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Austrian National looks for 2023 Torchbearer

The 2021 Austrian National Championship will take place next month in Linz.

Austria
  The Austrian National Championships will take place in Linz next month

The 2021 Austrian National Championship will take place on 7th November at the Marchtrenk Kulturraum in Linz.

Three bands will battle for the National title and invitation to represent the country at the 2023 European Championships.

Competitors

Brass Band Froschl Hall, R.E.T. Brass Band and defending champion Brass Band Oberosterreich will look to catch the ears of adjudicators Katrina Marzella, Roger Webster and Glenn Van Looy.

The set-work is Peter Graham's 'The Torchbearer' which will be performed by the bands starting at 2.00pm, followed by a separate own-choice discipline later in the day.

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