European Brass Band Championships 2008 - Stavanger, Norway

27th April - 4th May

Championship Section Bands 'A' section

Test Piece "Brass Blót" by Håkon Berge

Adudicators Test Piece  & B section - Nigel Boddice, Scotland -  Armin Bachman, Switzerland - Arvid Anthum, Norway .

Adudicators Own Choice - David King, England - Jens T Larsen,Norway - Jan van der Roost, Belgium

OC own choice

TP test piece

Band

Country

Conductor

TP Draw

OC Draw

Points TP

Points OC

Total

Place

Cory Band

Wales

Dr Robert Childs

10

10

99

95

194

1

Grimethorpe Colliery Band

England

Allan Withington

2

1

97

97

194

2

Brass Band Willebroek

Belgium

Frans Violet

3

8

88

98

186

3

Brass Band Fribourg

Switzerland

Arsène Duc

6

11

95

90

185

4

Stavanger Brass Band

Norway

Garry E Cutt

4

7

92

93

185

5

Brass Band Buizingen

Belgium

Luc Vertommen

8

5

91

94

185

6

Lyngby-Taarbaek Brass Band

Denmark

Christian Schmiedescamp

9

6

94

89

183

7

Brass Band De Wãldsang

Netherland

Reiks van der Welde

7

9

90

88

178

8

Stockholm Brass Band

Sweden

Kent Jonsson

5

4

86

92

178

9

Brass Band Oberösterreich

Austria

Hannes Buchegger

11

3

89

86

175

10

Kirkintilloch Band

Scotland

Howard Taylor

1

2

87

84

171

11

Best Soloist Award - presented by Rogaland County Council - winner was Solo Euphonium of Brass Band Willebroek - Stefaan Pillaert

Own Choice music being performed

Composer

Apocalypse

Derek Bourgeois - Lyngby-Taarbaek Brass Band

Concerto Grosso

Derek Bourgeois - Brass Band Buizingen

Dreams

Bertrand Moren - Brass Band Oberösterreich

Music for Battle Creek

Philip Sparke - Cory Band - Brass Band Willebroek - Brass Band De Wãldsang

Music of the Spheres

Philip Sparke  - Kirkintilloch Band & Stavanger Band

The Year of the Dragon

Philip Sparke - Stockholm Brass Band

Vienna Nights

Philip Wilby - Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Brass Band Fribourg

European Championships 'B' Section

Test Piece "Cornucopia" by Craig Farr Test Piece for B section  - each band plays a concert programme to include test piece.

Band

Country

Conductor

Draw

Points

Place

BB 'Frener-Reifer' Pfeffersberg

Italy

Bernhard Reifer

2

88

1

3BA Brass

Germany

Franz Matysiak

1

84

2

Musikkorpset Gjallarhorn

Norway

Espen Westbye

3

83

3

Murley Silver Band

Northern Ireland

Keith Anderson

4

81

4

Own Choice Concert Music performed in the B section

Composer

A Malvern Suite

Philip Sparke

Norway

Extreme make-over

Johan de Meij

Italy

I'll Walk with God

Nicholas Brodszky arr. Goff Richards

Nr Ireland

Meditation - Serenity

Eric Ball

Germany

Partita

Philip Sparke

Germany

Shine as the Light

Peter Graham

Nr Ireland

Summon the Dragon

Peter Graham

Nr Ireland

Vitae Lux

Frode Alnæs arr. Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen

Nr Ireland

Where Eagles Sing

Paul Lovat-Cooper

Italy

Whirlwind

Peter Graham - Euphonium Solo

Nr Ireland

Final Results of 4th European Conductors Competition - Stavanger

Name

Country

Place

Mathias Wehr

Germany

1

Armin Renggli

Switzerland

2

Mirga Grazinyté

Luthuania

3

List of Competitors 2008 Conductors Competition

Mathias Charton - France

Finalist

Mirga Grazinyté - Lithuania

3rd place

Finalist

Armin Renggli - Switzerland

2nd place & Competitors Prize

Dominik Koch - Germany

Bjørn E. Breistein - Norway

Hendrik Kolk van de - Netherland

Tristan Uth - Germany

Jacob Vilhelm Larsen - Denmark

Jonas Rogne - Norway

Michael Bach - Switzerland

Rafael Agulló-albors - Spain

Oliver Neuhaus - Switzerland

Finalist

Mathias Wehr - Germany

Winner

Kelly Crandell - USA

Christian Mathis - Austria

Diego Javier Lorente López - Spain

Bede Williams - New Zealand

Manuela Gruber - Austria

Members of the jury: karl Ole Midtbø, Tom Brevik and Jappie Dijkstra