Brass Bands England has announced the official line up of bands that will compete at the 2013 English National Championships in Birmingham later this month.
Euro ticket
The contest will take place at the Elgar Hall of Birmingham Universality on Saturday 29th June, with the winners going on to represent England at the 2014 European Championships in Perth.
With the news released this week that Yorkshire Area champion Carlton Main Frickley Colliery has withdrawn, the field has been reduced to eight bands. They will perform the set work, ‘Diversions on a Bass Theme’ by George Lloyd and their own choice selections.
Music
These include, ‘Music for Battle Creek’ (Sparke); ‘Blitz’ (Bourgeois); ‘Contest Music’ (Heaton); ‘Harrison’s Dream’ (Graham); ‘On the Shoulders of Giants’ (Graham); ‘Pursuing Horizons’ (Bright); ‘Revelation (Wilby); ‘Spiriti’ (Doss).
The adjudicators for the event are Philip Harper and Paul Norley (set work) and Alan Morrison and Steve Sykes (own choice).
With the news released this week that Yorkshire Area champion Carlton Main Frickley Colliery has withdrawn, the field has been reduced to eight bands4BR
Tickets:
The event starts at 10.30am with a one hour interval between the two disciplines. Tickets are priced at £15.00 (adults); £5.00 (8- 16 year olds); Free for under 8’s.
The competitors are:
Black Dyke (Dr Nicholas Childs)
Hammonds Saltaire (Morgan Griffiths)
Hepworth (Michael Fowles)
Milnrow (Marieka Gray)
Pemberton Old (TBA)
Redbridge (Jeremy Wise)
Reg Vardy (Russell Gray)
Virtuosi GUS (John Berryman)
