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2012 Uni Brass Championship

Brass band students from all over the country are at Lancaster University to find out which one coes top of the results table.

Unibrass
 

The second Unibrass competition will take place this Saturday in The Great Hall at Lancaster University.

The action starts at 9.30am.

Open adjudication

With open adjudication and a pre-draw in operation, Derek Broadbent will oversee the musical element whilst Paul Andrews will observe the entertainment on offer.

Looking ahead

Looking ahead to the event, Contest Secretary, Charlotte Critchley told 4BR: "After the success of last year, we are all looking forward to Saturday. UniBrass is a fantastic opportunity to keep brass banding alive amongst young people. Whilst encouraging friendly rivalry between all of the Uni bands involved it also provides a brilliant social atmosphere for all of the players involved."

With open adjudication and a pre-draw in operation, Derek Broadbent will oversee the musical element whilst Paul Andrews will observe the entertainment on offer4BR

World premiere

The event which will be streamed on the internet will feature the World Premier of 'Lord of My Youth' before the announcement of the results.

Tickets will be available on the door at £5.

4BR will be in Lancaster to soak up the atmosphere of Unibrass.

Watch Live:

To see the see action from Lancaster go to:
http://www.unibrass.co.uk/live.html

Line up:

09:30: Welcome to UniBrass

09:45: Bangor University (Meurig Jones)
10:15: Southampton University (Matthew Milnes)


10:45: Keele University (John Watson)
11:15: Cardiff University (Jeremy Meddows-Taylor, Martin Tuba Humphries)


11:45 Break


12:00: Oxford University (Peter Bassano)
12:30: University of York (Matthew Thomas)
13:00: University of Birmingham (Christopher Sheldrake)


13:30: Lunch


14:30: Lancaster University (Chris Childs, Jonathan Parton)
15:00: University of Huddersfield (Jonathan Beatty)
15:30: Brass United (RNCM and Manchester University) (Adam Cooke)


16:00: Break

16:15: Cambridge University (Peter Edwards)
16:45: University of Hull (Peter Kench)

17:15: World Premiere of 'Lord of my Youth' (Marcus Venables)


17:30: Results

Further information

Further information is available on the Facebook page http:/­/­www.facebook.com/­unibrass and the website
http:/­/­www.unibrass.co.uk/

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