Valaisia wins 2021 Swiss National Championships
Under the baton of Arsene Duc, Valaisia won the Swiss National for the sixth time in a row, with its leader, Vincent Bearpark, picking up both the Best Principal Cornet in Set Work and Best Soloist in Own Choice awards. Although Michael Bach’s Brassband Bürgermusik Luzern won the Set Work, a surprising sixth place for its Own Choice performance meant that victory went to Arsene Duc and Valaisia, who will now represent Switzerland at the EBBC in Birmingham next year, hoping that they can once again ascend the summit of world banding to win the European title as they did in 2018. In the other sections, divisional honours went to Ensemble de Cuivres de Euphonia, Brassband Bern, Feldmusik Escholzmatt, Musik Frohsinn Oberburg and Jugend Oberer Sempachersee.
Full results can be viewed below and a detailed review will appear in the next issue of Brass Band World Magazine.
Results:
Excellence Division:
Test Piece: The World Rejoicing (Edward Gregson)
Adjudicators Set Work: Oystein Baadsvik; Stephen Cobb; Eric Crees
Adjudicators Own Choice: Jan de Haan; Erik Janssen; Thomas Wyss
Set Work/Own Choice = Total
1. Valaisia Brass Band (Arsene Duc): 2/1 = 3
2. Brass Band Burgermusik Luzern (Michael Bach): 1/6 = 7
3. Brass Band Treize Etoiles (Frederic Theodoloz): 3/5 = 8
4. Liberty Brass Band (Stefan Roth): 5/4 = 9*
5. Brass Band Berner Oberland (Corsin Tuor): 7/2 = 9
6. Brass Band Fribourg (Maurice Donnet-Monay): 8/3 = 11
7. Ensemble de Cuivres Melodia (Vincent Baroni): 4/8 = 12
8. Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan (Francois Roh): 6/7 = 13
9. Ensemble de Cuivres Jurassien (Ueli Kipfer): 9/9 = 18
*Set Work result takes precedence
Best Principal Cornet in Set Work: Valaisia
Best Soloist in Own Choice: Principal cornet (Valaisia)
Elite Division:
Test Piece: La Passiun (Oliver Waespi)
Adjudicators: Jan de Haan; Erik Janssen; Thomas Wyss
1. Ensemble de Cuivres Euphonia (Michael Bach): 97
2. Graubunden Brass (Gian Stecher): 95
3. Brass Band Harmonie Neuenkirch (Manuel Imhof): 94
4. Brass Band Rickenbach (Enrico Calzaferri): 93
5. Brass Band Emmental (Jan Muller): 92
6. BML Talents (Patrick Ottiger): 91
7. Brass Band Imperial Lenzburg A-Band (Rafael Camartin): 90
8. Brass Band Kirchenmusik Fluhli (Armin Renggli): 89
9. Brass Band Fribourg B (Maurice Donnet-Monay): 88
Withdrew: Brass Band Eglisau (Andreas Buri)
Best Soloist: Euphonium (Brass Band Emmental)
First Division:
Test Piece: Bipolarity (Stjin Aertgeerts)
Adjudicators: Oystein Baadsvik; Stephen Cobb; Eric Crees
1. Regional Brass Band Bern (Manuel Renggli): 94
2. Universal Brass Band Wil (Gian Stecher): 93
3. Brass Band MG Reiden (Roland Froscher): 92
4. Ensemble de cuivres Ambitus (Gilles Rocha): 91
5. mgrr Brass Band (Roman Caprez): 90
6. Brass Band RosAlp (David Bonvin): 89
7. Brass Band Cazis (Enrico Calzaferri): 88
8. Brass Band Konkordia Busserach (Christoph Bangerter): 87
9. Brass Band Treize Etoiles 'B' (Lionel Fumeaux): 86
10. Brass Band Schotz (Urs Bucher): 85
11. Brass Band Lotschental (Aldo Werlen): 84
Best Flugel Horn: Universal Brass Band Wil
Second Division:
Test Piece: Sollicitus (Fredrick Schjelderup)
Adjudicators: Jean-Francois Bobillier; Roman Brogli; Remo Capra
1. Brass Band Feldmusik Escholzmatt (Zeno Schmidiger): 95
2. Brass Band Abinchova (Gian Walker): 94
3. Constellation Brass Band B (Olivier Vergeres): 93
4. Brass Band Berner Oberland Junior (Jan Muller): 92
5. Liberty Brass Band Junior (Stfan Roth): 91
6. Brass Band Imperial Lenzburg B (Stefan Aegerter): 90
7. Brass Band Rapperswil-Wierezwil (Jonas Danuser): 89
8. Brass Band Junior Valaisan (Aurelien Darbellay): 88
9. Brass Band Zurich (Werner Kubli): 86
10= Oberwalliser Brass Band (Laurent Zufferey): 85
10= Brass Band Munsingen (Christoph Hertig): 85
Best Solo Horn: Constellation Brass Band B
Third Division:
Test Piece: Red Mountain (Marc Jeanbourquin)
Adjudicators: Jean-Francois Bobillier; Roman Brogli; Remo Capra
1. Musik Frohsinn Oberburg (Jan Muller): 95
2. Brass Band Thurgau (Daniel Gubler): 94
3. MG Richenthal-Langnau (Fabian Brudermann): 93
4. Ensemble de Cuivres Melodia 'B' (Joelle Gaillard): 92
5. Thunerseebrass (Christoph Hertig): 91
6. Jugend Brass Band Michelsamt (Joel Spitaleri): 90
7. Ensemble de Cuivres Jurassien 'B' (Rainier Chetelat): 89
Withdrew: Musikverein Brass Band Henggart
Best Percussion: Musik Frohsinn Oberburg
Fourth Division:
Test Piece: Smoke Sketches (Daniel Hall)
Adjudicators: Oystein Baadsvik; Stephen Cobb; Eric Crees
1. Jugend Brass Band Oberer Sempachersee (Manuel Imhof): 92
2. Entlebucher Jugend Brass Band (Pirmin Hodel): 90
3. Hinterlander Jugend Brass Band (Luca Frischknecht): 87
4. Jugend Brass Band Regionale Musikschule Liestal (Ian Estermann): 85
Best Principal Cornet: Entlebucher Jugend Brass Band
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