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Results: 2025 NABBA Championships

Fountain City regain the North American National title, with section wins for Dublin Silver, Massanutten Brass, Cherry Blossom Brass, Watson Brass, Triangle Youth, Youth Brass Academy and Instant Band

Fountain City
  Fountain City regained the Championship Section honours under Michael Fowles

Results:


Championship Section:

Set Work: Crazy Twenties (Thierry Deleruyelle)
Adjudicators: Howard Evans; Chris King; Allan Withington
Set Work/Own Choice = Total

1. Fountain City (Michael Fowles): 96.967
2. Five Lakes Silver (Christopher Ward): 93.983
3. Dallas Brass Band (Grant Jameson): 93.833
4. James Madison University Brass Band (Kevin Stees): 93.233
5. Atlantic Brass Band (Salvatore Scarpa): 92.433
6. San Francisco Brass Band (Russell Gray): 89.233
7. Chicago Brass Band (Mark A Taylor): 89.067
8. Brass Band of Central Florida (Gareth Pritchard): 88.000
9. Princeton Brass Band (Aaron Vanderweele): 87.467

First Division:


Set Work: Ghosts of Industry (Lucy Pankhurst)
Adjudicators: Colin Holman; Margaret Antrobus; Mark Hoskins
Set Work/Own Choice = Total

1. Dublin Silver (Tim Jameson): 92.283*
2. Oakland University (Kenneth Kroesche): 92.283
3. San Antonio Brass Band (Matthew Mireles): 91.817
4. Colorado Brass (Brett Keating): 91.133
5. Brass Band of Northern Virginia (Brian Bowman): 90.633
6. Illinois Brass Band (Stephen Squires): 89.683
7. Weston Silver (Larry Shields): 89.033
8. Madison Brass Band (John Lynch): 85.567

*Higher Set Work score

Second Division:


Set Work: Laude (James Curnow)
Adjudicators: Matthew Clark; Anne Crookston; Paul Norley
Set Work/Own Choice = Total

1. Massanutten Brass Band (Kevin Stees): 91.950
2. St Louis Brass Band (Dr John Bell): 90.717
3. Central Ohio Brass Band (Benjamin Coy): 90.133
4. Milwaukee Festival Brass (Mark A Taylor): 89.633
5. Cincinnati Brass Band (Joshua Thompson): 89.467
6. Capital City Brass Band (Steven Kandow): 89.217
7. Tampa Brass Band (Ross Holcombe): 88.100
8. Motor City Brass Band (Gordon Ward): 88.000
9. Old Crown Brass Band (T.J. Faur): 87.950
10. Orilla Silver Band (Neil Barlow): 85.933*
11. River Brass (Eric Obermeyer): 84.517
12. Upper Canada Brass (Rita Arendz): 83.817

*1 point time penalty

Third Division:


Set Work: A Malvern Suite (Philip Sparke)
Adjudicators: Howard Evans; Chris King; Allan Withington
Set Work/Own Choice = Total

1. Cherry Blossom Brass Band (Andrew Wood): 85.700
2. Fountain City Youth Brass Academy (Lee Harrelson): 82.550
3. Motor City Academy Brass Band (Bona Opatich): 82.267
4. Dublin Metro Brass (Jason Nippert): 81.683
5. Wilmington Virtuosi Brass (Tony Granados): 81.133
6. Carlisle Brass Band (David Knott): 75.367

Youth Championship:


Set Work: A Journey to the Bermuda Triangle (Pimpanit Karoonyavanich)
Set Work/Own Choice = Total

1. Watson Brass Band (Jesse Rackley): 91.567

Youth First Section:


Set Work: Vengeance (Jarred McCunnie)
Adjudicator: Margaret Antrobus
1. Triangle Youth Brass Band (Matt Edwards): 89.233

Youth Open Section:


Adjudicator: Margaret Antrobus

1. Youth Brass Academy (Zac Roher/Douglas Black): 94.000
2. Triangle Youth Academy Brass Band (Robin Gorham): 91.333
3. Dublin Youth Brass Band (Amy Schumaker Bliss): 89.000

Open Section:


Adjudicator: Margaret Antrobus

1. Instant Band (Evan Harper)

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