National High Five for Wellington
Congratulations to Wellington Brass, who proved their dominance in Dunedin last weekend by winning the A Grade New Zealand National title under MD, David Bremner, for an unprecedented fifth consecutive time. The band secured its win of the Gold Cup National Trophy in emphatic manner delivering outstanding renditions of the selected sacred item as well as the set-work, 'Concerto No. 1' by Derek Bourgeois and the band’s own-choice of 'Audivi Media Nocte' by Oliver Waespi. In addition, David Bremner once again won the prestigious KGL Smith and Mervyn Waters Memorial Trophies, whilst flugel star Brad Mancer took the 'Best Soloist' award in the set-test.
Commenting on the victory David Bremner stated, “I'm just so proud of the band's performances over the weekend. They worked so hard in the build-up and played with such passion and precision. To be the first band in the event's history to win 5 in a row is very special, and testament to how hard this organisation works. We will enjoy this and then get to work on making it 6!"
For the second successive year North Shore Brass ended as the runners-up with a rejuvenated Woolston Brass under Tyme Marsters placed third by adjudicator Tom Davoren. Hutt City Brass claimed the B Grade title, Woolston Concert Brass took first place in Grade C with Rangiora RSA Club Band winning the D Grade. Full results can be viewed below:
Results:
A Grade:
Adjudicator: Tom Davoren
Test piece: Concerto No.1 for Brass Band (Derek Bourgeois)
Sacred item/Test piece/Own choice = Total
1. Wellington Brass (David Bremner): 49.5/98/98 = 245.5
2. North Shore Brass (Harmen Vanhoorne): 49/97/96 = 242.0
3. Woolston Brass (Tyme Marsters): 48.5/95/94 = 237.5
4. Hamilton City Brass (Mason Elliot): 45.5/91/93 = 229.5
5. NBS Nelson City Brass (Nigel Weeks): 47/90/92 = 229.0
6. Ascot Park Hotel Brass (Dr Matthew van Emmerik): 47.5/92/89 = 228.5
7. Brass Whanganui (Bruce Jellyman): 46.5/87/91 = 224.5
8. St Kilda Brass (Alan Spence): 45/88/90 = 223.0
9. Waitakere Auckland Brass (Grant Langdon): 46/89/87 = 222.0
Best Soloist on Test piece: Brad Mancer (flugel) — Wellington Brass
Best Section of Test piece: Basses (North Shore Brass)
Best Principal Cornet on Own choice: Jamie Lawson (St Kilda Brass)
B Grade:
Adjudicator: Tom Davoren
Test piece: Journey into Freedom (Eric Ball)
Sacred item/Test piece/Own choice = Total
1. Hutt City Brass (Matthew Stein): 46/92/92 = 230.0
2. Auckland City (Mark Close): 45.5/89/94 = 228.5
3. Addington Brass (Adrian Dalton): 44/86/88 = 218.0
4. Tauranga City (Steven Thompson): 44.5/87/86 = 217.5
5. Marlborough District (Robin Randall): 45/90/82 = 217.0
6. Kaikorai Metropolitan Brass (Ben Rickerby): 43.5/83/85 = 211.5
Best Instrumentalist on Test piece: Eb Bass (Marlborough District Brass)
Best Principal Cornet on Own choice: Stephen Mosa'ati (Hutt City Brass)
C Grade:
Adjudicator: Mark Ford
Test piece: And my soul overflow! (David Chaulk)
Sacred item/Test piece/Own choice = Total
1. Woolston Concert Brass (Philip Johnston): 43.5/90/91 = 224.5
2. Matamata Brass (Glenn Richards): 42/86/89 = 217.0
3. North Shore Brass Academy (Andrew Leech): 44/87/85 = 216.0
4. Te Awamutu Brass (Sarah Carroll): 41.5/85/86 = 212.5
5. Rolleston Brass (Raynor Martin): 42/83/87 = 212.0
6. Levin & District Brass (Mat Johnston): 39.5/82/88 = 209.5
7. Upper Hutt Brass (Aaron Lloyd): 41/81/87 = 209.0
8. Mosgiel Brass (Philip Craige): 39.5/80/83 = 202.5
9. Nor'west Brass (Matt Toomata): 40/81/82 = 203.0
D Grade:
Adjudicators: Mark Ford
Test piece: A Little Light Music (Philip Wilby)
Sacred item/Own choice/Street march = Total
1. Rangiora RSA Club Band (Dwayne Bloomfield): 84/83/84 = 251.0
2. New Brighton Silver Band (Cameron Lee): 81/82/85 = 248.0
3. Ascot Park Hotel Auxiliary Band (Kathleen Herman): 80/81/83 = 244.0
4. Buzzing Brass Wellington (Byron Newton): 82/79/82 = 243.0
5. Upper Hutt Concert Brass (Hannah Neman): 80/80/80 = 240.0
Parade of Bands:
A Grade: Woolston Brass
B Grade: Marlborough District Brass
C Grade: Te Awamutu Brass
D Grade: Buzzing Brass Wellington
Solo Champions:
Champion of Champions: Kay Mackenzie (NSB Nelson City Brass)
Junior Champion of Champions: Matt Donaldson
Invitation Slow Melody: Kevin Hickman
Administrator of the Year: Richie Richardson (Hutt City Brass)
For further results go to: https://dunedinbrass.org.nz/solopartyresults/
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