2006 4BR Awards - Introduction and categories
4-Dec-2006It's time to get your thinking caps on and start to vote in the categories to see who you think has been the best of the best in 2006.
It's award time again! We know everyone else gets in on the act at this time of year, but 4BR has been making these nominations for you, our readers to vote on (or not as the case may be) since we started in 2001, so we think they are of some importance.
And if you don't believe us, just ask last year's winners Black Dyke, Nicholas Childs, Richard Marshall, David Childs and the rest who took away some of the awards on offer – it means something because brass band lovers have voted for them.
This year there are 9 categories for you to vote on:
- Band of the Year
- Conductor of the Year
- Player of the Year
- CD/DVD of the Year
- Solo CD of the Year
- Lower Section/Youth Band of the Year
- Newcomer of the Year
- Test Piece of the Year
- Contest Performance of the Year
4BR itself makes just one award chosen by the 4BR team, and that is the ‘4BR Special Award' which is given to the person or organisation that we believe has enhanced the movement with distinction in the past year or more. This year we have given it to Markus Bach, the architect behind the continued success of the European Brass Band Championships and someone who has showed that it is now a music festival of international importance to the brass band world.
Our nominations are just that: They are just our five choices in each category that we believe should be considered by you for a possible vote. You do not have to vote for them, and we do give you the opportunity to make your own choice. However, please be sensible about it – we will ignore mass Ukraine style block votes if we feel someone is trying to usurp the democratic process.
You have up until 12.00pm on the 23rd December to register your votes, and the results will be posted on the 4BR site on Christmas morning just after you have opened your presents and have put on your new Christmas socks and jumper from your mother in law.
These are the winners since we started the 4BR Awards in 2001.
Band of the Year:
2005: Black Dyke
2004: Yorkshire Building Society
2003: Yorkshire Building Society
2002: Fodens
2001: Yorkshire Building Society
Conductor of the Year:
2005: Nicholas Childs
2004: Ray Farr
2003: David King
2002: Russell Gray
2001: David King
Player of the Year:
2005: David Childs
2004: David Childs
2003: Martin Winter
2002: Morgan Griffiths
2001: Peter Roberts
CD of the Year:
2005: Tales and Stories – Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag
2004: Music of the Spheres- Yorkshire Building Society
2003: Bourgeois in Brass – Yorkshire Building Society
2002: The Heaton Collection – Black Dyke and the ISB
2001: Butterworth – Black Dyke
Solo CD of the Year:
2005: Blaze – Richard Marshall
2004: Legend – Peter Roberts
2003: A Winters Tale – Martin Winter
Lower Section/Youth Band of the Year:
2005: Marsden Riverhead Brewery
2004: Smithills School Senior Band
2003: Smithills School Senior Band
2002: St. Dennis Band
2001: Peter Hawke Garages Lindley Band
Newcomer of the Year:
2005: Brass Band Aid
2004: The National Children's Band of Great Britain
2003: Emma Farrow - Euphonium
2002: Simon Dobson - Composer
Test Piece of the Year:
2005: Eden – Dr. John Pickard
2004: St. Magnus – Kenneth Downie
2003: Festival Music – Eric Ball
2002: Masquerade – Philip Wilby
2001: Albion – Jan Van der Roost
Contest Performance of the Year:
2005: Black Dyke – Journey to the Centre of the Earth (European Championships)
2004: Black Dyke – Montage (British Open)
2003: Buy As You View Cory – Revelation (European Championships)
2002: Yorkshire Building Society – Concerto Grosso (European Championships)
2001: Fodens – Les Preludes (British Open)
4BR Special Award:
2006: Markus Bach
2005: David Gallaher
2004: David Read
2003: Salvationist Publishing and Supplies Ltd
2002: Frank Hodges
2001: Alan Jenkins
