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Austrian National Championships set for Red Priest test

The four bands wishing to claim the Austrian National title will have to get to grips with a bit of Vivaldi inspired Wilby to get to Ostend.

2015 Champions
  2015 National Champions Brass Band Oberosterreich will be looking to defend their title.

The third Austrian National Championships will take place on Sunday 6th November at the Stadtsaal Kufstein in Upper-Austria

Four bands will compete in the Championship Section where the set-work is Philip Wilby's 'Red Priest'.

Ostend 2017

The winning band will represent the nation at the 2017 European Championships in Ostend and will have to impress the international adjudication panel of the respected trio of Tom Brevik, Luc Vertommen and Armin Bachmann.

Four bands will compete in the Championship Section where the set-work is Philip Wilby's 'Red Priest'4BR

Competing bands



Austrian Brass Band Graz (Uwe Koller)
Brass Band Froschl Hall (Josef Laube)
Brass Band Oberosterreich (Ian Porthouse) (reigning champion)
R.E.T. Brass Band (Andreas Lackner)

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