This year the National Youth Brass Band Championships of Great Britain will be held at Warwick School on Saturday 30th March 2019. Entries have now closed for this year and the draw for the order of play has been made and is shown below.
The Draw
Championship
1 Lions Youth Brass
2 Band Hŷn/ Senior Band Gwasanaeth Cerdd Ysgolion Gwynedd a Môn
3 Macclesfield Youth Brass Band
4 Oldham Music Centre
5 Cardiff County and Vale of Glamorgan Youth Brass Band
6 Enderby Youth Band
7 Rochdale Borough Youth Band
8 Tewit Youth Senior Band
9 MK Youth Brass
10 SSBB - Senior Band
11 Youth Brass 2000
12 Northamptonshire County Youth Brass Band
The results will be approx. 7.30 PM
Intermediate
1 Chalford Youth Band
2 Fred Longworth High School
3 Wardle Academy School Band
4 SSBB - Intermediate Band
5 Egglescliffe School Brass Band
6 Elland Silver Training Band
7 Tewit Youth Intermediate Band
The results will be approx. 4.30 PM
Elementary
1 Cottenham Brass Juniors
2 Dobcross Youth Training Band
3 Band Iau/ Junior Band Gwasanaeth Cerdd Ysgolion Gwynedd a Môn
4 SSBB - Junior Band
5 Outwood Academy Brass
6 Lions Junior Brass
7 Macclesfield Youth Junior Band
The results will be approx. 12.50 PM
Debut
1 Lions Beginner Band
2 Hounslow Junior Brass
3 Brass of the Saff
4 Don't forget your mouthpiece
The results will be approx. 4.30 PM
Test Pieces for 2019
The set test-piece for the Championship Section will be Corineus, by Christopher Bond. It is published by the composer and available from his website at www.christopherbondmusic.co.uk
Information for bands
The competitors pack with the final information for bands can now be downloaded here.
The full rules can be found in the Youth Champs Aims and Rules Document
(For reference the Pre-Entry information pack can be downloaded here.)
Tickets
Tickets can be purchased at this link.
Adults: £12.50
12 - 16: £7.50
U.12: £4.50
Questions?
For any information regarding the championships, please contact the contest controller on youthchamps@bbe.org.uk.
