RESULTS BESSON Solo & Ensemble Contest 4/5 Feb 2012
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Results Sheet Junior Ensembles
Band/School Draw Award Place
Dunfermline Youth Brass 1 - Bronze 4
Hawick Saxhorn Youth 2 - Silver - 3rd
Levern Valley Community Brass - 3 Gold - 1st
Williamston Primary School 4 - Silver - 2nd
Results Junior Solos
Name - Instrument - Band/School - Draw - Award -Place
Jane Crawford - Cornet - Caldervale High School 7 - Silver
Iona McVicar - Tenor Horn - Campbeltown 6 - Gold - 1st
Ailsa Anderson - Tenor Horn - Hawick 3 - Silver
Madeline Hume - Flugel - Hawick 15 - Gold - 3rd
Claire Miller - Tenor Horn - Kingdom Brass Youth 11 - Silver
Carol Ednie - Baritone - Kingdom Brass Youth 4 - Gold
Ryan Bathgate - Tenor Horn - Kingdom Brass Youth 12 - Gold
Ewan Howie - Cornet - Levern Valley Community Brass 2 - Silver
Guy Mallin - Tenor Horn - Selkirk 9 - Bronze
Carla Pinkney - Cornet - St.David's High School 10 - Gold
Owen Shade - Trombone - St. Nicholas 5 - Bronze
Leighton Griffin - Euphonium - St. Davids Brass 13 - Gold
Jack Beck - Cornet - Cults Primary 8 - Bronze
Chris Flynn - Euphonium - Carnoustie High 1 - Gold - 2nd
Ella Turner - Cornet - Cults Primary 14 - Silver
Intermediate Ensembles
Band/School - Draw - Award - Place
Campbeltown Brass Juniors 4 - SILVER
Campbeltown Brass Trombones 3 - BRONZE
Carnoustie High School 5 - GOLD 3rd
Dalmellington Cornets 9 - GOLD 2nd
Dunfermline Youth Brass 1 - BRONZE
Hawick Saxhorn Youth (Green) 8 - BRONZE
Hawick Saxhorn Youth (Yellow) 6 - SILVER
James Young High School 7 - GOLD 1ST
St.Margaret's Academy 2 - SILVER
Intermediate Solo Section
Name - Instrument - Band/School - Draw - Award - Place
Erin McSporran - Cornet - Campbeltown - 15 - Gold - 1st
Rebecca Wilson - Cornet - Dalmellington Juniors - 2 - Gold
Lynsey Brown - Cornet - Dalmellington Juniors - 4 - Gold
Rebecca Anderson - Tenor Horn - Dunfermline Town - 9 - Silver
Harry Marshall - Trumpet - Hawick Saxhorn - 11 - Bronze
Karen Wilson - Cornet - Kingdom Brass B - 10 - Bronze
Ross Bahlaj - Euphonium - Kingdom Brass B - 8 - Silver
Chris Hamilton - Tenor Horn - Kinneil Band - 6 - Gold - 2nd
Claire Jeffrey - Tenor Horn - Langholm - 3 - Silver
Emily Lydon - Tenor Horn - St.Margaret's Academy - 5 - Gold
Emma Doolan - Cornet - St.Margaret's Academy - 13 - Bronze
Rebecca Lindsay - Euphonium - St. Ronan's - 7 - Bronze
Jordan Robertson - Trombone - Carnoustie High - 14 - Gold - 3rd
Frances Crabbe - Trombone - St.Margaret's Academy - 1 W/D
Michael Beck - Cornet - Cults Academy - 12 - W/D
World of Brass Music Innovation Award - Jordan Robertson & Erin McSporan
Youth Solos (16-21)
Name - Instrument - Band/School - Draw - Points - Place
David McLean - Tuba - Dalmellington Juniors - 2 - 86
Duncan McLuskie - Tuba - Dalmellington Juniors - 12 - 84
Michael Fleming - Tenor Horn - Exchange / Whitburn - 14 - 91 - 3rd
Amy Leitch - Cornet - Irvine & Dreghorn - 9 - 90
Henry Jeffrey - Trombone - Langholm - 8 - 82
Samuel Denton - Trombone - Lasswade HS - 3 - 83
Murray McFarlane - Cornet - Lochgelly - 10 - 87
Lloyd Griffin - Cornet - St.David's High School - 13 - 92 - 2nd
Liam Orr - Cornet - St.Ronan's - 4 - 85
Calum Watson - Bass - Tullis Intermediate - 7 - W/D
Callum Reid - Tuba - Aberdeen Grammar - 6 - 89
Duncan Stickle - Tenor Horn - Cults Academy - 11 - 88
Chris Robertson - Euphonium - Carnoustie High - 1 - 94 - 1st
World of Brass Music Innovation Award - Duncan McCluskie BBb Tuba - Dalmellington
Youth Ensembles
Band/School - Draw - Points - Place
Dalmellington Basses - 3 - 91 - 1st
East Lothian Schools - 1 - 89 - 3rd
James Young High School - 2 - 90 - 2nd
Percussion Solo Section - Adjudicator Ian Sandilands
Name & Instrument Draw Award Place
Emma Smith-Xylophone, - 6 - Silver
Abbie Smith-Timpani - 1 - Silver
Amber Wilson-Snare Drum - 4 - Silver
Mathew Nealon-Timpani - 3 - Bronze
Cameron Hogg-Snare Drum - 9 - Silver
Abbie Honeyman-Snare Drum - 8 - Gold
Ruaridh Neil-Xylophone - 10 - Gold 3rd
Sam Walker - Marimba - 5 - Gold
Ian Christie-Marimba - 2 - Gold - 2nd
Liam MacKay - Xylophone - 7 - Gold 1st
Open Slow Melody Section
Name - Instrument - Band - Draw - Points - Award
Josiah Walters - Bass Trombone - Carnoustie & District - 9 - 88
Kenneth Brown - Bass - Co-op Funeralcare - 14 - 91 - 3rd
Ian Taylor - Euphonium - Dalmellington - 15 - 84
Shona Hutchison - Tenor Horn - Dalmellington - 3 - 90
Michael Fleming - Tenor Horn - Exchange Com. Whitburn - 1 - 89
Rachel Neil - Tenor Horn - Exchange Com. Whitburn - 8 - 92 - 2nd
Raymond Galt - Trombone - Kirkintilloch Kelvin - 4 - 81
Lauren Robb - Cornet - Kinneil - 10 - 86
Stephen Lomas - Bass Trombone - Leyland - 2 - 83
Scott Findlater - Euphonium Kirkintilloch - 11 - 87
Dougie Stewart - Trombone - Queensferry Com Brass -13 Did Not Finish
Craig Herriot - Cornet - Tullis Russell - 7 - 85
Stuart Black - Flugel - Jedforest - 12 - 82
Ian Fleming - Horn - Whitburn - 6 - 93 - 1st
Open Ensemble Section
Band - Draw - Points - Place
Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass-Mixed - 5 - 90 - 3
SOS Trombones - 6 - 86 - 5
James Young High School - 3 - 84 - 6
Leyland - 1 - 88 - 4
Co-operative Funeralcare - Mixed - 2 - 93 - 1
Co-operative Funeralcare - Trombones - 4 - 92 - 2
Open Solo Section
Name - Instrument - Band - Draw - Points - Award
Josiah Walters - Bass Trombone - Carnoustie & District - 2 - 86
Kenneth Brown - Bass - Co-op Funeralcare - 8 - 90
Alison Hall - Horn - Co-op Funeralcare - 4 - 92
Graeme Cruikshank - Bass Trombone - Dalkeith & Monkton Hall - 6 - 81
Ian Taylor - Euphonium - Dalmellington - 3 - 87
Shona Hutchison - Tenor Horn - Dalmellington - 12 - 89
Michael Fleming - Tenor Horn - Exchange Com. Whitburn - 16 - 93 - 3rd
Rachel Neil - Tenor Horn - Exchange Com. Whitburn - 7 - 95 - 1st
Amy Leitch - Cornet - Irvine & Dreghorn - 14 - 82
Raymond Galt - Trombone - Kirkintilloch Kelvin - 13 - W/D
Lauren Robb - Cornet - Kinneil - 5 - 83
Stephen Lomas - Bass Trombone - Leyland - 10 - 91
Louise Edgar - Flugel - Leyland - 11 - 88
Dougie Stewart - Trombone - Queensferry Com Brass - 9 - W/D
Craig Herriot - Cornet - Tullis Russell - 1 - 85
Ian Fleming - Horn - Exchange Com.Whitburn - 15 - 94 - 2nd
World of Brass Music Innovation Award - Louise Edgar - Leyland Band
Individual Awards in Brass Section
The Philip McCann Trophy for Best Cornet
Craig Heriot
The George Gilmour Trophy for Best Trombone
Stephen Lomas
The Bram Thomson Trophy for Best Flugel or Tenor Horn
Rachel Neil
The James Gourlay Trophy for Best Eb or BBb Bass
Kenneth Brown
The John Stark Trophy for Best Euphonium or Baritone
Ian Taylor
The David Young Trophy for Best Over 40 Soloist
Presented by Selkirk Silver Band
Ian Fleming
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Entries are invited now for the Annual Besson Solo & Ensemble Championships on the weekend of 4/5 February in the Howden Park Centre, Livingston. Youth section are on Saturday starting at 9.30 a.m. and qualifiers should have received their entry form, if not contact Tom Allan at 01505 814502 or at tom.allan@ntlworld.com..
Saturday has the Junior, Intermediate and Youth Sections for Solo & Ensembles followed by an evening Gala Concert with West Lothian Schools Brass Band and Co-operative Funeralcare Band with Guest soloists, still to be confirmed. The concert starts at 8.p.m. and tickets are available from the Howden Park Centre Box Office 01506 777666 or at www.howdenparkcentre.co.uk
On Sunday we have the Open Solo and Ensemble contest which includes sections for Percusion Solo and Ensemble. starting at 10 am with percusion solo, then Ensemble section, followed by Slow Melody section for Brass soloists, the Ensemble section followed by Open Solo Section.
Entry form for Open solo and Ensemble section
RULES and Information for Solo & Ensembles
Entries must be in by 20th January
Adjudicators - Bryan Allan & Jonathan Gawn - Percussion section Ian Sandilands
Accompanist - Alan Hastie
Soloist please rember ther is a Music Innovation Award from World of Brass
Timetable of events 4th & 5th February in Howden Park Centre, Livingston
Saturday
09.30 Draw for Junior Solos and Ensemble (12 and under)
10.00 Junior Solo and Ensemble Contest starts.
12.00 Draw for Intermediate Solos and Ensembles (13 to 16)
13.00 Intermediate Solo and Ensemble Contest starts
15.30 Draw for Youth Solos and Ensembles (17 to 21)
16.30 Youth Solo and Ensemble contest starts.
Announcement of results and presentation of prizes at the conclusion of each age group
Saturday Evening Gala Concert
20.00 West Lothian Schools Brass Band & Co-operative Funeralcare Band
Guests Soloist Johnathan Gawn
Sunday
10.00 Draw for Percussion Solos and Ensembles
10.30 Percussion Solo and Ensemble Contest starts
Results and presentation of prizes at conclusion of Percussion section
11.00 Draw for Slow Melody
12.15 Open Slow Melody starts
12.30 Draw for Open Solos and Ensembles
Open Solo and Ensembles will start immediately after the Slow Melody
