Success for Gota in the Swedish Nationals
Gota Brass Band retains the Swedish National title and will compete in the 2019 European Championships. The band’s victory under MD Michael Tomsen’s direction was clear cut with 4 points separating them from second placed Solna Brass. Gota produced fantastic performances, across two days, of the set test ‘Odyssey’ and own choice work ‘The 39thParallel’ by Peter Graham.
Congratulations also to Lunds University Brass Band, Immanuel Brass (Enköping) and Habo Small Band respective winners of the first, second and youth divisions.
Results:
Elite Section:
Adjudicators:
Set Work: Mareika Gray, Jan de Haan, Philip Harper
Own-Choice: Mareika Gray, Jan de Haan, Frode Rydland
Set Work/Own Choice = Average Total
1. Göta Brass Band (Michael Thomsen): 91/93 = 92
2. Solna Brass (Emil Bjokland): 88/88 = 88
3. Windcorp Brass Band (Ingemar Roos): 87/89 = 88
4. Betlehemskyrkans Musikkår (David Glanneskog): 85/91 = 88
5. Uffes Blås Brass Band (Andreas Kratz): 84/86 = 85
Best Section: Tubas (Windcorp Brass Band)
Best instrumentalist: Johannes Forsberg (euphonium): Göta Brass Band
Best Set-Work Conductor: Michael Thomsen (Göta Brass Band)
First Division:
Adjudicators: Frode Rydland, Philip Harper
1. Lunds University Brass Band (Roger Andersson): 92
2. Asenhöga Brass Band (Patrik Randefalk): 91
3. Malmö Brass Band (Jan Wimborg): 87
4. Immanuel Brass (Stockholm) (Andreas Lundin): 85
5. Smyrna Brass (Anders Hellman, Kalle Aberg, Henrik Glanneskog): 84
6. Immanuel Brass (Jönköping) (Magnus Hylander): 83
Best Section: Tuba (Asenhöga Brass Band)
Best Instrumentalist: Johannes Forsberg (euphonium) — Asenhöga Brass Band
Best Conductor: Patrick Randefalk (Asenhöga Brass Band)
Second Division:
Adjudicators: Mareika Gray, Jan de Haan
1. Immanuel Brass (Enköping) (Ann-Sofie Andersson): 90
2. Varnamo Missionskyrkas (Jakob Torefors): 89
3. Bors Brassband (Ulrik Lundquist): 88
4. Jarfalla Brassband (Peter Gothe): 87
5. Gnosjö Brass Band (Jan Hultegard): 85
6. EQ Brass (Jan Karlsson): 84
Best Section: Cornets Immanuel Brass
Best instrumentalist: Tommy Sundblad (cornet) — EQ Brass
Best Conductor: Ann-Sofie Andersson (Immanuel Brass (Enköping))
Minibrass Division:
Adjudicators: Frode Rydland, Jappie Dijkstra
1. Habo Small Band
2. Immanuel Minibrass (Enköping)
3. Bors Ungdomsbrassband
=4 Asenhöga Youth Brass Band
=4 Södertörns Minibrass
=4 Göteborgs Youth Brass Band
=4 Gnosjö Minibrass
=4 AM Brass