AoBBA Executive Meeting
The AoBBA Executive meeting will be held on Monday 7th September 2015 at the Clifton & Lightcliffe rehearsal rooms Birkhouse Road,Bailiff Bridge, Brighouse West Yorkshire HD6 4EW – 10.15am for 10.30am. David Hirst Secretary
National Finals Adjudication Panel Announced
The adjudicators who will pass judgement on the bands competing at the Royal Albert Hall and Cheltenham have been revealed. See 4BR for full article – http://www.4barsrest.com/news/detail.asp?id=20675#.Vb9gH8uD7Dc
A Statement from AoBBA in response to SBBA’s ‘Passport to Adjudication’.
Related article in 4barsrest.com
On the Shoulders of a Giant – an article by Stephen Roberts
Stephen Roberts talks about his approach to composing his test piece ‘Reflections on Swan Lake’ based on the work by Tchaikovsky.
Performance Assessment Criteria (PAC) – A guide for conductors and bands
In 2012 the Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) under the auspices of Chairperson, Alan Morrison, issued all adjudicator members the guidelines for effective adjudication of all U.K. and worldwide competitions. This document (Performance Assessment Criteria – PAC) is reproduced for bands and conductors in order that they may rehearse their competition pieces in line […]
The Composer as Adjudicator – an article by Stephen Roberts
Stephen Robert’s ‘Reflections on Swan Lake’ has been chosen as the 2015 British Open Test Piece at the Symphony Hall in September this year. This follows the success of Stephen’s well respected score ‘Arabian Nights’ which was used at the same contest in 2013. In his article, Stephen writes about score interpretation with a particular […]