CONTEST RESULTS

North American Championship (2nd section)

Date: 21 & 22 Apr 2023
Venue: Von Braun Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Adjudicator(s): James E Jackson, John Phillips, Dr Jack Stamp
Test piece: Purcell Variations (Kenneth Downie)

Pos Band Conductor Test Piece Own Choice Total
Draw Points Pos Draw Points Pos points
1 San Francisco Brass Band Dr Craig McKenzie 9 280.00 1 6 282.25 1 93.63
The Patriots (Jan de Haan)
2 Massanutten Brass Band Professor Kevin Stees 3 271.50 2 5 273.00 2 90.70
The Kingdom of Dragons (Philip Harper)
3 Old Crown Brass Band Bryen Warfield 4 266.00 6 2 270.75 3 89.30
The Patriots (Jan de Haan)
4 St Louis Brass Band Dr John Bell 7 269.25 4 9 265.25 6 89.22
The Raid (Oliver Waespi)
5 Natural State Brass Band Nevada Mills 8 267.25 5 7 266.00 5 88.92
Eternal Home (Dean Jones)
6 Cincinnati Brass Band Dr Benjamin A Chamberlain 5 270.00 3 4 258.25 8 88.43
Fantasy for Brass Band, Op 114a (Malcolm Arnold)
7 Brass Band of Huntsville Stephen Bulla 1 262.85 7 3 266.25 4 88.07
Brass Triumphant (Gareth Wood)
8 Motor City Brass Band Gordon Ward 6 257.50 8 1 248.50 9 84.63
The Patriots (Jan de Haan)
9 Tampa Brass Band Tina Di Meglio 2 242.50 9 8 263.25 7 83.60
The Kingdom of Dragons (Philip Harper)

The overall score is weighted as 60% of Set Piece score plus 40% of Own Choice score and then scaled as a percentage out of 300

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

Detailed scores breakdown grid available here