CONTEST RESULTS

North American Championship (1st section)

Date: 6 Apr 2019
Venue: Embassy Theater, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Adjudicator(s): William Himes, Dr Kate Wohlman, Professor Stephen Allen
Test piece: Another World's Hell (Simon Dobson)

Pos Band Conductor Set Piece Own Choice Total
Draw Points Pos Draw Points Pos points
1 Dublin Silver Band Dr Timothy Jameson 7 280.0 2 281.0 3 280.4
Out of the Storm Clouds (Jonathan Bates)
2 Illinois Brass Band Stephen Squires 8 284.0 1 283.0 2 277.6
Harmony Music (Philip Sparke)
3 Central Ohio Brass Band Jessica Sneeringer 3 272.0 6 275.0 6 270.2
The Saga of Haakon the Good (Philip Sparke)
4 Rockville Brass Band Nigel Horne 6 280.0 2 277.0 4 269.8
The Essence of Time (Peter Graham)
5 Oakland University Brass Band Dr Kenneth Kroesche 2 277.0 4 284.0 1 267.8
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Peter Graham)
6 Five Lakes Silver Band Dr Steven Kandow 4 270.0 8 263.0 7 261.2
The Torchbearer - Symphonic Variations on a theme by Eric Ball (Peter Graham)
7 Arkansas Musicworks Brass Band William Ratcliffe 1 277.0 4 276.0 5 258.6
The Year of the Dragon (Philip Sparke)
8 Madison Brass Band Craig Mason 5 271.0 7 259.0 8 257.2
Abaddon (The Dark Angel) (Kevin Houben)
W Brass Band at Indiana University   - - - - - - -

Programme of between 23 and 36 minutes, including set test piece

The overall score is weighted as 60% of Set Piece score plus 40% of Own Choice score

Penalty points for exceeding programme time limit as follows:

3 points - Central Ohio Brass Band
6 points - Illinois Brass Band, Five Lakes Silver Band
9 points - Rockville Brass Band, Madison Brass Band
12 points - Oakland University Brass Band
18 points - Arkansas Musicworks Brass Band

1 point penalty per adjuducator is assessed for each minute or fraction thereof by which the maximum stage time is exceeded

1st tiebreaker - band with the highest Set Piece score wins
2nd tiebreaker - band rated higher on the Set Piece by 2 of the 3 adjudicators wins