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Young Brass Award semi-finalists announced

The young performers who will battle for the 2020 Young Brass Award solo titles have been announced.

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  The events takes place on 23rd May

BrassPass.tv has announced the list of performers who will compete in the semi-final stages of its Young Brass Award events.

The semi-finals take place on March 29th, at the Carole Nash Room at the RNCM in Manchester (1.00pm), with the successful performers going through to the finals which will be held at Bolton's Albert Halls on Saturday 23rd May as part of the BrassPass.tv Band of the Year competition.

Tickets for the semi-finals cost just £5.00 and are available on the door or by being reserved from martin@brasspass.tv

Semi-final and finalists

The four performers in the Under 13 category who go straight through to the final are: Archie Pannell, Jennifer Richardson, Jisse Kuipers (Netherlands) and Oliver Tattersall.

The semi-finalists in the 13-15 age group category are: Benjamin Fearnley, Eddy Hindson, George Fearnley, Harry Porthouse, Ian Ashworth, Lewis Barton, Phoebe Mallinson, Roas Kuipers (Netherlands) and Lucy Heeley

Thos in the 16-21 age group category are: Abigail Ornadel, Amy Millesen (USA), Amy Paterson, Andrew Ribo (USA), Bethan Brown, Gavin Johnson, Josh Brierley, Max Lawrence, Nadia James, Zoe Wright and Harry Beach.

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