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National Championships of Great Britain

Section 3 Summary

Year Winners Conductor Test piece
2024 Golborne Les Webb The Shipbuilders, Peter Yorke
2023 Porthleven Town Tom Bassett The Lost Village of Imber, Christopher Bond
2022 Skelmersdale Prize Benjamin Coulson Sinfonietta for Brass Band, Joseph Horovitz
2021 Tewit Silver Martin Hall Kaleidoscope (Philip Sparke)
2019 Uppermill Dean Redfern Viking Age, Thierry Deleruyelle
2018 Barnsley Brass William Rushworth Episodes for Brass, Gareth Churcher
2017 BD1 Brass Lee Skipsey Hinemoa, Gareth Wood
2016 Crofton Silver Dean Jones Lake of the Moon, Kevin Houben
2015 Houghton Brass Tom Gibson The Graces of Love, Oliver Waespi
2014 Ebbw Valley Gareth Ritter Symphony for Brass, Victor Vladmirovitch Ewald arr Michael E Hopkinson
2013 LGB Brass Ian Stewart Penlee, Simon Dobson
2012 Hitchin Craig Patterson 'Three Ancient Customs' - Richard Huw Cole
2011 City of Bradford Lee Skipsey 'Darkness Visible' - Richard Grantham
2010 Delph Philip Goodwin 'Willow Pattern' - Philip Harper
2009 Brunel Brass John Winterflood Oceans, Goff Richards
2008 Wellington (Telford) Stephen Curtis Suite for Brass - John Rutter, arranged Sandy Smith
2007 Middleton Band Matthew Stringer Imperium, Bruce Fraser
2006 Long Eaton Silver Sharon Stansfield Sinfonietta for Brass Band, Gordon Langford
2005 Jersey Premier Brass Tim Pritchard A Gallimaufry Suite, Philip Harper
2004 Hoover (Bolton) C. Wormwald John Maines & Derek Broadbent
2003 Diggle A. Lawton Four Preludes, Eric Ball
2002 Silk Brass AstraZeneca K. Mackintosh Cherchebi, Goff Richards
2001 Lancashire Life Morecambe A. Warriner An English Suite for Brass Band, Michael Ball
2000 Kirkintillock Kelvin Brass R. Tennant Excelsior, Howard Snell
1999 Test Valley Brass S. Large The Three Musketeers, George Hespe
1998 Oldham Brass '97 A. White Three Minatures, Philip Sparke
1997 Ashton-under-Lyne M. Evans Dancing In The Park, P. Graham
1996 Yeovil Town S. Sykes Sinfonietta for Brass Band, Gordon Langford
1995 Fairlop Brass K. Jordan Suite Gothique, Leon Boellmann arr. Eric Ball
1994 Glossop Old J. Cant Partita for Band, Philip Wilby
1993 Skelmanthorpe S. Fawcett A Celtic Suite, Philip Sparke
1992 Beaumaris & District Silver G. Evans Amaranth , Ray Steadman-Allen
1991 British Steel (Port Talbot) E. Clark Variations , John W. Phillips


Cheltenham Silver Band - Brass (and percussion) and Beer

Friday 22 August • St. Barnabas Church Hall, Orchard Way, Cheltenham, GL51 7JY GL51 7JY


Haverhill Silver Band - East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival

Sunday 24 August • St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1QX


Haverhill Silver Band - Concert in Saffron Hall

Wednesday 27 August • Saffron Hall, Audley End Road, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11 4UH


Uckfield Concert Brass - Eastbourne Bandstand 1812 Concert

Wednesday 27 August • Eastbourne Bandstand, Lower Grand Parade, Eastbourne. BN21 3AD


Cheltenham Silver Band - Brass (and percussion) and Beer

Friday 29 August • St. Barnabas Church Hall, Orchard Way, Cheltenham, GL51 7JY GL51 7JY


wantage silver band

August 22 • Wantage Community Brass (non-competitive) are looking to recruit a new Musical Director. The group is unique in that the average age is almost certainly around 70! They rehearse on Tue from 4pm and Thu from 7pm (both times flexible depending on person).


Lydbrook Band

August 20 • Bass Trombone


Regent Brass

August 20 • Regent Brass (Championship Section) seek Bass Trombone, Eb/Bb Bass & Percussion. Shortlisted for 4barsrest Lower Section Band of the Year 2024, we have a balanced schedule of innovative concerts & contests, regularly premiering new music.


Nigel Seaman

ARMCM ARNCM
Conductor, band trainer, teacher and adjudicator


               

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