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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