Scots in Good form in LINZ
Katrina takes 2nd place in European Solo Final
With a another super performance of great class Katrina Marzella made that Baritone speak to the
Adjudicators at the 5th European Solo Championships in Linz, Austria.
Katrina's performance of Martin Ellerby's Concerto for Brass Band was played with much musical
interpretation which brought much praise from the adjudicators.
Semi Final Report
At the 5th European Solo Competition in Linz, Austria our Scottish Solo Chamion Ross Knight received the prize for the Best Tuba in the event which had an entry of 55, 10 of them Tuba's Congratulations Ross on a fine performance.
Getting through to the Final, one of our greatest exports, Katrina Marzella showing great musicianship on the Baritone playing Eastern Dances by Bertrand Moren. In the final she will play Concerto for Baritone by Martin Ellerby, Congratulations Katrina and best wishes in the final.
Meanwhile the first concert of the European Youth Brass Band performed as class band with our three Scots, Eoin Tonner on Principal Cornet, Hayley Edmond on front row and Nicole Waddell co principal Trombone, well done all of you.
Hayley Edmond, Nicole Waddell, Eoin Tonner - Scotland's representatives on EYBB
Another Scot taking probably one of the greatest honours is Aisal Russell, certainly the yongest scot to be part of the winning band, Cory, European Champions 2010, congratulations Ailsa and the Cory Band.
Ailsa started playing the tenor horn at the age of 9 in her local primary school under the direction of Michael Robertson. At the age of 10 Ailsa joined Arbroath Instrumental Band on second horn and progressed through the section to become Solo Horn when she was 15. Ailsa joined the National Youth Brass Band of Scotland at the age of 12 and won the solo contest there in 2007 and 2009 and is now principal horn of the band.
Ailsa is a first year student at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama studying under Owen Farr, Pricipal Horn of the Cory Band.
