National Contest overview

SEASON 2015/2016

10 October 2015 (pre-qualification EBBC2016 + qualification EBBC2017)                    

National Championship of Great Britain 

>  Spiriti by Thomas Doss

-  National Champion : Cory Band - Philip Harper

-  qualification for EBBC 2017 : Brighouse & Rastrick

 

17 October 2015 (qualification EBBC2017) 

National Championship of Northern Ireland

>  Comedy Overture by John Ireland

-  National Champion : 1st Old Boys Association Band - Stephen Cairns 

 

6 & 7 November 2015

Danish National Championship

>  Diadem of Gold by G. Bailey (arr. Frank Wright) + own choice

-  National Champion : Lyngby-Taarbæk Brass Band - David Childs

 

8 November 2015                  

Austrian National Championship

>  Standing On Shoulders of Giants by Peter Graham

-  National Champion : Brass Band Oberösterreich - Ian Porthouse

 

13 & 14 November 2015                    

Swedish National Championship

>  Dances and Arias by Edward Gregson + own choice

-  National Champion : Windcorp Brass Band - Garry Cutt

 

14 November 2015                

Dutch National Championship

>  Terra Incognita by Jan de Haan (new composition)

-  National Champion : Provinciale Brass Band Groningen - Richard Visser

 

28 & 29 November 2015        

Swiss National Championship

>  The Triumph of Time by Peter Graham + own choice

-  National Champion : Valaisia Brass Band - Arsène Duc

 

29 November 2015    

Belgium National Championship

>  Trance by Thomas Doss + own choice

-  National Champion : Brass Band Buizingen - Luc Vertommen

 

17 January 2016 (qualification EBBC2017) 

French National Championship

>  Of Distant Memories by Edward Gregson + own choice

-  National Champion : Paris Brass Band - Florent Didier

6 February 2016 (qualification EBBC2017)                   

Norwegian National Brass Band Championschip

>  Searching for Light  by Stig Nordhagen + own choice

-  National Champion : Eikanger Bjørsvik Musikklag - Prof Nicholas Childs

 

28 February 2016 (qualification EBBC2017)                 

North West Area (UK)

>  Cambridge Variations by Philip Sparke

 

6 March 2016 (qualification EBBC2017)

Yorkshire Area (UK)

>  Cambridge Variations by Philip Sparke

 

13 March 2016 (qualification EBBC2017)                      

North of England Area (UK)

Midlands Area (UK)

West of England Area (UK)

Scottish Championships (UK)

>  Cambridge Variations by Philip Sparke

 

20 March 2016 (qualification EBBC2017)          

London and Southern Counties Area (UK)

Welsh Area (UK)

>  Cambridge Variations by Philip Sparke