domestic double last Saturday (7th) by regaining the Siddis Entertainment 7 + 96 = 103; 3. Sørum Musikklag (C. Tenfjord) 7 + 95 = 102; 4. Hasle Brass title in Stavanger. (F. Amundsen) 8 + 92 = 100; 5. Oster Brass (T. Aagaard-Nilsen) 8 + 91 = 99; With an innovative mix of music and presentation, Reid Gilje led the band 6. Laksevåg Musikkforening (K-O. Midtbø) 7 + 91 = 98. Solo Prize: Tormod to a 14th victory at Norway’s most prestigious entertainment competition, Flaten and Bjørn Breisten (euphonium, Bjørsvik Brass). the winning programme opening with Blackbird Special, an arrangement of Adjudicators: Morten Wensberg and Gaute Vikdal. a piece made famous by Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Eikanger continued with 2nd Division Wedding Dance by Jacques Press, Ennio Morricone’s Once Upon a Time in 1. Musikkorpset Gjallarhorn (E. Westbye) 10 + 95 = 105; 2. Haukås Musikklag the West and Jill’s Theme. Muevo Los Huesos and Alfred Reed’s Punchinello (T-A. Pedersen) 8 + 92 = 100; 3. Bergen Brass (S. Berntsen) 6 + 91 = 97; completed the winning programme. 4. Manger Old Star Brass (J. Mangersnes) 6 + 90 = 96; 5. Lindås Brass Results: (H. Holmås) 7 + 89 = 96; 6. Sagvåg Musikklag (H. Kroka) 7 + 88 = 95. Elite Division Solo Prize: Hilde Øian (horn, Haukås Musikklag). 1. Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag (R. Gilje) 8 (programme) + 98 (music) = 106; Adjudicators: Markus S. Bach and Holger Gulbrandsen. 2. Stavanger (A. Withington) 8 + 96 = 104; 3. Manger Musikklag (M. Winter) 3rd Division 6 + 94 = 100; 4. Oslo (F. Amundsen) 7 + 92 = 99; 5. Krohnengen (G. Peterson) 1. Stavanger Kommunekorps (M. Øvrebekk) 8 + 96 = 104; 2. Randaberg 5 + 91 = 96; 6. Tertnes Brass (T. Flaten) 5 + 89 = 94; 7. Sandefjord Brass Musikkorps (S. Simonsen) 8 + 95 = 103; 3. Fjell Brass (B. Breistein) Symposium (M. Antrobus) 5 + 88 = 93; 8. Jaren Hornmusikkforening 7 + 94 = 101; 4=. Hordvik Musikklag (T.J. Madsen) 7 + 93 = 100; 4=. Langhus (J.P. Hannevik) 6 + 87 = 93; 9. Sola (S. Simonsen) 6 + 86 = 92; 10. Oslofjord Brass (I. Torskangerpoll) 7 + 93 = 100; 6=. Hetlevik Musikklag (Ø. Nikolaisen) Brass (S. Dobson) 6 + 85 = 91. Solo Prize: Erlend Vetås Aagaard-Nilsen 7 + 92 = 99; 6=. Tysnes Musikklag (Y. Nikolaisen) 7 + 92 = 99. (cornet, Manger Musikklag). Solo Prize: Hans Marius Andersen (cornet, Hetlevik Musikklag). Adjudicators: Sveinung Sand and Jan Fredrik Christiansen. Adjudicators: Odin Hagen and Rasmus Reed. Fountain City reaffirms form prior to Brass in Concert Fountain City Brass Band, conducted by Dr. Joe Parisi, limbered up for next 8. Madison Brass Band (C. Mason) 262 + 50 - 2.5 penalty = 309.5 Sunday’s Brass in Concert Championship by retaining its title at the US Open 9. Milwaukee Festival Brass (P. Backhaus) 237 + 48 = 285 Brass Band Championships at St. Charles, Illinois, last Saturday (7th). Most Entertaining Band: Fountain City The full results were: Best Featured Soloist: Theo Musick, xylophone, Fountain City 1. Fountain City Brass (J. Parisi) 297 (music) + 71 (entertainment) = 368 Best Percussion Section: Brass Band of Central Florida 2. Brass Band of Central Florida (M. Garasi) 294 + 67 = 361 Best Performance of a March: Brass Band of Central Florida 3. Weston Silver (L. Shields) 287 + 58 = 345 Best Cornet: Kim Dekay (soprano), Ohio Brass Band 4. Ohio Brass Band (T. Zilincik) 273 + 67 = 340 Best New Arrangement/Composition: Foggy Day, Lee Harrelson, Fountain 5. Eastern Iowa (C. Thomas) 278 + 59 = 337 City 6. Motor City (C. Strain) 266 + 58 = 324 7. Prairie Brass Band (D. Niermeyer) 260 + 57 = 317 A full report will appear in next week’s edition of British Bandsman. BRITISH BANDSMAN PAGE 3 BB 2-3.indd 3 10-11-2009 18:28:54 EVENT NEWS Big Brass Bash announced for 2010 Red Dog Brass was founded in the summer of are willing to experiment. Have You Seen Them by both Cory Band and Bones Apart, and is 2009 by bass trombonist, Andy Austin, with Cakes?, for instance, worked out so well, and already shaping up to be a big date on the brass the aim of promoting the many arrangements both Bill and the composer, Josh Daniels, were band calendar. Bands from all over the country that he has produced for bands across the thrilled when it was recorded for Listen To The are invited to register for the event, with their years. “I have always been fortunate to work Band.” entry fees including access to all workshops and with conductors that have had an open mind concert performances. about performing my music, especially in Red Dog Brass is also branching out to promote concerts and contests.” He commented to BB, exciting new ventures, such as the Big Brass The Big Brass Bash also includes a competition adding, “ I have also been incredibly privileged Bash, which will hold its inaugural festival in for budding young music writers, with prizes to work with musicians such as Bill Ashton of June 2010. The Hop Farm Family Park in Kent is including both cash and live performances National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) fame and known for its own events, but Andy was keen of their work. Andy Austin concluded: “I am these influences have found their way into the to bring something different to the area: “I was particularly pleased with the Young Composers arrangements that I produce.” lucky enough to take part in the French Open Competition, something that is very close to my a few years back and was astounded at how heart. To hear the efforts of a new generation The NYJO link is a strong one, allowing Red Dog much music-making was taking place around of arrangers and composers is something to Brass access to the pads of this talented young the town.