Brassband Willebroek retains World Music Contest title

Results from Concert (Championship) Division and Third Division
 
Concert Division
Own Choice Programme Adjudicators (Open adjudication): Hannes Buchegger, Jan de Hann, Russell Gray
Testpiece Adjudicators (closed adjudication): Jan van der Roost, Robert Childs, Florent Didier

Position. Band (set test / own choice / total)
 
1. Brassband Willebroek (93 / 97.33 / 95.17)
2. Valaisia Brass Band (91.5 / 98.33 / 94.92)
3. Black Dyke Band (94 / 95.33 / 94.67)  
4. Brassband Schoonoven (95 / 93 / 94)
5. Hauts-de-France Brass Band (91 / 95.33 / 93.17)
6. JMU Brass Band (88 / 91 / 89.50)
 
Award for outstanding soloist on own choice programme: Glenn Van Looy (Euphonium) of Valaisia Brass Band
Award for best performance of testpiece (Contest Music by Wilfred Heaton): Brassband Schoonoven
 
  
Third Division
Adjudicators: Jan van der Roost, Robert Childs, Florent Didier
 
Position. Band (set test /choice programme / total)
 
1. Brass Band “Aukštyn” (95.33 / 94.67 / 95)
2. Brassband Hombeek (94 / 94.67 / 94.33)
3. United Brass (92 / 91.67 / 91.83)
 
Award for outstanding soloist on Testpiece (Albinus Variations by Etienne Crausaz): Flugel Horn of United Brass
Award for Musical Promise: Brassband Hombeek

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