Norwegian National Championships (Division 2), 11th Feb 2011

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Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Armin Bachmann, Bjørn Sagstad
Venue:	Grieghallen, Bergen

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Position	Band	Conductor	Test Piece	Draw	Points
1	Bjørsvik Brass	Russell Gray	The Essence of Time	6	98
2	Radøy Brass	Gareth Pritchard	The Year of the Dragon	3	96
3	Brøttum Brass	Michael Antrobus	Sounds	9	93
4	Borge Brass Band	Oddvar Nøstdal	The Present Age	12	92
5	Lindås Brass	Helge Haukås	Spectrum	2	91
6	Askøy Brass Band	Reid Gilje	Coventry Variations	11	90
7	Tromsø Brass	Tor Kristian Innbjør	Blitz	1	89
8	Manger Old Star Brass	Johannes Mangersnes	Excalibur	4	88
8	Sagvåg Musikklag	Mareika Gray	Natalis	13	88
10	Haukås Musikklag	Thor-Arne Pedersen	Tallis Variations	10	87
11	Flesland Musikklag	Patrik Randefalk	Rise of the Phoenix	8	86
12	Hornorkesteret Stavanger	Mats Urdal Aasen	A London Overture	7	85
13	Stangaland Brass	Jacob Vilhelm Larsen	The Saga of Haakon the Good	5	84

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Solo Prize: Trombone, Radøy Brass
Best Section: Basses, Bjørsvik Brass

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Bjørsvik Brass

Competed at this contest 2 times prior to 2011, first recorded in 2009. Conductor at this contest is Russell Gray.

Norwegian National Championships History

2010 (Division 3)	1st	Russell Gray		Partita (Sparke)
2009 (Division 4)	1st	Russell Gray		Journey into Freedom

Recent Form

6th Nov 2010: 1st - Siddis Brass Entertainment Contest (First Section), conductor Stian Svendsen.
24th Apr 2010: 1st - Vårspretten (Division 1), conductor Harald Eikaas.

Radøy Brass

Competed at this contest 28 times prior to 2011, first recorded in 1983. Conductor at this contest is Gareth Pritchard.

Norwegian National Championships History

2010	7th	Tormod Flaten	Coventry Variations
2009 (Division 1)	12th	Tormod Flaten	Dances and Alleluias
2008 (Division 1)	5th	Tormod Flaten	Diversions on a Bass Theme
2007 (Division 1)	6th	Gareth Pritchard	Montage
2006 (Division 1)	8th	Gareth Pritchard	Odyssey
2005 (Division 1)	8th	Gareth Pritchard	A London Overture
2004 (Division 1)	2nd	Gareth Pritchard	Diversions on a Bass Theme
2003 (Division 1)	5th	Gareth Pritchard	Tallis Variations
2002 (Division 1)	9th	Gareth Pritchard	English Heritage
2001 (Division 1)	5th	Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen

Recent Form

6th Nov 2010: 4th - Siddis Brass Entertainment Contest (First Section), conductor Magnus Brandseth.
24th Apr 2010: 1st - Grenland International Brass Festival (First Division), conductor Tormod Flaten.

Brøttum Brass

Competed at this contest 28 times prior to 2011, first recorded in 1982. Conductor at this contest is Michael Antrobus.

Norwegian National Championships History

2010	3rd	Michael Antrobus	Five Blooms in a Welsh Garden
2009	4th	Erling Myrseth
2008	5th	Erling Myrseth	Trittico
2007	4th	Thorbjørn Lunde	Diversions on a Bass Theme
2006 (Division 1)	10th	Thorbjørn Lunde	Chivalry
2005 (Division 1)	6th	Thorbjørn Lunde	Montage
2004 (Division 1)	9th	Thorbjørn Lunde	Journey into Freedom
2003	1st	Thorbjørn Lunde	Dances and Arias
2002 (Division 1)	8th	Thorbjørn Lunde	Paganini Variations
2001	3rd	Thorbjørn Lunde	Blitz

Recent Form

2011: 1st - Norwegian National Championships Qualifying Contest (Division 1), conductor Thorbjørn Lunde.
6th Nov 2010: 10th - Siddis Brass Entertainment Contest (First Section), conductor Michael Antrobus.
24th Apr 2010: 6th - Grenland International Brass Festival (First Division), conductor Unknown, do you know?

Borge Brass Band

Competed at this contest 7 times prior to 2011, first recorded in 2004. Conductor at this contest is Oddvar Nøstdal.

Norwegian National Championships History

2010 (Division 3)	4th	Oddvar Nøstdal	A Salford Sinfonietta
2009 (Division 3)	8th	Oddvar Nøstdal
2008 (Division 3)	8th	Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen	Variations on Laudate Dominum
2007 (Division 3)	7th	Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen	Connotations
2006	13th	Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen	Partita on St. Theodulph
2005 (Division 3)	1st	Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen	The Present Age
2004 (Division 3)	8th	Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen	Triptych

Recent Form

2011: 8th - Norwegian National Championships Qualifying Contest (Division 1), conductor Oddvar Nøstdal.

Lindås Brass

Competed at this contest 14 times prior to 2011, first recorded in 1997. Conductor at this contest is Helge Haukås.

Norwegian National Championships History

2010 (Division 3)	3rd	Helge Haukås	Trittico
2009 (Division 3)	9th	Hogne Holmås	Tallis Variations
2008 (Division 3)	5th	Hogne Holmås	Kaleidoscope
2007 (Division 3)	4th	Hogne Holmås	Royal Parks
2006 (Division 3)	9th	Pål Magne Austnes	Rhapsody in Brass
2005 (Division 3)	5th	Åge Torsvik	Firestorm
2004 (Division 3)	7th	Åge Torsvik	Rhapsody in Brass
2003	9th	Christian Breistein
2002	8th	Christian Breistein	The Plantagenets
2001	11th	Christian Breistein

Recent Form

6th Nov 2010: 12th - Siddis Brass Entertainment Contest (Second Section), conductor Hogne Holmås.

Askøy Brass Band

Competed at this contest 28 times prior to 2011, first recorded in 1983. Conductor at this contest is Reid Gilje.

Norwegian National Championships History

2010 (Division 1)	10th	Yngve Nikolaisen	Blitz
2009 (Division 1)	3rd	Egil Magnussen	English Heritage
2008 (Division 1)	9th	Egil Magnussen	Chivalry
2007 (Division 1)	4th	Egil Magnussen	Partita (Sparke)
2006 (Division 1)	6th	Helge Haukås	Journey into Freedom
2005 (Division 1)	3rd	Egil Magnussen	Tallis Variations
2004 (Division 1)	3rd	Tom Brevik	Dances and Arias
2003 (Division 1)	3rd	Egil Magnussen	English Heritage
2002 (Division 1)	2nd	Yngve Nikolaisen	The Forest of Dean
2001 (Division 1)	6th	Egil Magnussen	Firestorm

Recent Form

2011: 2nd - Norwegian National Championships Qualifying Contest (Division 1), conductor Reid Gilje.
6th Nov 2010: 3rd - Siddis Brass Entertainment Contest (First Section), conductor Sindre Dalhaug.
24th Apr 2010: 3rd - Vårspretten (Division 1), conductor Egil Magnussen.

Tromsø Brass

Competed at this contest 14 times prior to 2011, first recorded in 1990. Conductor at this contest is Tor Kristian Innbjør.

Norwegian National Championships History

2010 (Division 1)	11th	Tor Kristian Innbjør	Paganini Variations
2009 (Division 3)	1st	Tor Kristian Innbjør	Myte
2008 (Division 3)	12th	Robert Skoglund Jensen	Journey into Freedom
2007	11th	Robert Skoglund Jensen	Dances and Arias
2006 (Division 1)	11th	Robert Skoglund Jensen	Babylonian Tablets
2005	2nd	Robert Skoglund Jensen	Blitz
2004	4th	Robert Skoglund Jensen	Festival Music
2003	7th	Robert Skoglund Jensen
2002	8th	Tommy Bakkelund	Journey into Freedom

Recent Form

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Manger Old Star Brass

Competed at this contest 6 times prior to 2011, first recorded in 1997. Conductor at this contest is Johannes Mangersnes.

Norwegian National Championships History

2010 (Division 3)	2nd	Johannes Mangersnes	Salute to Youth
2009 (Division 3)	6th	Johannes Mangersnes
2008 (Division 4)	3rd	Johannes Mangersnes	The Lord is King
2005 (Division 4)	2nd	Johannes Mangersnes	Sinfonietta for Brass Band (Langford)

Recent Form

6th Nov 2010: 9th - Siddis Brass Entertainment Contest (Second Section), conductor Johannes Mangersnes.

Sagvåg Musikklag

Competed at this contest 26 times prior to 2011, first recorded in 1985. Conductor at this contest is Mareika Gray.

Norwegian National Championships History

2010	10th	Håvard Kroka	The Saga of Haakon the Good
2009	10th	Håvard Kroka
2008	7th	Håvard Kroka	Tallis Variations
2007	10th	Håvard Kroka	A London Overture
2006	7th	Håvard Kroka	Blitz
2005	10th	Michael Fowles	Music for the Common Man
2004	8th	Michael Fowles	Sword, Jewel and Mirror
2003 (Division 1)	9th	Yngve Nikolaisen
2002 (Division 1)	5th	Michael Fowles	Tallis Variations
2001 (Division 1)	9th	Jan Magne Olsen

Recent Form

6th Nov 2010: 9th - Siddis Brass Entertainment Contest (Second Section), conductor Håvard Kroka.

Haukås Musikklag

Competed at this contest 26 times prior to 2011, first recorded in 1982. Conductor at this contest is Thor-Arne Pedersen.

Norwegian National Championships History

2010	4th	Thor-Arne Pedersen	Trittico
2009	6th	Thor-Arne Pedersen	Swedish Festival Music
2008 (Division 1)	12th	Thor-Arne Pedersen	Journey into Freedom
2007 (Division 1)	8th	Thor-Arne Pedersen	Dances and Arias
2006 (Division 1)	7th	Thor-Arne Pedersen	Tallis Variations
2005	1st	Thor-Arne Pedersen	Connotations
2004 (Division 3)	1st	Thor-Arne Pedersen	The Present Age
2003 (Division 3)	11th	Knut Harald Rydland	Rhapsody in Brass
2002 (Division 3)	4th	Knut Harald Rydland	Labour and Love
2001	13th	Knut Harald Rydland	Princethorpe Variations

Recent Form

6th Nov 2010: 4th - Siddis Brass Entertainment Contest (Second Section), conductor Thor-Arne Pedersen.

Flesland Musikklag

Competed at this contest 23 times prior to 2011, first recorded in 1979. Conductor at this contest is Patrik Randefalk.

Norwegian National Championships History

2010	6th	Patrik Randefalk	Norwegian Landscapes
2009	5th	Patrik Randefalk	Endeavour (Sparke)
2008 (Division 3)	2nd	Patrik Randefalk	Sinfonietta for Brass Band - The Wayfarer
2007	12th	Svein Henrik Giske	Dampsanger
2006	10th	Bengt Florvåg	The Land of the Long White Cloud - Aotearoa
2005	7th	Yngve Nikolaisen	Viking Saga Opus 3
2004	9th	Egil Magnussen	Royal Parks
2003	11th	Michael Antrobus
2002	5th	Egil Magnussen	Natalis
2001	7th	Tom Osa

Recent Form

2011: 3rd - Norwegian National Championships Qualifying Contest (Division 1), conductor Patrik Randefalk.
6th Nov 2010: 7th - Siddis Brass Entertainment Contest (Second Section), conductor Patrik Randefalk.

Hornorkesteret Stavanger

Competed at this contest 23 times prior to 2011, first recorded in 1985. Conductor at this contest is Mats Urdal Aasen.

Norwegian National Championships History

2010	9th	Clive Zwanswinski	Purcell Variations
2009	8th	Clive Zwanswinski
2008	5th	Clive Zwanswinski	Firestorm
2007	5th	Geir Karlson	Chivalry
2006	4th	Geir Karlson	Variations on a Ninth
2005	8th	Geir Karlson	The King of Elfland's Daughter
2004 (Division 1)	11th	Russell Gray	Royal Parks
2003 (Division 1)	8th	Morten Hansen
2002	2nd	Morten Hansen	The Forest of Dean
2001	4th	Morten Hansen	On Ratcliff Highway

Recent Form

6th Nov 2010: 8th - Siddis Brass Entertainment Contest (Second Section), conductor Mats Urdal Aasen.

Stangaland Brass

Competed at this contest 26 times prior to 2011, first recorded in 1984. Conductor at this contest is Jacob Vilhelm Larsen.

Norwegian National Championships History

2010	8th	Reid Gilje	Quintessence
2009	8th	Reid Gilje
2008	4th	Reid Gilje	The Forest of Dean
2007	6th	Yngve Nikolaisen	Variations on a Ninth
2006	9th	Eirik Gjerdevik	Trittico
2005	6th	Morten Hansen	Tallis Variations
2004	10th	Morten Hansen	Partita on St. Theodulph
2003	12th	Stian Svendsen
2002	4th	Stian Svendsen	Five Blooms in a Welsh Garden
2001	10th	Steinar Andnes

Recent Form

6th Nov 2010: 15th - Siddis Brass Entertainment Contest (Second Section), conductor Yngve Nikolaisen.

More details and a map are available for this contest

Band	Distance
Tromsø Brass	752.5 mi / 1211.1 km
Borge Brass Band	597.0 mi / 960.7 km
Brøttum Brass	182.1 mi / 293.0 km
Hornorkesteret Stavanger	98.8 mi / 159.0 km
Stangaland Brass	76.2 mi / 122.6 km
Sagvåg Musikklag	42.0 mi / 67.6 km
Lindås Brass	24.8 mi / 39.9 km
Manger Old Star Brass	20.0 mi / 32.2 km
Radøy Brass	18.1 mi / 29.1 km
Bjørsvik Brass	11.2 mi / 18.1 km
Haukås Musikklag	7.2 mi / 11.7 km
Flesland Musikklag	5.1 mi / 8.2 km
Askøy Brass Band	4.7 mi / 7.5 km

Average distance: 141.5 mi / 227.7 km

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