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Regional Championships: North of England

Section 2 Summary

Year Winners Conductor Test piece
2024 Durham Miners Association Stuart Gray Triptych, Philip Sparke
2023 Durham Miners Association Stuart Gray The Pilgrim's Progress, Rodney Newton
2022 Tewit Silver Martin Hall The Aeronauts, Goff Richards
2020 Cockerton Silver Andrew Hunter The Golden Sabre — Tales of the Hussar-Poet, Denis Davydov, Kit Turnbull
2019 North Skelton Lewis Wilkinson Rise of the Phoenix, Darrol Barry
2018 North Skelton Daniel Brooks Ex Terra Lucem, Jonathan Bates
2017 Ashington Colliery David Kendall Rhapsody in Brass, Sir Dean Goffin
2016 Dunston Silver Aidan Hodgson The Mermaid of Zennor, Philip Harper
2015 Lockwood Brass John Roberts Variations on Maccabeus, Kevin Norbury
2014 Lockwood Brass John Roberts Chaucer's Tunes, Dr Michael Ball
2013 Ripon City Malcolm Dibb The Plantagenets, Edward Gregson
2012 South Milford Brass Martin Hall Cross Patonce, Dr Goff Richards
2011 Catterick Brass Brenden Wheeler Resurgam, Eric Ball
2010 Cockerton Prize Silver G. Nicklin The Kingdom of Dragons, Philip Harper
2009 Flookburgh A. Lewis New World Sketches, Dan Price
2008 Barton Town R. Evans Three Part Invention, Kenneth Downie
2007 Wansbeck’s Ashington Colliery N. Stedman Carnival, Helen Perkin
2006 Lockwood Brass John Roberts Images of the Millennium, Howard Snell
2005 Lockwood Brass J Roberts Variations For Brass Band, R. Vaughan Williams
2004 Ellington Colliery D. Wright Kaleidoscope, Philip Sparke
2003 Langbaurgh Brass T. Oldroyd Celestial Prospect, W. Heaton
2002 Langbaurgh Brass T. Oldroyd Symphony for Brass, V. Ewald
2001 Westoe STCHT S. Malcolm The Moor of Venice, W. Alwyn
2000 Harrogate D. Lancaster Sword, Jewel and Mirror, P. Harper
1999 Yarm & District M. Sidwell Symphonic Suite for Brass, L. Locas
1998 Rowntree Band C. Hirst Culloden Moor, G. Wood
1997 The Cottingham Band R. Grantham A New Buckenham Suite, A. Jackman
1996 Carlisle St. Stephens W. Rumford Hollywood, G. Richards
1995 Broughton's Brass B. Holden Rococo Variations, A. Street


Regent Hall Concerts - The Band of the Grenadier Guards

Thursday 26 March • Regent Hall. (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London. . W1C2DJ


Regent Hall Concerts - Funny Bones Trombone Octet

Friday 27 March • Oompah Brass XXL. Regent Hall. (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Brass Bands England - 2026 National Youth Brass Band Championships

Saturday 28 March • King Edward's School, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham B15 2UA


The Hepworth Band - Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 18 April • Huddersfield Town Hall HD1 2TA


Contest: Whit Friday March Contests

Friday 29 May • Saddleworth & Tameside OL3


Chinnor Silver

March 27 • We are a friendly progressive 1st Section band who need a couple of seats filled.. Bb BASS and PERCUSSIONIST are on our wanted list so if you are looking for a new banding challenge get in contact. We rehearse on Wednesdays and have good realistic diary.


Newport Borough Brass Band

March 27 • After a respectable 4th place in the 2nd Section at the Welsh Area Contest, we are looking for FRONT ROW CORNET (position negotiable) 1st BARITONE, 2ND TROMBONE and Bb BASS players to come and join us on our journey under the baton of Martin McHale BEM.


East London Brass

March 27 • PERCUSSION - ELB are the look out for a percussionist to complement our existing section. We have a sensible diary of contests and concerts and are ambitious to keep progressing as a band.


Alex McGee

MA BMus PGCE
Conductor & Composer


               

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