Wellington Brass Contest Results

As Wellington Brass Band

  • 8 July 2023 Dunedin, Dunedin Town Hall

    Adjudicators: Tom Davoren

    Test Piece: Concerto No.1 for Brass Band, Derek Bourgeois

    Own Choice: Audivi Media Nocte, Oliver Waespi

    Conductor: David Bremner

  • 16 July 2022
    Wellington, Michael Fowler Centre

    Adjudicators: Kenneth Young

    Test Piece: Heroes, Bruce Broughton

    Own Choice: Fraternity

    Conductor: David Bremner

  • 17 July 2021
    Christchurch, Christchurch Town Hall

    Adjudicators: David Gallaher

    Test Piece: Of Men and Mountains, Edward Gregson

    Own Choice: Revelation, Wilby

    Conductor: David Bremner

  • 13 July 20219
    Hamilton, Claudeland’s Event Centre

    Adjudicators: Luc Vertommen

    Test Piece: Variations on a Ninth, Gilbert Vinter

    Own Choice: Titan’s Progress

    Conductor: David Bremner

  • 14 July 2018
    Blenheim, Marlborough Civic Theatre

    Adjudicators: Russell Gray

    Test Piece: The 39th Parallel, Peter Graham

    Own Choice: Perihelion Closer to the Sun, Philip Sparke

    Conductor: Nigel Seaman

  • 1 April 2018
    Melbourne

    Adjudicators: David Bremner, Maureen Cameron, Alan Lourens

    Test Piece: Time Machine, Thomas Doss

    Own Choice: Fraternity

    Conductor: Nigel Seaman

  • 21 April 2017
    Wellington, Michael Fowler Centre

    Adjudicators: Nigel Seaman

    Test Piece: Journey of the Lone, Simon Dobson

    Own Choice: Metropolis 1927, Peter Graham

    Conductor: David Bremner

  • Test Piece: The Triumph of Time, Peter Graham

    Adjudicators: Allan Withington, Michael Ball, Rob Wiffin

    Venue: Symphony Hall, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK

    Conductor: David Bremner

  • 16 July 2016
    Napier, Municipal Theatre

    Adjudicators: Robert Childs

    Test Piece: Of Distant Memories, Edward Gregson

    Own Choice: The Triumph of Time, Peter Graham

    Conductor: David Bremner

  • 11 July 2015
    Rotorua
    Adjudicators: David Gallaher

    Test Piece: Vita Aeterna Variations (Variations & Fugue on an Original Theme), Alexander Comitas

    Own Choice: Extreme Make-Over

  • 5 April 2015
    Sydney, Seymour Centre

    Adjudicators: Allan Withington

    Test Piece: Gallipoli, Barry McKimm

    Own Choice: Revelation

    Conductor: David Bremner

  • 12 July 2015
    Invercargill, Civic Theatre

    Adjudicators: Stephen Cobb

    Test Piece: On Alderley Edge, Peter Graham

    Own Choice: Music of the Spheres, Philip Sparke

    Conductor: David Bremner

  • 20 July 2013
    New Plymouth, TSB Showplace

    Adjudicators: Stephen Bulla

    Test Piece: The Promised Land, Kenneth Downie

    Own Choice: Revelation, Wilby

    Conductor: David Bremner

  • 7 July 2012
    Timaru, Theatre Royal

    Adjudicators: Robert Childs

    Test Piece: Breath of Souls, Paul Lovatt-Cooper

    Own Choice: Titan’s Progress

    Conductor: David Bremner

  • 12 July 2008
    Christchurch, Christchurch Town Hall

    Adjudicators: Simone Rebello

    Test Piece: Renaissance, Peter Graham

    Own Choice: Diversions on a Bass Theme

    Conductor: David Bremner

  • 23 March 2008
    Brisbane, Brisbane Town Hall

    Adjudicators: Peter Adams

    Test Piece: Main Street, Eric Ball

    Own Choice: Diversions on a Bass Theme

    Conductor: David Bremner

  • 7 July 2007
    Auckland, Bruce Mason Centre

    Adjudicators: Nigel Boddice

    Test Piece: Salamander, John McCabe

    Own Choice: Tallis Variations,

    Conductor: David Chaulk

  • 27 March 2005
    Wellington, Town Hall

    Adjudicators: Alan Morrison

    Test Piece: The King of Elfland's Daughter, Rodney Newton

    Conductor: David Chaulk

As Onslow Brass Band

  • Christchurch

    Adjudicator : Wing Commander Eric Banks [ Britain ] O.B.E.

    Test Piece: The Essence of Time, Peter Graham

    Conductor: Peter Zwartz

  • Sydney

    Adjudicators: Peter Parkes

    Test Piece: Variations for Brass Band, Vaughan Williams

    Own choice: Diadem of Gold

    Conductor: Donald Bly

  • Wellington

    Adjudicators: Elgar Clayton, F.J.Rawbone (Hymn)

    Test Piece: Oliver Cromwell, Henry Geehl

    Own choice – Four Dances from “Checkmate” Arthur Bliss arr. E.Ball

    *Evening Post Onslow Brass

    Conductor: Norman Goffin QSO

  • Wellington

    Adjudicators: Eric Ball, A.F.Brieseman (Hymn)

    Test Piece: Sovereign Heritage, Jack Beaver arr. Frank Wright

    Own choice: Tournament for Brass, Eric Ball

    Conductor: Norman Goffin

  • Dunedin

    Adjudicators: Norman Thorn Jnr and R.Francis

    Test Piece: James Cook, Circumnavigator, Gilbert Vinter

    Own Choice: Rhapsody For Brass, J.D.Goffin

    Conductor: Norman Goffin

  • Christchurch

    Adjudicators: Ken Smith Jnr

    Test Piece: Jodrell Bank, Peter Yorke

    Own Choice: Le Carnival Romain, Berlioz arr. Wright

    Conductor: Norman Goffin

  • Rotorua

    Adjudicators: W. H. Walden-Mills

    Test Piece: John O'Gaunt, Gilbert Vinter

    Own choice: Tournament for Brass, Eric Ball

    Conductor: Norman Goffin

  • Auckland

    Adjudicators: Lloyd Thorne

    Test Piece: Lorenzo, Thomas Keighley

    Own Choice: Eroica Variations, Beethoven arr. Rimmer

    Conductor: Norman Goffin

  • Christchurch

    Adjudicators: Norm Hestridge

    Test Piece: Scheherazade, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov arr. Drake Rimmer

    Own Choice: Main Street, Eric Ball

    Conductor: Norman Goffin

  • Newtown Park, Wellington

    Adjudicators: James Kelly (Australia)

As Wellington Tramways

  • Wellington

    Adjudicators: Les Francis

    Test Piece: Springtime, Haydn Morris

    Conductor: Norman Goffin

  • Napier

    Adjudicators: Albert Baile

    Test piece: Orion, Granville Bantock

    Conductor: Norman Goffin

  • Invercargill

    Adjudicators: Denis Wright

    Test Piece: Adanta, Hans Uljee

    Own Choice: Call of the Sea, Eric Ball

    Conductor: Norman Goffin

  • Whanganui

    Adjudicators: Harry Mortimer

    Test Piece: Holiday Suite, Eric Ball

    Own Choice: Cavelleria and Rusticana

    Conductor: Norman Goffin

  • Palmerston North

    Adjudicators: Ernest Kerry

    Test Piece: Il Crociato in Egitto arr. Ord Hume

    Own Choice: Giacomo Meyerbeer arr. James Ord Hume

    Conductor: E. Franklin

  • Nelson, New Zealand

    Adjudicators: Ernest Kerry

    Test Piece: Il Pirata arr. C. Godfrey

    Own Choice: Vincenzo Bellini arr. Charles Godfrey Jnr

  • Dunedin
    Adjudicators: Christopher Smith

    Test Piece: The Pathetique Sonata (op 13) & Own Choice

    Conductor: E. Franklin

  • Palmerston North
    Adjudicator- William Short, Britain .

    Performing: The Lady of Killarney
    March: Our Defenders

    Conductor: Alf Clareburt