UniBrass Success for RBC
Congratulations to Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Brass Band, the 2023 winnners of the UniBrass Trophy. As well as winning the coveted UniBrass Trophy for a second consecutive year, the band will also be invited by BBE to be an English representative at the 2024 European Youth Brass Band Championships. The band also won awards for Best Student Composition for Jude Radley’s ‘Undiscovered’ and the Best Soloist in the Trophy Section was awarded to Stephen Parker.
Congratulations are also deserved for the Oxford University Brass Band on winning the UniBrass Shield. The band also scooped up the award for Most Entertaining set as well as MD Alice Knight winning the Best Student Conductor. The band has now been invited to give a guest performance at Brass in Concert 2023.
Full results can be viewed below:
UniBrass Trophy:
1. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (Matthew Ludford-King & Alan Gifford): 95/38 = 133*
2. University of Chichester (Emma Button): 94/39 = 133
3. University of Leeds & Leeds Conservatoire (Gethin Ellis): 90/42 = 132
4. Durham University (Alex Romanec): 89/42 = 131
5. University of Bristol (Alex Hyde): 88/45 = 131**
6. University of York (Becky Lund): 86/41 = 127
7. Huddersfield University (Jonathan Beatyy): 90/36 = 126
8. Universities of Manchester & Manchester Metropolitan (Ben Hill-Wilson): 87/35 = 122
9. University of Sheffield (Jack Aitken): 85/33 = 118
10. University of Nottingham (Emily Shell & Paul Emmett): 83/34 = 117
11. University of Birmingham (Stuart Birnie): 82/32 = 114
* Musicality takes precedence in event of a tie
** 2-point time penalty time
Best March: Chichester University
Best Student Conductor: Becky Kund (University of York)
Best Solo or Feature: Steve Parker (Euphonium) — Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Most Entertaining Band: Bristol University
Best Percussion Section: University of Leeds
Audience Award: University of York
UniBrass Shield:
1. Oxford University (Alice Knight): 97/49 = 146
2. University of Warwick (Tom Stoneman): 97/48 = 145
3. Bangor & Liverpool Universities (Dominic Wearne): 96/44 = 140
4. Royal Holloway University of London (Cloe Bryan & Asia Bonuccelli): 93/45 = 138
5. King's College London (Alex Borland): 92/45 = 137
6. Cambridge University (Keelan Colechin): 90/44 = 134
7. University of Lancaster (Edmund Matthews & Sean Barlow): 90/43 = 133
8. Cardiff University (Ianto Williams & Evie Ingles): 89/42 = 131
9. Southampton University (Kevin Ponte): 88/42 = 130
10. University of Bath (Aaron Jones): 87/41 = 126**
11. Keele University (Ben Spindler): 84/40 = 124
** 2-point time penalty time
Best March: University of Warwick
Best Student Conductor: Alice Knight (Oxford University)
Best Solo or Feature: Hannah Griffin (Royal Holloway University of London)
Most Entertaining Band: Oxford University
Best Percussion Section: Royal Holloway University of London
Audience Award: Cardiff University
Overall Awards:
Best Student Composition or Arrangement: ‘Undiscovered’ (Jude Radley)
Spirit of UniBrass Award: Hannah Griffin
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