Our Adjudicators

Honorary members of the Association of Brass Band Adjudicators

John Berryman, Derek Broadbent, Malcolm Brownbill, Colin Hardy, Gordon Higginbottom, William Relton, Sydney Swancott, Barry Thompson.

Please click on the name or picture of our current membership to find about their experience as well as more information about them.

Adam Cooke

MusB(hons), MMus

Alan Bourne

JP BMus (Wales) FLCM ARCM ADWCMD

Alan Duguid

BA (Hons), MEd, PGCE, PGDip (Mus), MCCT

Andrea Price

MA (Composition), PGCE

Anne Crookston

B. Mus. (Hons) PGDE (sec.) PG. Dip (Ed. Leadership), M.Sc. (Ed. Leadership)

Chris Davis

OBE BA(Hons) MMus DMA LRAM

Chris King

BMus(Hons) MBA LRSM ATCL

Chris Shanks (Trainee)

BEd Music (HONS) with Performance and Conducting

Chris Wormald

B.A. (Mus) Hons., L.T.C.L., P.G.C.E.

Christopher Bond

BMus (Hons) DipABRSM

Colum O'Shea

MBIE, Dip FD, Dip FAA, MICF

Craig Roberts

BA (Hons), MA (Music)

Daniel Brooks (Trainee)

MMusdist (Masters in Music Performance) with distinction. BMusHons

David Hirst

M.A., BEd Hons, LYCL, PGCE, Cert Ed

David Lancaster

PhD; BA (Hons); FHEA

Dr Brett Baker

PhD (DMA) in Performance from the University of Salford, ARCM, PGCE.

Duncan Beckley

BA (hons) Music; PGCE Music; QTS; MA: Teaching and Learning.

Gavin Saynor

B.A.(Hons); PGCE (Secondary); QTS; DipABRSM

Howard J Evans

DMA (Performance), MA (Dist.), ARCM (Hons), LRAM, LTCL, Mus. B.(Hons ), PGCE

Jack Capstaff

Bmus (Hons) RWCMD

James Holt

BA (Hons), PGCE

John Roberts

Certificate in Brass Band Studies

Jonathan Corry

Ph.D, M.Mus, B.Mus (hons)

Jonathan Pippen

BA, ARCM Hons, ATCL Dist.

Joseph W Cook

B.A(hons) PGCE dipABRSM

Mark Ford

B.Ed (Music), CertBus, CertMus

Matthew Ryan

BMus (hons), PGCE dist.

Melissa Brown (Development Programme)

BMus (Hons) - Performance, LTCL Instrumental Teaching

Michael Alcorn

BA (Music) PhD in Compostion

Nicholas Garman

BA Hons PGCE QTS LLCM FRSA FGMS MISM

Paul Norley

MA (Class Stud), BA (Mus), LRSM, LDBBA, CNCB, MCGI

Richard Jones

BMus (Hons), MA, PhD

Robert Childs

M.Mus (Dist) ARCM (Hons) FLCM PGCE (dist) DMA Salford

Sam Fisher

BA (HONS) Band Studies, PGCE

Stephanie Binns

BMus (Hons), DipABRSM, PGCE

Stephen Tighe

ARCM, LDBBA, (Cert) PFS.

Steve Pritchard-Jones

FTCL, LTCL, DipMusEd, G.Mus, LDBBA, FSCO, NPQH, QTS,

Steven Mead

BA Hons, PGCE, Fellow of the RNCM, Professor of Euphonium

Tom Davoren

DMA, MMus, BMus

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Ryan Watkins Joins AoBBA

Posted: September 23, 2025

The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) are delighted to announce Ryan Watkins as joining its Development Programme. A graduate of the Royal Northern College …

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Adjudicators' Experience Day 2025

Posted: September 9, 2025

The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) and Kapitol Promotions are pleased to announce the four participants who have been selected to take part in …

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Summer CPD for AoBBA Members

Posted: July 24, 2025

Earlier this month, our members met online for one of our regular Continuing Professional Development (CPD) sessions which form a vital part of our three-year …

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