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Results: 2008 NSW Championships

Results from the 2008 New South Wales state brass band championships held in Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith .

Band Association of NSW
 

The adjudicator was Mark Ford from Melbourne.

Sacred+Test+Own Choice=Total

A Grade
Test: Spectrum, Gilbert Vinter
1. Kew Band Melbourne, Steve Bastable, Montage (Graham), 47+94+96=237
2. Waratah Brass — Newcastle, Matthew van Emmerik, Between the Moon and Mexico (Sparke), 46+95+95=236
3. Warringah Concert Brass, John Saunders, Dances and Arias (Gregson), 45+91+94=230
4. Willoughby City Band, Andrew Snell, Visions of Gerontius (Downie), 41+87+92=220
5. City of Holroyd Band, Mark Strykowski, The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Bourgeois), 42+88+89=219
6. St Marys Band Club Brass Band, Paul Terracini, The Year of the Dragon (Sparke), 40+87+88=215


B Grade
Test: A Day In the Life of a Knight, Phil Lawrence
1. Sutherland Shire Brass, Warwick Tyrrell, Year of the Dragon (Sparke), 46+94+91=231
2. Parramatta City Band, Jonathan Gatt, Trittico for Brass Band (Curnow), 40+88+86=214
Hall Village Brass Band — withdrawn

C Grade
Test: Kaleidoscope, Philip Sparke
1. CNL Brass, Ron Boaden, Variations on Maccabeus (Norbury), 35+87+86=208
2. Bankstown City Brass Band, Rae Forrester, Seven Wonders (Bloomfield), 33+84+85=202
3. City of Wollongong Brass, Phil Eades, Music of Thanksgiving (Downie), 36+83+82=201
4. Yagoona District Band, Kevin Skues, Northern Landscapes (Graham), 32+82+87=201
5. Blacktown City Band, Bill Belcher OAM, Royal Parks (Lloyd), 34+81+77=193


D Grade
Test: Partita, Philip Wilby
1. City Of Holroyd Band, Shaun Yow, Anglican Dances (Fernie), 36+86+85=207
2. Liverpool City Brass Band, Eddie Claxton, From the New World Symphony(Anton Dvorak arr. D. Rimmer), 34+81+78=193
3. Brisbane Water Brass Band, Jonathan Gatt, English Folksongs Suite (R. Vaughan Williams arr. Frank Wright), 32+76+79=187

Junior A
Test: Valerius Variations, Philip Sparke
1. Gunnedah Shire Band, Laurence Rowe, Firestorm (Bulla), 46+95+93=234
2. Willoughby City, Brian McGuinness, Images for Brass, 43+91+88=222

Junior B Brass
Test: Cry of the Falcon, Kevin Houben
1. Warringah Youth, John Saunders, Oregon (de Haan), 37+86+85=208

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