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Four new judges to gain experience at Cheltenham

A quartet of musicians will gain invaluable adjudication experience at the Cheltenham National Finals.

Cheltenham
  The quartet of judges will gain invaluable experience at Cheltenham

The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) and Kapitol Promotions have announced the four participants of the jointly promoted Adjudicators' Experience Day on Saturday 14th September at the Section 1-4 National Finals at Cheltenham.

Mentored

Melissa Brown, Joe Galuszka, Jen McCausland and Andy Wareham will join mentor Martin Heartfield in a workshop covering score preparation, the PAC (Performance Assessment Criteria) code, contest paperwork and preparation.

The four will also undertake their own adjudications for the first half of the Section 1 contest, with a post contest meeting with one of the official adjudicators to undertake a de-briefing/Q&A session.

Participants

Melissa Brown is a trombone graduate of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance with extensive professional orchestral experience. Joe Galuszka is a Masters graduate in Composition of Music for Film and Television. He is a tutor, support staff member and arranger for the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain and has played percussion for Flowers Band.

They are joined by Jen McCausland, who is a tuba graduate of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and current solo Eb tuba with GUS Band. The quartet is completed by Andy Wareham, a former Young Composer in Residence with Black Dyke Band and graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama where he studied brass band conducting.

The four will also undertake their own adjudications for the first half of the Section 1 contest, with a post contest meeting with one of the official adjudicators to undertake a de-briefing/Q&A session4BR

Shadow judging

On Sunday 15th September, AoBBA Trainee Members Dr. Joel Collier, Chris Shanks, Tommy Tynan and Will Wilkins take part in a shadow adjudication with mentors Martin Heartfield and Christopher Bond as part of the Trainee Scheme across both Sections 4 & 2.

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For more information, visit www.aobba.com

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