The line up of competing bands and the own choice selections of music that will be featured at the forthcoming North American Brass Band Championships in Grand Rapids, Michigan has been announced.
Gregson celebration
The 17th running of the event, which will take place at the Devos Centre Concert Hall, is being billed as ‘Celebrate Gregson’, with major compositions from the doyen of brass band composers being utilised as set works in each competitive section.
4BR has been invited to fly over to report on the action on the weekend of Friday and Saturday, April 11th-12th, which will see a record numbers of participants along with Edward Gregson and his brother Bram adjudicating and receiving the President's Award for Outstanding Service to Brass Band Music.
Selections
Own choice selections to be performed at the event include contemporary works such as, ‘Audivi Media Nocte’, ‘Goldberg 2012’, ‘Fragile Oasis’ and ‘Myth Forest’ to classics such as ‘A Downland Suite’ and ‘Rhapsody in Brass’, as well as a further fine selection of Gregson favourites such as ‘Of Men and Mountains’, and ‘Of Distant Memories’.
Solo and ensemble
There is also a huge field of solo and ensemble performers on show in categories that include: High Brass Slow Melody; High Brass Technical; Low Brass Slow Melody; Low Brass Technical; High Brass Slow Melody — Senior; High Brass Technical — Senior; Youth Brass Solo; Adult Percussion Solo; Youth Percussion Solo; Brass Ensemble; Youth Brass Ensemble; 10 Piece Brass; Percussion Ensemble and Youth Percussion Ensemble
The 17th running of the event, which will take place at the Devos Centre Concert Hall, is being billed as ‘Celebrate Gregson’4BR
Championship Section
Test Piece: Symphony in Two Movements
Atlantic Brass
Brass Band of Central Florida
Brass of the Potomac
Chicago Brass
Five Lakes Silver
Fountain City
James Madison University
Princeton
Stavanger
First Section:
Test Piece: Connotation
Central Ohio
Chesapeake Silver Cornet
Illinois
Madison Brass
Motor City
Oakland University
Second Section:
Test Piece: Variations on Laudate Dominum
Bend in the River
Capital City
Weston Silver
Dublin Silver
Third Section:
Test Piece: Partita
Crossroads
Fountain City Youth Brass Academy
Milwaukee Festival Brass
Youth Open:
Test Piece: Voices of Youth
Motor City Youth Brass Band
Open Section:
Old Crown Brass Band
