Youth Champs 2023 Results
Today (25th March) the National Youth Brass Band Championships of Great Britain 2023, Youth Champs, welcomed over 1,200 young people to Stockport Grammar School in Greater Manchester to perform in this important national event for youth banding. Featuring 38 bands, a record for recent years, and hosted by compères Alex Humphreys and David Hayward, both halls were full of enthusiastic supporters. The event attracted over 1,000 audience members, another record since pre-2020, to enjoy a day of high-quality music-making.
Congratulations to Youth Brass 2000 and Seindorf Ieuenctid Beaumaris on winning the ABRSM Championship and Performance sections of this year’s Youth Champs. A truly inspiring day showcasing an array of musical talent with much for the audience to appreciate and applaud in every single performance. Full results can be viewed below with a more detailed review appearing in the next issue of Brass Band World Magazine.
Results:
ABRSM Championship Section:
Adjudicators: Leigh Baker & Tom Hutchinson
1. Youth Brass 2000 (Chris Jeans) — Gold
2. Lancashire Youth Brass Band (Helen Minshall) — Gold
3. Macclesfield Youth Brass Band (Louise Renshaw) — Gold
Gold Award:
Elland Youth Band (Samantha Harrison)
Silver Award:
Lions Youth Brass (Ian Raisbeck)
Northamptonshire County Youth Brass Band (Brad Turnbull)
Oldham Music Centre Youth Brass Band (Jonathan Leedale)
Stockport Schools Brass Band — Senior Band (Ryan Broad)
Tewit Youth Senior Band (Martin Hall)
Bronze Award:
Cardiff County & Vale of Glamorgan Youth Brass Band (Charles Maynard)
Dobcross Youth Band (Seth Livingston)
Best Soloist: Hannah Taylor (cornet) — Lions Youth Brass
Performance Section:
Adjudicators: Jack Capstaff & Andrea Price
1. Seindorf Ieuenctid Beaumaris (Peter Cowlishaw) — Gold
2. Astley Youth Band (Toby Hobson) — Gold
3. Amersham Youth Band (Paul Fisher) — Silver
Silver Award:
Elland Silver Training Band (Samantha Harrison)
Enderby Youth Band (Trevor Housome)
HD9 Community Youth Band (Paul Kirk)
Stockport Schools Brass Band (Anna Hughes-Williams)
St Helens Youth Brass Band (James Hall)
Bronze Award:
Dobcross Training Band (James Atkins)
Macclesfield Junior Brass Band (Harry White)
St Nicholas CoE Primary Brass Band (Chris Binns)
Tewit Youth Intermediate Band (Rebecca Marshall)
Wantage Youth Brass (Sara-Jane Wallbridge)
Merit Award:
Firth Park Academy (Andy Harris)
Lions Academy Band (Peter McDonough)
Best Soloist: Osian Maloney (cornet) — Seindorf Ieuenctid Beaumaris
Besson Prodige Showcase Section:
Adjudicators: Gary Curtin & Daniel Hall
No prizes were given in this non-competitive section. The following bands performed:
SHYBB Debut Band (Peter McDonough)
Lions Debut Band (Jamie Sharp)
Astley Training Band & Boothstown Holy Family Brass Foundations Band (Sam Raisbeck)
Macclesfield Youth Training Band (Liz Wolski)
Dobcross Youth Ensemble (Seth Livingstone & James Atkins)
Delph Youth Band (Matt Stimpson)
Tewit Youth Junior Band (Allan Briggs)
Milton Keynes Music Hub (David Rose)
St Ignatius College (Alan Duguid)
Stockport Schools Brass Band — Junior Band (Andrew Myers)
Barnet Youth Brass Band (Peter Yarde Martin)
Ellington Colliery Brass Roots Band (Ian Sankey)
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