Solo Duet and Quartet Contest 2019 – Results

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Sunday March 24th The Annual Solo Duet and Quartet Contest was held at Studley High School and drew enthusiastic support over all categories. The adjudicators for the day were Paul White and Warren Bellshaw Commenting on the day, organiser Dave Birch said “The competition was a great success and was well supported. Both adjudicators Paul White and Warren Bellshaw were very impressed with the two competitors in the 15 to 18 section both with their lyrical playing the slow melody which Warren Bellshaw said simply took his breath away and the sheer excellence of technique which Paul White found impressive in the Air Varie. The Desford Chicks Quartet gave a sparkling performance in the Adult Quartet with Arrow Valley raising a few laughs with their title of Liquid Mud for their Tuba Quartet.” Results Slow Melody Aged 9 to 11 First Place     Jennifer Richardson                     Alcester Victoria Second          Alec Banner                                     Shipston Town Third              Tallula Matthews                           Shipston Town Slow Melody Aged 12 to 14 First Place     Christopher Oddy                          Enderby Second          Toula Thomas                                  Cubbington Third              Ben Hone                                          Arrow Valley Slow Melody Aged 15 to 18 First Place     Luke Barker                                     Jaguar Landrover Second          Grace Coates                                     Shipston Slow Melody Adult First Place     Trystan Jones                                  A W Parker Drybrook Second          Patricia Woodings                          Ratby Third              Annette Cairns                               Cubbington Air Varie Aged 14 and Under First Place     Christopher Oddy                          Enderby Second          Alec Banner                                     Shipston Town Air Varie Aged 15 to 18 First Place     Luke Barker                                    Jaguar Landrover Second          Grace Coates                                    Shipston Town Duets Aged 11 and Under First              Alec Banner and Tallula Matthews      Shipston Town Second          Peter Coates and Tallula Matthews     Shipston Town Duets Aged 15 to 18 First Place     Luke Barker Jaguar Landrover and Grace Coates       Shipston Town Adult Duets First Place     Trystan Jones and Rebecca Aston        A W Parker Drybrook Second          Grace Coates and David Birch               Shipston Town Quartet Under 19 First Place     Shipston Town Quartet Adults First Place    Desford Chicks Second          Shirley Tubas Third             Liquid Mud (Arrow Valley) Percussion First                Alec Banner

Solo Contest 2019

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Solo Duet and Quartet Contest Sunday, 24th March 2019 Studley High School, Crooks Lane, Studley, Warwickshire B80 7QX The Solo, Duet, and Quartet Contest is open to member and non-member bands, individual players or groups. Please note that Child Performances Licences are not required for this event All entries must be emailed to WMBBA – full details and instructions in the printable documents below. A Microsoft Word document for the Entry Form is also provided for those who do not have access to a scanner or wish to type their entry and email it For any questions, please Contact Us WMBBA Solo Contest Entry Form 2019 v2 WMBBA Entry Sections 2019 v2 WMBBA Solo Contest Rules 2019 v2 WMBBA Solo Contest Entry Form 2019 v2  

The Big Brass Band 2019

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THE BIG BRASS BAND – Saturday 30th March 2019 Cradley Heath Salvation Army, Meredith Street, Cradley Heath B64 5EP Join us for an opportunity to make a band of 90 players re-creating the magnificent sound of Harry Mortimer’s ‘Men Of Brass’ Afternoon rehearsal at 2.30 p.m. Concert open to the public at 7 p.m. – Tickets £4.00 available on the door After last year’s highly successful ‘The Big Brass Band’, The West Midlands Brass Bands Association is organising a follow up event. This year Dave Lea will be back as our conductor. In 2018 We attracted 69 players from 21 different bands the big brass band player registration form 2019 the big brass band general 2019 the big brass band 2019 poster

Successful 2018 solo and quartet competition

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Sunday 22nd April saw the 2018 WMBBA solo and quartet competition held at Studley, Warwickshire. It was very successful day and the adjudicators Nigel Hall and Oliver Wilson commented on the high standard of playing throughout but particularly in the Junior Air Varie Sections. For the first time we included a percussion section and 10 year old Xylophonist Alec Banner from Shipston drew thunderous applause. We also had our first French horn entry and Fran Thompson from Shirley Band had a very successful day winning two prizes. Full Results:   Section A  8 and under Slow Melody Ben Angell (Cornet) Bilton Evolution Georgina Mair (Cornet) Bilton Evolution Section B  9 10 and 11 Slow Melody Felicity Angell (Trombone) Bilton Evolution 2.Vicky Culshaw (Cornet) Arrow Valley Peter Coates (Cornet) Shipston Section C 12 to 14 years Slow Melody Christopher Oddy (Cornet) Enderby Lucy Heeley (Cornet) Chapeltown 3.Ben Hone (Horn) Arrow Valley Section D 15 to 18 years Slow Melody Grace Coates (Cornet) Shipston Luke Barker (Cornet) Shipston Tom Cowan (Euphonium) Bilton Evolution Section E Adult Slow Melody Mike Pawson (Soprano) Avonbank Rob Thompson (Cornet) Shirley Kevin Short (Euphonium) Shirley Section F  14 years and Under Air Varie Christopher Oddy (Cornet) Enderby Lucy Heeley (Cornet) Chapeltown Alec Banner (Cornet) Shipston Section G 15 to 18 years Air Varie Luke Barker (Cornet) Shipston Grace Coates (Cornet) Shipston Section H Adult Air Varie Fran Thompson (French Horn) Shirley Kevin Short (Euphonium) Shirley David Hirst (Cornet) Shirley Section I 10 Years and Under Duets Tallula Matthews and Alec Banner (Cornets) Shipston Peter Coates and Rufus Gallagher (Cornet and Trombone) Shipston Ben Angell and Felicity Angell (Cornet and Trombone) Bilton Evolution Section J Duets Under 15 Vicki Culshaw and Isobel Reeves (Cornets) Arrow Valley 2.Imogen Angell and Felicity Angell (Trombones) Bilton Evolution Section K Duets Under 19 Luke Barker and Grace Coates (Cornets) Shipston Section L Adult Duets Rob Thompson and Fran Thompson (Cornet and French Horn) Shirley Rob Thompson and Carwyn Evans (Cornet and Trombone) Shirley Section M Hymn Tune Quartet Under 14 WFB Comets 2 WFB Fame All Stars Shipston Section N Quartet Under 19 1.Shipston  Section O Adult Quartets Shirley 2.Desford Chicks All That Brass Section P Percussion Under 19 Alec Banner (Xylophone) Shipston      

THE BIG BRASS BAND 2018

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THE BIG BRASS BAND – Saturday 24th March 2018 Cradley Heath Salvation Army, Meredith Street, Cradley Heath B64 5EP Join us for an opportunity to make a band of 90 players re-creating the magnificent sound of Harry Mortimer’s ‘Men Of Brass’ Afternoon rehearsal at 2.30 p.m. Concert open to the public at 7 p.m. – Tickets £4.00 available on the door The Big Brass Band General 2018 V2 THE BIG BRASS BAND 2018 poster

THE BIG BRASS BAND

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THE BIG BRASS BAND – Saturday 25th March 2017 Cradley Heath Salvation Army, Meredith Street, Cradley Heath B64 5EP Join us for an opportunity to make a band of 90 players re-creating the magnificent sound of Harry Mortimer’s ‘Men Of Men’ Afternoon rehearsal at 2.30 p.m. Concert open to the public at 7 p.m. – Tickets £4.00 available on the door the-big-brass-band-player-registration-form-2017-word the-big-brass-band-poster-2017

Solo Duet and Quartet Contest 2016 – Report and Results

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We held our inaugural competition at Studley High School on Sunday May 8th. The contest proved a big success with entries coming from a wide area including Bristol, The Forest Of Dean and Llangollen with big support from local bands Bilton and Shipston. Adjudicators Nigel Hall and Dave Bishop Rowe were very impressed with the standard of performance and were particularly impressed with the number of parents who had taken up playing in support of their children and were now performing at the contest themselves. Association Chairman Barbara Dunscombe summed up the feelings of everyone when she commented. “What a brilliant day. Enjoyed it all but particularly the youngsters early in the day…I’m shattered!!” David Birch WMBBA   Summary Of Results Adjudicators Nigel Hall and Dave Bishop Rowe Solo 8 years and under Lily Strentz, Baritone – Coleshill Felicity Angell, Trombone – Bilton Training Victoria Culshaw,  Trumpet – Unattached Solo 9 10 and 11 years Thomas Strentz, Cornet – Coleshill Sasha Turner, Cornet – Shipston Jimmy Scanlon, Flugel – Bilton Training Solo 12 13 and 14 Luke Barker, Cornet – Shipston Callum Davis, Tuba – Unattached Grace Coates, Cornet – Shipston Solo 15 to 18 Tom Cowan, Euphonium – Bilton Training Jack Lythaby, Horn – Lydbrook Solo Adult John Jemmett, Horn – Filton Concert Jodie Fisher, Flugel – Bilton Neil Kelsall, Euphonium – Bilton Air Varie Solo 14 and under Luke Barker, Cornet – Shipston Becky Strentz, Eb Trumpet – Coleshill Grace Coates, Cornet – Shipston Air Varie Solo 15 to 18 Jack Lythaby, Horn – Lydbrook Air Varie Adult Jack Lythaby, Horn – Lydbrook John Jemmett, Horn – Filton Concert Neil Kelsall, Euphonium – Bilton Duet 11 years and under Ben Murray and Leo Dakin, Cornets – Bilton Training Isobel Graham and Ben Murray, Cornets – Bilton Training Imogen Angell and Felicity Angell, Trombone/Cornet – Bilton Training Duet 14 years and under Luke Barker and Grace Coates, Cornets – Shipston Grace Coates and Sasha Turner, Cornets – Shipston Artie Stubbs and William Thomson, Cornets – Bilton Training Duet 18 years and under Luke Barker and Grace Coates, Cornets – Shipston Duet Adult Neil Kelsall and Samantha Edwards, Euphoniums – Bilton Sheila Allen and Jodie Fisher, Cornets – Bilton = Luke Barker and David Birch, Cornet/Euphonium – Shipston = Amy Wright and Samantha Edwards, Tuba/Euphonium – Bilton Quartet 14 years and under Bilton Training 2 Shipston B Bilton Training 1 Quartet 18 years and under Shipston Quartet Adult Shipston Bilton Silver Training Special Awards Youngest Boy Peter Coates Shipston Youngest Girl Lily Strentz Coleshill

Solo Duet and Quartet Contest: Sunday, May 8th 2016

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Solo Duet and Quartet Contest: Sunday, May 8th 2016 Studley High School, Crooks Lane,  Studley, Warwickshire B80 7QX The Solo, Duet, and Quartet Contest is open to member and non-member bands, individual players or groups. All entries must be emailed to WMBBA – full details and instructions in the printable documents below. A Microsoft Word document for the Entry Form is also provided for those who do not have access to a scanner or wish to type their entry and email it. For any question, please contact us WMBBA Solo Contest Entry Form 2016 (PDF) WMBBA Solo Contest Entry Form 2016 (Word) WMBBA Solo Contest Rules 2016 WMBBA Solo Contest Entry Sections 2016  

2015 AGM – Saturday 25th April

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The WMBBA is to hold its Annual General Meeting on Saturday 25th April at 10.30 a.m.  The venue will be The Band Factory, Unit 13, Althorpe Street, Leamington Spa CV31 2AU. You or representatives of your band are invited to attend.  During the meeting there will be an opportunity to discuss and establish what events bands would like the Association to organise and what activities bands would support.  The Committee acknowledges the fact that there have been few events recently and is keen to revive an active Association. The committee is keen to re-introduce, if possible, the Annual Contest, providing an acceptable venue at reasonable hire charges can be found

AGM 2014

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The Annual General Meeting for the association will be on Saturday 22nd March Saturday 22nd March  – 10:00am Studely High School Crooks Lane Studley Warwickshire B80 7QX Refreshments are available for those attending Contact Us for information