Posted by Steve Marcus on April 13, 2003 at 22:44:39:
In Reply to: Re: Re: NABBA Results.... posted by how about on April 13, 2003 at 07:15:48:
ADULT LOW BRASS TECHNICAL SOLOS:
1st Place: Mark David Windham, Tenor Horn
2nd Place: Gail Robertson, Euphonium
3rd Place: Jeff Binns, Euphonium
ADULT LOW BRASS SLOW MELODY SOLOS:
1st Place: Linda Yeo, Bass Trombone (yes, Doug Yeo's daughter)
2nd Place: Sara Albert, Trombone
[Surprisingly, there was only one tuba entry in the Solo Contests this year, who played the Romanza from the Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto, but did not place among the winners)
ADULT BRASS ENSEMBLES:
1st Place: Chicago Brass Band Players*
2nd Place: Bluestone Brass
3rd Place: Tuba Time
B A N D C O M P E T I T I O N S:
OPEN SECTION:
James Madison University Brass Band (unopposed), conducted by tubist Kevin Stees
CHALLENGE SECTION:
1st Place: Spires Brass Band, John Slezak, conductor
2nd Place: New England Brass Band, Doug Yeo, conductor
HONORS SECTION:
1st Place: Cincinnati Brass Band, Anita Cocker Hunt, conductor
2nd Place: Sheldon Theater Brass Band, Jim Kushner, conductor
(Unfortunately, Central Ohio Brass Band, conducted by TubeNet BBS's Tony Zilincik, did not place this year.)
CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION:
1st Place: Stavanger Brass Band, David King, conductor**
2nd Place: Brass Band of Central Florida, Michael Garasi, conductor
*It was great fun for me to be the tubist in this 10-piece group as we performed the Christopher Mowat arrangement of the Bach Brandenburg Concerto #3.
**Stavanger's performance of the test piece, Peter
Graham's Montage, was excellent, with great variation
of color and dynamics. Some might argue with the
overly fast tempo at which they took the 3rd
movement--their soprano cornet certainly would have
appreciated a slower tempo. But it was overall a fine
performance by a band of young people.
Stavanger's musical performance of their choice piece,
2 movements from Philip Sparke's Hymn of the
Highlands, couldn't have been more electrifying. But
they also augmented it with some choreography and
played the piece from memory. Chicago Brass Band,
which also competed in the Championship Section, will
be performing the whole 35 minute Suite in October;
Stavanger gave us great ideas and a fine example of
how to make this music come across to the audience.
Stavanger will be touring the US for about another
week. I'm looking forward to their performance in the
Chicago area next Sunday, 4/20. If you can catch
their performance, you'll be impressed!
And, if you'll be in New York in the next week, don't miss Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal Brass Band's performance at Carnegie Hall. Their NABBA Gala Concert Saturday night performance in Little Rock was fantastic!!!
Steve Marcus
BBb Bass, CHICAGO BRASS BAND
www.chicagobrassband.org
P.S. It was also my great pleasure to accompany on piano Amy Nelson, cornet, who won the Adult High Brass Technical Solo Contest. This is her 4th Solo Contest victory at NABBA.