The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) recently held is hybrid AGM, where members were able to address the formal and informal agenda issues in person or on-line.

Before the start of the AGM a minute's silence was held in respect to those lost to the banding world in the last year — including former President, David Read.

Topics

As well as the business of the AGM, a range of topics regarding adjudication were presented and discussed, including 'Continuing Professional Development' (CPD) 'Different Ways of Providing Adjudication' (Dr Howard Evans); 'Whit Friday: Adjudicating in Large Quantities' (Sam Fisher); 'A Method for Clarification of Adjudication' (Steven Mead) and 'The Science & Practice of Performance Evaluation' by Dr. George Waddell.

There were also discussions on responses to a members' survey — all of which it was stated, will help inform the plan of the Association's action for the next three years

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee were re-appointed as:
Chairperson: Brett Baker
Secretary: Nicholas Garman
Treasurer: Chris King
Vice Chairperson & Development Adjudicator Programme Leader: Martin Heartfield
Public Relations Officer: Christopher Bond
Committee Members: David Ashworth, Stephanie Binns, Helen Douthwaite-Teasdale, Alan Duguid, Stan Lippeatt

The day concluded with a public 2025 Regionals Test Piece workshop for Sections 2, 3 & 4 in collaboration with Newstead Brass4BR

Regional test-piece workshop

The day concluded with a public 2025 Regionals Test Piece workshop for Sections 2, 3 & 4 in collaboration with Newstead Brass.

The band performed extracts from each piece, while presenters Dr. Brett Baker, Gordon Eddison and Nicholas Garman gave insight into the works from an adjudicators' perspective.

More information

For more information: www.aobba.com