European Brass Band Championships
2007 - Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England ![]() |
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| 4th & 5th May | |||||||||||||||
| Championship Section Bands | |||||||||||||||
| Test Piece 'Elgar Variations' by Martin Ellerby | |||||||||||||||
| OC own choice | TP test piece | ||||||||||||||
| Band | Country | Conductor | TP Draw | OC Draw | Points TP | Points OC | Total | Place | |||||||
| Brass Band Willebroek | Belgium | Frans Violet | 7 | 12 | 96 | 96 | 192 | 1 | |||||||
| Stavanger Brass Band | Norway | Allan Withington | 11 | 11 | 95 | 94 | 189 | 2 | |||||||
| Cory Band | Wales | Dr.Robert Childs | 10 | 4 | 97 | 91 | 188 | 3 | |||||||
| Fodens Richardson Band | England | Garry E Cutt | 6 | 2 | 91 | 92 | 183 | 4 | |||||||
| Brass Band Oberoesterreich | Austria | Hannes Buchegger | 9 | 8 | 94 | 87 | 181 | 5 | |||||||
| Scottish Co-op Band | Scotland | Allan Ramsay | 8 | 1 | 92 | 86 | 178 | 6 | |||||||
| Lyngby-Taarbaek Brass Band | Denmark | Christian Schmiedescamp | 5 | 10 | 89 | 89 | 178 | 7 | |||||||
| Gothenburg Brass | Sweden | Dr.Nicholas Childs | 4 | 6 | 87 | 90 | 177 | 8 | |||||||
| Brass Band Aeolus | France | Bastien Stil | 12 | 7 | 90 | 85 | 175 | 9 | |||||||
| Brass Band De Waldsang | Netherlands | Rieks van der Velde | 2 | 9 | 82 | 95 | 177 | 9 | |||||||
| Brass Band Trieize Etoiles | Switzerland | Geo-Pierre Moren | 3 | 3 | 85 | 88 | 173 | 11 | |||||||
| Kortrijke Brass Band VZW | Belgium | Lieven Maertens | 1 | 5 | 84 | 84 | 168 | 12 | |||||||
| Own Choice music being performed | Composer | ||||||||||||||
| Beyond the Horizon | Paul H Kelly | Brass Band Treize Etoiles | |||||||||||||
| Contest Music | Wilfred Heaton | Fodens Richardson Band | |||||||||||||
| Journey to the Centre of the Earth | Peter Graham | Lyngby-Taarbaek Brass Band | |||||||||||||
| Music of the Spheres | Philip Sparke x 4 | Brass Band Aeolus, Brass Band De Waldsang, Brass Band Willebroek, Gothenburg Brass Band | |||||||||||||
| Of Men and Mountains | Edward Gregson | Cory Band | |||||||||||||
| Tristan Encounters | Martin Ellerby | Kortrijke Brass Band VZW | |||||||||||||
| Titan's Prograss | John P Alliston | Brass Band Oberoesterreich | |||||||||||||
| Vienna Nights | Philip Wilby x 2 | Scottish Co-op Band, Stavanger Brass Band | |||||||||||||
| European Championships 'B' Section | |||||||||||||||
| Test Piece ' The Drop' by Simon Dobson - each band plays a concert programme to include test piece. | |||||||||||||||
| Band | Country | Conductor | Draw | Points | Place | ||||||||||
| BB 'Frener-Reifer' Pfeffersberg | Italy | Bernhard Reifer | 1 | 92 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Phoenix West Midlands Brass | England | David Mapelstone | 3 | 90 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Laganvale (Metal Technology) Band | Northern Ireland | Ernest Ruddock | 2 | 88 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Own Choice Concert Music performed in the B section | Composer | ||||||||||||||
| Elan | Philip Harper | ||||||||||||||
| Emblem of Unity | J.J.Richards | ||||||||||||||
| Festmusik der Stadt Wien | Richard Strauss, arr.E.Banks | ||||||||||||||
| Finale From Fanfare, Romance and Finale | Philip Sparke | ||||||||||||||
| Mid All The Traffic | Len Ballantine | ||||||||||||||
| On with the Motley | Leoncavaillo, arr R.Farr | ||||||||||||||
| Prelude on Tallis | Peter Graham | ||||||||||||||
| Silver Mountain | Goff Richards | ||||||||||||||
| Shine as the Light | Peter Graham | ||||||||||||||
| The Lark in the Clear Air | Arr. Stephen Roberts | ||||||||||||||
| Three Kings Swing | William Himes | ||||||||||||||
| 4th European Solo Competition - Birmingham - Results | |||||||||||||||
| Name | Instrument | Country | Placing | ||||||||||||
| Lin Chin-Chen | Marimbaphon | Belgium | 1 | Best Instrumentalist - Marimbaphon & Performer Prize | |||||||||||
| Steven Walsh | Euphonium | England | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Steffen Maersk | Tenor Trombone | Denmark | 3 | Best Instrumentalist - Tenor Trombone | |||||||||||
| Other Best Instrumentalist | |||||||||||||||
| Cornet - Harmen Vanhoorne from Belgium | |||||||||||||||
| Tenor Horn - Kate Eggleshaw from England | |||||||||||||||
| Tuba - Graham Fraser from Scotland | |||||||||||||||
| Xylophone - Ward De Ketelaere from Belgium | |||||||||||||||