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Test Music for New Zealand

The Test Music for the 2011 New Zealand Band Championships has been released.

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The Test Music for the 2011 New Zealand Band Championships, being held 20-24 July, has been released.

Band

A Grade: On the Shoulders of Giants (Peter Graham)
B Grade: The Lord Is King (Ray Steadman-Allen)
C Grade: Oceans (Goff Richards)

Solos

Soprano Cornet: Variations on a Welsh Theme (Kneale)
Championship Cornet: Endeavour (Helen Johnstone)
Amateur Cornet: The Settler (Craig Millar)
Flugel Horn: Carrisima Mia (Helen Johnstone)
Tenor Horn: Piper O Dundee (Kenneth Downie)
Baritone: Harlequin (Philip Sparke)#
Euphonium: Flight (Philip Wilby)
Tenor Trombone: Ballade (Frank Martin)
Bass Trombone: Variations on Barnacle Bill the Sailor (Steven Frank)
Eb Bass: Concerto for Tuba (Vaughan Williams)*
BBb Bass: Grand Air Varie (L. Langois)

NOTES:
*The music selectors will give further advice regarding the Eb Bass solo. The competitor will not be required to play the full piece.

#Further advice will be given regarding one note in the Baritone solo which is not accessible to a 3-valve instrument.

For more information go to www.brassnz.co.nz

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