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BTS Solo & Quartet Contest

The British Trombone Society has announced details of its forthcoming Solo & Quartet Contest.

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The British Trombone Society has announced it will be holding a solo and quartet competition, aimed primarily at brass band trombone players, at the University of Salford on the 7th December later this year.

Criteria

The competition is only open to members of the British Trombone Society and even if you don’t get round to joining in the next 7 months, membership packs will be available at the event!

The categories for the contest are as follows:

Junior (under 16)Slow Melody
Open Air Varie
Open Slow Melody
Junior (under 16) Quartet
Open Quartet

The competition is already hotting up with players from some of our top bands putting themselves forward to be judged in the open quartet sectionBTS

Hotting up

The competition is already hotting up with players from some of our top bands putting themselves forward to be judged in the open quartet section — it is widely rumoured Queenbury and Sandbach based ensembles might just make an appearance!

Soloists are asked to adhere to the following timings when choosing their piece:

U16 slow melody — 8 Minutes
Open air varie and Open Slow Melody — 10 Minutes
Quartets in both categories are asked to devise a programme no more than 15 minutes long.

Information

For information and an application to enter contact Gareth Westwood at: garethwestwood@hotmail.com
or by phone on 07756 105 524

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