North American contenders get ready for National challenges

37 contenders are putting the finishing touches to their preparations for the North American Brass Band Association Championships (NABBA) which take place this weekend at the Von Braun Centre in Huntsville, Alabama.

The Championships take place this weekend.

Thursday, 20 April 2023

The North American Brass Band Association Championships (NABBA) take place this weekend at the Von Braun Centre in Huntsville, Alabama.

37 bands will compete in the five section of competition which will see them perform a set-work plus their own-choice test piece selections.

Action

The action starts on Friday 21st April at 1.00pm (local time) with the First Section and Championship Section set-work performances in the main Concert Hall. The Second Section set-work starts at 2.00pm in the Playhouse auditorium.

Saturday starts in the Playhouse with the Third Section at 9.00am with the action in the Concert Hall starting at 9.05am with the Second Section own-choice, followed by the First Section and Championship Section own-choice disciplines. The final performance comes from the Youth Section entrants before the announcement of the results.

In addition to the band competitions there are the keenly fought individual and ensemble contests.

The event is being live-streamed and can be enjoyed at:
https://nabba.org/championships/championships-livestream/

Set tests:

The test-pieces are:

Championship Section: Titan's Progress (Hermann Pallhuber)
First Section: The Year of the Dragon (Philip Sparke)
Second Section: Purcell Variations (Kenneth Downie)
Third Section: Sinfonietta No.4 (Etienne Crausaz)
Youth Section: The Saga of Tyrfing (Jacob Vilhelm Larsen)

Adjudicators: John Phillips, Dr Howard Evans, Allan Ramsay, Jessica Sneeringer, Dr T. Andre Faegin, Col (ret.) James Jackson and Dr John Falscow.

For further information go to: www.nabba.org

Competing Bands:

Arkansas Musicworks Brass Band
Atlantic Brass Band
Brass Band of Central Florida
Brass Band of Huntsville
Brass Band of Northern Virginia
Chicago Brass Band
Cincinnati Brass Band
Colorado Brass
Crossroads Brass Band
Dallas Brass Band
Diamond Brass Band
Dublin Metro Brass
Dublin Silver Band
ECU Brass Band
Five Lakes Silver Band
Fountain City Brass Band
Fountain City Youth Brass Academy
Georgia Brass Band
Illinois Brass Band
Jacksonville State University Brass Band
James Madison University Brass Band
Madison Brass Band
MassanuIen Brass Band
Motor City Academy Brass Band
Motor City Brass Band
Natural State Brass Band
Oakland University Brass Band
Old Crown Brass Band
Princeton Brass Band
Roman Festival Brass
San Francisco Brass Band
St. Louis Brass Band
Tampa Brass Band
Triangle Brass Band
Triangle Youth Academy Brass Band
Triangle Youth Brass Band
Watson Brass Band

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