Success for Sydney City
The 2023 Australian National Championships took place in the city of Newcastle, New South Wales over the weekend. The competing bands, who were on fine form, could be heard in Newcastle City Hall, Civic Theatre and Conservatorium of Music. The Division A National Champion Title was won by Sydney City Brass, under the leadership of MD Jason Katsikaris. The band gained convincing wins in the hymn tune and set work portions of the contest, with eventual runners-up, Brisbane Excelsior ran them extremely close taking the spoils in the own choice and march sections. Both bands ended amassed an impressive 581 points, giving them a 5 point margin over third placed Darebin City, but Sydney took the spoils owing to the band’s performance of Jared McCunnie’s ‘Seige’. Full results for each section can be viewed below:
Results:
Open A Brass:
Adjudicator: Dr Robert Childs
Set Work: Siege (Jared McCunnie)
Hymn/Set Work/Own Choice/March = Total
1. Sydney City Brass (Jason Katsikaris): 97/196/195/93 = 581*
2. Brisbane Excelsior Band (Alan Spence): 95/195/196/95 = 581
3. Darebin City Brass — Preston Band (Broden Ford): 96/194/192/94 = 576
4. Willoughby City Band (Dominic Longhurst): 94/192/194/92 = 572
5. Footscray-Yarraville City Band (Brenton Burley): 91/191/193/90 = 565
6. Brisbane Brass (Josh McKechie): 92/190/186/90 = 558
7. Waratah Brass — Newcastle (Conrad Curry): 88/183/188/89 = 548
8. Warringah Concert Brass (John Saunders): 84/189/185/88 = 546*
9. Glenferrie Brass (Phillipa Edwards): 90/186/182/88 = 546
10. Glenorchy City Concert Brass (Simon Reade): 87/184/187/87 = 545
11. Holroyd Brass Band (Damian Butler): 83/187/186/84 = 540
12. Central Coast Brass (Darren Jones): 86/181/183/83 = 533
* Set Work mark takes precedence
Open B Brass:
Adjudicator: David Bremner
Set Work: Hope (Dorothy Gates)
Hymn/Set Work/Own Choice/March = Total
1. Boroondara Brass (Daniel van Bergen): 90/190/187/85 = 552
2. Gunnedah Shire Band (Anthony Rowe): 85/183/190/88 = 546
3. Geelong West Brass Band (Jeff Steele): 86/183/185/89 = 543
4. City of Greater Dandenong Band (Jamie Lawson): 88/187/182/85 = 542
5. Cairns Brass No 1 Band (Oscar McDonald): 87/191/180/82 = 540*
6. Brisbane Brass 2 (Elean Katahanas): 81/186/186/87 = 540
7. Windsor Brass (Dale Hosking): 79/178/189/90 = 536
8. Canberra Brass (Veronica Boulton): 81/185/183/83 = 532
9. Toronto Brass (Timothy O'Hearn): 84/182/176/80 = 522
10. Darebin City Brass — Northern Brass (Marc Nethercot): 82/179/179/77 = 517
11. Box Hill City Band (Simon Brown): 83/177/176/80 = 516
12. Surfers Paradise Brass (Scott King): 84/180/174/76 = 514
13. Parramatta City Band (Luke Bradbery): 78/173/178/81 = 510
14. Southern Brass (Andy Yule): 78/175/174/78 = 505
* Set Work mark takes precedence
Open C Brass:
Adjudicator: David Bremner
Set Work: The Viking Age (Thierry Deleruyelle)
Hymn/Set Work/Own Choice/March = Total
1. Willoughby Band No.2 (Dominic Longhurst): 77/176/185/80 = 518
3. Newcastle PCYC Brass Band (Teena Wallace): 80/181/179/74 = 514*
2. Moonee Valley Brass (Dean Hughes): 78/178/181/77 = 514
4. Wonthaggi Citizens' Band (Craig Marinus): 76/174/178/75 = 503
5. Maamaloa Brass Band (NZ) (Kalino Pongi): 74/173/177/72 = 496
6. Sunshine Brass (Heather Aitken): 75/172/175/73 =495
7. City of Wollongong Brass Band (Kevin Skues): 71/170/174/71 = 486
8. Bankstown & Yagoona Brass (Rae Forrester): 72/169/174/70 = 485
* Set Work mark takes precedence
Open D Brass:
Adjudicator: Dr Robert Childs
Set Work: Music for Greenwich (Edward Gregson)
Hymn/Set Work/Own Choice/March = Total
1. Hyde Street Youth Band (Phillipa Edwards): 94/195/193/92 = 574
2. Waratah Brass Academy Band (Therese Hayden): 90/190/192/91 = 563
3. Boroondara Harmony Brass (Spencer Nelson): 91/191/189/90 = 561
4. Far Northern Brass (Dr Fletcher Mitchell): 88/192/187/88 = 555
Junior B Brass:
Adjudicator: Andrew Snell
Set Work: Capriol Suite (Peter Warlock arr. Phillip Littlemore)
1. Hyde St Youth Band: 87/174/179/87 = 527
2. St George Brass Band: 84/170/173/85 = 512
Junior C Brass:
Adjudicator: Andrew Snell
Set Work: Fanfare, Theme and Finale for HPs! (Mark Ford)
- City of Wollongong Junior Brass Band: 85/169/173/86 = 513
2. Northcote High School Brass Band: 82/164/159/84 = 489
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