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2008 European Championships - A Section

Date:
Saturday, May 3, 2008

Venue:
Stavanger Concert Hall, Stavanger

Test piece:
Brass Blot, Håkon Berge and Own Choice

Adjudicator(s):
Armin Bachmann, Nigel Boddice, Arvid Anthun [SW] Professor David King, Jens T. Larsen, Jan van der Roost [OC]

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1 Cory[Wales]
Music for Battle Creek - P Sparke
Dr. Robert Childs 10/10 99(1)+95(3)=194
2 Grimethorpe Colliery[England]
Vienna Nights - P Wilby
A. Withington 2/1 97(2)+97(2)=194
3 Brass Band Willebroek[Belgium]
Music for Battle Creek - P Sparke
Frans Violet 3/8 88(9)+98(1)=186
4 Brass Band Fribourg[Switzerland]
Vienna Nights
Arsene Duc 6/11 95(3)+90(7)=185
5 Stavanger[Norway]
Music of the Spheres - P Sparke
Garry Cutt 4/7 92(5)+93(5)=185
6 Brass Band Buizingen[Belgium]
Concerto Grosso - D Bourgeois
Luc Vertommen 8/5 91(6)+94(4)=185
7 Brass Band Lyngby Taarbaek[Denmark]
Apocalypse - D Bourgeois
C. Schmiedescamp 9/6 94(4)+89(8)=183
8 Brass Band De Waldsang[Netherlands]
Music for Battle Creek - P Sparke
Rieks van der Velde 7/9 90(7)+88(9)=178
9 Stockholm[Sweden]
Year of the Dragon - P Sparke
Kent Jonsson 5/4 86(11)+92(6)=178
10 Oberoesterreich Brass Band[Austria]Dreams - Bertrand Moren Hans Buchegger 11/3 89(8)+86(10)=175
11 Kirkintilloch[Scotland]Music of the Spheres - P Sparke Howard Taylor 1/2 87(10)+84(11)=171

[SW] — SET WORK
[OC] — OWN CHOICE

Best Soloist Award:
Stefaan Pillaert, Solo-Euphonium, Brass Band Willebroek

 



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