UniBrass 2023 Line up and Adjudicators
With less than three weeks to go, UniBrass have announced the line up of bands and adjudicators for the 2023 UniBrass Contest, being held in Warwick Arts Centre on Saturday 11th February. A spokesperson for the event stated, “Twenty-two university brass bands and over 700 students will take to the stage to perform a twenty-minute entertainment to entertain the audience and adjudicators. In particular we are excited to welcome both the Universities of Bath Brass Band and the University of Liverpool Brass Band, as part of a joint performance with the University of Bangor, who will both be making their UniBrass and contesting debuts!”
The four adjudicators that will decide who will walk away as UniBrass Trophy and UniBrass Shield champions have also been announced. Philip Harper, renowned composer and Cory Band’s Musical Director will be alongside Tenor Horn soloist and Chair of the Association of Brass Band Adjudicators, Sheona White, overseeing the Trophy Section. The results of the Shield Section will be determined by the Cory Band’s flugel soloist Helen Williams, alongside the Musical Director of the Nailsworth Band Anri Adachi.
Tickets for what is sure to be another highly entertaining day are available on the Warwick Arts Centre website. As well as the contest, UniBrass 2023 will be rounded off with a gala concert from the world’s number one ranked Cory Band. More information and tickets to the contest can be found at www.unibrass.co.uk/audience-information
Order of Play
Trophy Section:
10:30 University of Huddersfield Brass Band
11:00 Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Brass Band
11:30 University of Nottingham Brass Band
12:00 University of Sheffield
12:30 Universities of Manchester Brass Band
13:00 Durham University Brass Band
14:15 University of Birmingham Brass Band
14:45 University of Bristol Brass Band
15:15 University of York Brass Band
15:45 University of Leeds and Leeds Conservatoire Brass Band
16:15 University of Chichester Brass Band
Shield Section:
10:45 University of Bath Brass Band
11:15 University of Lancaster Brass Band
11:45 King's College London Brass Band
12:15 Oxford University Brass Band
12:45 University of Warwick Brass Band
13:15 Southampton University Brass Band
14:30 Bangor and Liverpool Universities' Brass Band
15:00 Cardiff University Brass Band
15:30 Keele University Brass Band
16:00 Royal Holloway University of London Brass Band
16:30 Cambridge University Brass Band
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