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Results: 2016 Oslo Brass Festival

There were victories for Manger Musikklag, Musikklaget Gjallahorn and Rong Brass at the inventive, and fun packed Oslo Brass Festival in the heart of Norway's capital city.

Oslo
 

Elite Division:

Adjudicators:
Friday: Jonas Rogne/Steffen Maersk/Alexsander Strom/Fredrick Birknes/Audience
Saturday: Jonas Rogne/Asbjorn Hauge/Stanley Westh/Morten Fagerjord/Audience

1. Manger Musikklag (Rune Hannisdal): 197
Fri: 20/20/20/20/20
Sat: 20/20/20/17/20
2. Molde Brass Band (Russell Gray): 166
Fri: 17/17/14/17/15
Sat: 17/17/17/20/15
3. Oslofjord Brass (John Philip Hannevik): 152
Fri: 15/15/13/15/17
Sat: 15/15/15/15/17
4. Hasle Brass (Robert Solberg Nilsen): 136
Fri: 13/13/15/13/14
Sat: 13/14/13/14/14
5. Montebello Brass (Preben Nicolay Kragh-Riesling): 133*
Fri: 14/14/17/14/13
Sat: 14/13/14/13/13

* Montebello incurred 6 time penalty points

Best Cornet: Manger Musikklag
Best Horn: Manger Musikklag
Best Euph/Bari: Manger Musikklag
Best Trombone: Manger Musikklag
Best Tuba: Manger Musikklag
Best Percussion: Manger Musikklag

Best Instrumentalist: Randi Holm (flugel) — Manger Musikklag

Audience 'Music Police' Prize: Manger Musikklag


First Division:

Adjudicators:
Friday: Jonas Rogne/Stanley Westh/Morten Fagerjord/Terje Solbakken/Audience
Saturday: Jonas Rogne/Steffen Maersk/Morten Fagerjord/Alexsander Strom/Audience

1. Musikklaget Gjallarhorn (Selmer Simonsen): 180
Fri: 20/13/17/20/15
Sat: 20/20/15/20/20
2. Flesland Musikklag (Thor Arne Pedersen): 165
Fri: 17/20/20/15/20
Sat: 15/13/17/13/15
3. Arhus Brass (Jacob Vilhelm Larsen): 154
Fri: 14/17/13/13/14
Sat: 17/17/20/15/14
4. Oster Brass (Joseph Cook): 152
Fri: 15/15/15/14/17
Sat: 14/14/14/17/17
5. Adger Brass (Ola Balstad): 134
Fri: 13/14/14/17/13
Sat: 12/15/12/12/12
6. Sorum Musikklag (Henrik Dagestad-Dalhaug): 125
Fri: 12/12/12/12/12
Sat: 13/12/13/14/13

Best Cornet: Musikklaget Gjallahorn
Best Horn: Sorum Musikklag
Best Euph/Bari: Flesland Musikklag
Best Trombone: Flesland Musikklag
Best Tuba: Musikklaget Gjallahorn
Best Percussion: Arhus Brass

Best Instrumentalist: Sofie Brems Sorensen (flugel) — Arhus Brass

Audience 'Music Police' Prize: Musikklaget Gjallahorn


Second Division:

Adjudicators:
Friday: Jonas Rogne/Alexsander Strom/Morten Fagerjord/Asbjorn Hauge/Audience
Saturday: Jonas Rogne/Stanley Westh/Ingebjord Vilhelmsen/Dag Johann Kolstad/Audience

1. Rong Brass (Thor-Arne Pedersen): 194
Fri: 20/20/17/17/20
Sat: 20/20/20/20/20
2. Skui (Thor-Willy Karlsen): 154
Fri: 14/15/20/13/15
Sat: 17/15/15/15/15
3. Salen Hornorkester (Espen Odegaard): 150
Fri: 17/12/15/15/17
Sat: 14/17/17/12/14
4. Filadelfia Hornorkester Drammen (Jan Arne Stavik Karlsen): 140
Fri: 12/17/14/12/13
Sat: 13/14/14/14/17
5. Eidsberg Brass Band (Hans Petter Ringsted): 133
Fri: 15/13/12/20/14
Sat: 15/11/10/11/12
6. Boras Brass Band (Not Known): 125
Fri: 13/8/10/14/12
Sat: 12/13/13/17/13
7. Grenland Brass (Arild Ovrum): 107
Fri: 11/14/13/11/10
Sat: 10/9/11/10/8
8. Langhus Brass (Tomas Carstensen): 105
Fri: 10/11/11/9/9
Sat: 9/10/12/13/11
9. Holmestrand Ungdomskorps (Svend Erik Andersen): 95
Fri: 8/10/9/10/8
Sat: 11/12/9/8/10
10. Spyderberg Brass (John Einer Halvorsrod): 87
Fri: 9/9/8/8/11
Sat: 8/8/8/9/9
11. Sorkedalen Brass (Espen Selvik): 70
Fri: 7/7/7/7/7
Sat: 7/7/7/7/7

Best Cornet: Rong Brass
Best Horn: Rong Brass
Best Euph/Bari: Filadelfia Hornorkester Drammen
Best Trombone: Rong Brass
Best Tuba: Rong Brass
Best Percussion: Boras Brass Band

Best Instrumentalist: John Henrik Tveit (flugel) — Skui Brass

Audience 'Music Police' Prize: Rong Brass

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