document.write(''); Support us with a one-off donation or subscribe from just 2.50 per month. Clackmannan District (Paul Drury): 1808. It's well-balanced and the young players capture the excitment of the music, which then becomes altogether more lyrical in outlook. It was a wonderful moment for the band and their MD, Angela Miller. It ends a fine programme - and a refined performance - of which the band could be proud. Unison Kinneil (Raymond Tennant): 1856. The songs get toes tapping in the audience as the band brings the curtain down on a programme in which it will have gained so much experience to stand it in good stead. 2023 Scottish Brass Band Association, Icing on the cake is a soprano cornet sound of considerable refinement. Indeed, the solo trombone playing in the interlude is suitably melancholic, languid in its approach, and the refinement seems to inspire colleagues around the stand, the flugel sounds tender and endearing. 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. Coming soon is a livestream of the results! Include your email address if you like. Dysart Colliery (Kenneth Letham): 1784. Wingates also keep something in reserve for the final stages of Comitas' work, a former European Championship set work, the ornate, chamber music style work giving way to something much more organ-like as the piece reaches its conclusion. It's a demanding piece, no doubt about it - but KKB has set its stall out here. The results of the 2022 UK Pipe Band Championships have been uploaded to the website. The brace of 'outstanding' qualifiers came from Bo'ness & Carriden' conducted by Charlie Farren (who the next day played with Whitburn), and Dalkeith & Monktonhall directed by his former alumni James Chamberlain. 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. Although Dysart Colliery just missed out, they will have been delighted with their stylish performance of time and space, whilst there was much to note with the renditions from a vibrant Shotts, a characterful Langholm (many people's pick), and a well-constructed take from Whitburn Heartlands. Bravo. There's a sophistication to much of the opening from Whitburn Band, as the West Lothian band sets its stall out in the opening few bars as it looks to claim an eighth consecutive Scottish Open title. Kilmarnock Concert Brass scooped a coveted gong in the Scottish Brass Band Association (SBBA) Regional Brass Band Championships, bagging top prize in the Scottish 3rd Section. Jayne Murrill turns the corners of this intriguing score gracefully, and the exposed solo passages around the stand are met with an impressive sense of calm. It warms the heart. It closes a diverse programme, delivered with the panache audiences have long come to expect from one of Scotland's farthest travelled bands. There are some fragilities which bring the sheen off but it's a performance of great commitment from Kingdom. Horns rise to the fore before the melody passes elsewhere in this entertaining rendition. document.write(' value="">'); Intonation is settled and the sounds are impressive from the second of Whitburn's bands to perform today (and the third this weekend). It features confident solo cornet playing and again, the band works hard to find the light and shade in the music. From 1951 to 1958, they were determined by the results of the previous year's Scottish Championships, and from 1959 onwards, they have been determined by the results of the same year's Scottish Championships, with the exception of 1965, 1969, and 1970, in which years separate regional qualifying contests were again run.The first Scottish Championship was run in 1895, in two sections; the third section was added in 1905, and the fourth section in 1925. It's effective musical storytelling from Big Noise Fallin, whose players enjoy healthy support from the audience in Perth Concert Hall. It's engaging, too, only occasionally getting a little strident. 8) Irvine and Dreghorn Youth Band | John Boax. 2020 saw Tredegar Town Band win the Championship Section of the Welsh "Regionals", therefore gaining an invitation to represent Wales at the 2022 European Championships in Birmingham. Whitburn claimed their 21st top section title Saturday, 12 March 2022 11) Kirkintilloch Youth Band | Katherine Adams. Whitburn Band has welcomed four new signings in time for its challenge at the Scottish Brass Band Championships. The sounds around the stand have a sheen to them; trombones are a fine example, the control and balance refined throughout. Shotts (Andrew Shaw): 1775. However, as adjudicator Sandy Smith stated; It's also "great feel good music" the type "to get you out of the house on a wet February night". It wasn't flawless from Whitburn, but it was wholly committed, reaching new heights in the final stages, with large spells of the brilliance audiences have long come to expect from the West Lothian outfit. He wrote, "Some really good stuff here lots of detail. 14) The Kirkintilloch Band | David Roberts - Cloudcatcher Fells (John McCabe). Whitburn (Prof Nicholas Childs): 192**2. No doubting that as Stephan Hodel's accessible work was played with brio by all the competitors with a special mention to the excellent percussion teams. Kilmarnock Concert (Scott Walker): 182*2. Today, it's all about the stars of the future, as part of the Scottish Youth Brass Band Championships! Members of Fishburn Band get themselves very cosy with each other on the sprawling Perth Concert Hall stage. It closes a programme from a group bursting with potential; bravo. Tight snare drum rhythms pass to nicely understated intricate lines in cornets before the full band bursts into life. Not a learner band. Scottish Open Brass Band Championship Scottish Open Brass Band Championship Details Perth Concert Hall Sat 12 Mar 2022: 9:30amSun 13 Mar 2022: 9:30am Ticket price: 13.50; concessions 11.50 (inc 1.50 booking fee per ticket) per day Growing Pains powers forward, with nothing overcooked. 1) Johnstone Band | Colin McKenzie - The Essence of Time (Peter Graham). Victories for Whitburn, Bo'ness & Carriden, Campbeltown, Kilmarnock Concert Brass and Brass Sounds Inverclyde as the thoughts of Scottish brass banding are focused elsewhere on a tragic weekend. St Ronan's Silver (Simon Railton): 1799. Russell Gray's lyrical interpretation was pockmarked with errors. Sandon follows, an ensemble from the band performing the first verse. Some may have felt they deserved a place or two higher aided by the informed approaches of the MDs, but for the judges they were only pushing for potential top-six finishes. EBBA also works to promote cultural exchange and collaboration between brass bands across Europe. Scottish Power Pipe Band at the British Championships at Battery Park on Saturday 21 May 2022.This was a medley competition and the tunes listed in the progr. Vice Chairman. See below for info. Scottish Championship (Championship Section) - 13th Mar 2022 - Brass Band Results Scottish Championship (Championship Section) Sun 13th Mar 2022 Reset Sort Hide Highlight Previous Event satiche Best Soprano Cornet - Scott Forrest, Whitburn Band Best Cornet - Chris Bradley, Whitburn Band Best Flugel - Lindsay Roxburgh, the cooperation band Caribbean Holiday is deliciously rowdy to open, whoops and whistles aplenty. Kintryre Schools 5. Share this article It's straight into the set work, Growing Pains, for Coalburn Bronze Band, and there's a heavy rock feel to the band's interpretation of Alan Fernie's music. The programme continues with set work, Growing Pains, in which the Midlothian band demonstrates good balance and awareness of the key lines at any one time. Both head to Cheltenham buoyed by the success and with a brace of informed MDs at the helm. His calm demeanour inspired his players to produce a performance of rich merit, stylish and fun and full 'bubble & squeak' passion. Five Lakes Silver Band 2. The soprano sound then cheekily dances with horn. It's high octane and City of Bradford keeps something in reserve for the final moments, in an impressive display in Perth. A suitably understated opening from Wingates Band, with a nice lightness of touch. Is something on this page incorrect? ", Sandy also admitted that he didn't know that the bands were socially distanced either, whilst John said he had been impressed by the overall standard, and that "every band had handled the music really well". Queensland Band Championships - 2022 September 24, 2022 0 6205 Hi Loyal Viewers! 6) Rainford Band | David Thornton - English Heritage (George Lloyd). While severely disrupted by the pandemic, those events have now been returning but it's as an own choice the piece is performed by Dalmellington today. Paul Brown. Johnstone Band, from Renfrewshire, opens proceedings with The Essence of Time and its purposeful, even if not quite all the detail springs from the score. 9) City of Bradford Band | Jonathan Bates - The Journey of the Lone Wolf (Simon Dobson). document.write(' type="hidden" '); document.write(' Space Shuttle Columbia Human Remains Pictures, Matthew 13:44 45 Explained, Music Funeral Home Waycross, Georgia Obituaries, Pataskala Police Scanner, Articles S