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Results: 2012 NSW State Band Contest

Full results of the New South Wales State Band Contest held in Penrith on 25 and 26 August.

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Date: 25th and 26th August, 2012
Venue: The Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Center, Penrith NSW

Open A Grade Brass

Test: Journey Into Freedom — Eric Ball
Test/Own Choice/Sacred = Total

1. St Marys Band Club Brass Band, Ben Crocker, 96/98/46=240
Own Choice: Extreme Make-over — Johan de Meij
Sacred Item: Meditation (Just as I am) — V.Heaton

2. Willoughby City Band, Warwick Tyrrell, 94/91/44 = 229
Red Priest — Philip Wilby
His Provision — Ivor Bosanko

3. Warringah Concert Brass, John Saunders, 91/95/43 = 229
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants — Peter Graham
Hymn for Diana — Joseph Turrin

4. Waratah Brass — Newcastle, Rod Lowe, 89/88/41 = 218
Tallis Variations — Philip Sparke
Meditation — Sacrament — Kenneth Downie


Open B Grade

Test: Connotations — Edward Gregson
Test/Own Choice/Sacred = Total

1. City of Holroyd Band, Andy Yule, 90/92/38 = 220
Variations on a Ninth — Gilbert Vinter
The Last Spring — E. Grieg

2. Gosford City Brass Band, Ron Prussing, 89/90/40 = 219
Endeavour — Philip Sparke
In Perfect Peace — Kenneth Downie

3. Parramatta City Band, Jonathan Gatt, 88/85/42 = 215
Salute to Youth — Gilbert Vinter
In Perfect Peace — Kenneth Downie

4. Toronto Brass, Tim O'Hearn, 87/88/39 = 214
Royal Parks — George Lloyd
Love Divine — John Stainer arr. Brian Bowen

5. CNL Brass, Ron Boaden, 82/84/36 = 202
Resurgam — Eric Ball
Dear Lord and Father — Parry arr. Peter Graham


Open C Grade

Test: Dimensions — Peter Graham Score Place
Test/Own Choice/Sacred = Total

1. Warringah Concert Brass (C-Grade), John Saunders, 88/84/36 = 208
A Celtic Suite — Phillip Sparke
My All is on the Altar — M.Calvert

2. Newcastle PCYC Brass Band, Teena Wallace, 85/83/34 = 202
Music For A Festival — Philip Sparke
Crimond — Herman Oldenstijl

3. City of Wollongong Brass, Phil Eades, 83/82/33 = 198
Laudate Dominum — Edward Gregson
The Day Thou Gavest — C.C. Scholefield Arr: Philip Wilby

4. Maitland City Brass Band, Bruce Rowlatt, 84/80/32 = 196
A Saddleworth Festival Overture — Goff Richards
Deep Harmony — Handel Parker arr. Les Sandy


Open D Grade Brass

Test: Hymn Tune — Martyn — Wilfred Heaton
Test/Own Choice/Concert Item = Total

1. Armidale City Band, David Brown, 80/83/38 = 201
Anglian Dances — Alan Fernie
Spiritual Moments — Dizzy Stratford

2. Brisbane Water Brass Band, Jonathan Gatt, 81/81/36 = 198
The Haslemere Suite — Peter Graham
Big Fun In The Sun — David Marshall

3. Parramatta City Band No 2, Jennifer Howell, 79/80/35 = 194
Anglian Dances — Alan Fernie
Born Free — John Barry arr. John Catherall

4. St. George Brass, Lauren Moule, 78/76/32 = 186
English Folk Songs Suite — Ralph Vaughan Williams arr. Denis Wright
Mary Poppins Selection — Sherman arr. Denis Wright


Junior A Grade Brass

Test: Lydian Pictures — Simon Dobson Score Place
Test/Own Choice/Sacred = Total

1. Willoughby City Youth, Brian McGuinness, 89/91/40 = 220
Dark Side of the Moon — Paul Lovatt-Cooper
Reflections in Nature — Robert Redhead

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