CONTEST RESULTS

North American Championship (Ch section)

Date: 13 Apr 2002
Venue: Matthews Auditorium, Princeton High School, Cincinnati, Ohio
Adjudicator(s): Geoffrey Brand, James Curnow, Frank Renton
Test piece: Cambridge Variations (Philip Sparke)

Pos Band Conductor Test Piece Own Choice Total
Draw Points Pos Draw Points Pos points
1 Brass Band of Columbus Dr Paul Droste 6 279.0 1 285.0 1 281.4
1 Illinois Brass Band Peter Lipari 2 279.0 1 285.0 1 281.4
Montreux Wind Dances (Carl Rütti)
3 Brass Band of Central Florida Michael J Garasi 8 275.0 3 279.0 3 276.6
Odyssey (Kevin Norbury)
4 St Louis Brass Band Dr Keith Wilkinson 5 269.0 4 263.0 5 266.6
Resurgam (Eric Ball)
5 Atlantic Brass Band Salvatore Scarpa 7 266.0 5 264.0 4 265.2
6 Eastern Iowa Brass Band Thomas Nelson 3 261.0 6 262.0 6 261.4
Connotations (Edward Gregson)
7 Cuyahoga Valley Brass Band Dr Keith Wilkinson 1 256.0 7 258.0 7 256.8
The Essence of Time (Peter Graham)
8 All-Star Staff Brass Band Eric Aho 4 241.0 8 241.0 8 241.0

Total points calculated as 60% of Set Piece points plus 40% of Own Choice points

Single draw format with bands playing all items consecutively

Brass Band of Central Florida also played Folk Festival (Shostakovich arr Snell)

Three bands elected not to include an own choice 'test piece' in their programmes as follows:

Brass band of Columbus played Celebration, Festival March (Condon) and Flourish and Dances (Norbury)

Atlantic Brass Band played Symphony of Thanksgiving (Goffin) and The Day Thou Gavest (Wilby)

All-Star Staff Brass Band played Fanfare Prelude Lobe der Herren (Curnow) and Shine as the Light (Graham)