Future Events

• We believe this contest will be run on 16 Mar 2025 at Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Swansea County, Wales, UK

Past Results

Date	Winner	Conductor	Test Piece
17 Mar 2024	Cory	Philip Harper	Variations on an Enigma
19 Mar 2023	Tredegar	Ian Porthouse	Red Priest
20 Mar 2022	Cory	Philip Harper	Contest Music
Mar 2021	Continued uncertainty over COVID-19 sees the 2021 series of regional championship events cancelled. The following Bands were intended to participate: City of Cardiff (Melingriffith), Christopher Bond Cory, Philip Harper Deiniolen, Lois Eifion Jones Llwydcoed, Chris Turner Northop Silver, John Doyle Tongwynlais Temperance, Carl Saunders Tredegar Town, Ian Porthouse Tylorstown, Gary Davies
01 Mar 2020	Tredegar	Ian Porthouse	A Tale as yet Untold
17 Mar 2019	Tredegar	Ian Porthouse	Seascapes
18 Mar 2018	Cory	Philip Harper	Odyssey [Norbury]
19 Mar 2017	Cory	Philip Harper	Pageantry
20 Mar 2016	Tredegar	Ian Porthouse	Cambridge Variations
22 Mar 2015	Cory	Philip Harper	The Torchbearer
16 Mar 2014	Cory	Philip Harper	St. Magnus
17 Mar 2013	Tongwynlais Temperance	Steve Sykes	Harmony Music
18 Mar 2012	Cory	Robert Childs	The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
20 Mar 2011	Cory	Robert Childs	Paganini Variations
21 Mar 2010	Tredegar	Ian Porthouse	English Heritage
15 Mar 2009	Cory	Robert Childs	Salute to Youth
09 Mar 2008	Tredegar	Ian Porthouse	Festival Music (Symphonic Suite)
18 Mar 2007	Buy As You View	Robert Childs	Isaiah 40
19 Mar 2006	Buy As You View	Robert Childs	Journey to the Centre of the Earth
13 Mar 2005	Buy As You View	Robert Childs	Overture to Rienzi [arr. Lorriman]
14 Mar 2004	Buy As You View Cory	Robert Childs	Tristan Encounters
16 Mar 2003	Buy as you View Cory	Robert Childs	Prague
17 Mar 2002	Buy As You View Cory	Robert Childs	Whitsun Wakes
01 Apr 2001	Tredegar	Steve Bastable	Jazz
19 Mar 2000	Buy As You View Cory	Jeremy Wise	Variations on an Enigma
21 Mar 1999	Point of Ayr	Michael Fowles	Blitz
15 Mar 1998	Buy as You View Cory	Jeremy Wise	Montage
06 Apr 1997	Point of Ayr	Michael Fowles	A Lowry Sketchbook
14 Apr 1996	Tredegar Town	Nicholas Childs	Sounds
23 Apr 1995	Tredegar Town	Nicholas Childs	Un Vie de Matelot (A Sailor's Life)
19 Mar 1994	Cory	Michael Antrobus	Partita [Sparke]
13 Mar 1993	B.T.M.	Melvin White	Of Men and Mountains
15 Mar 1992	Tredegar Town	Nigel Weeks	Frontier!
17 Mar 1991	Bedwas Trethomas & Machen	Melvin White	Journey into Freedom
18 Mar 1990	Tredegar	Nigel Weeks	The Beacons
19 Mar 1989	Parc and Dare	Paul Cosh	Prisms
20 Mar 1988	Cory	Arthur Kenney	Ballet for Band
21 Mar 1987	Parc & Dare	James Watson	Diversions on a Bass Theme
22 Feb 1986	Penclawdd Brass	Tony Small	Variations on a Theme by Haydn
23 Mar 1985	Parc & Dare	Arthur Kenney	Contest Music
24 Mar 1984	Lewis Merthyr (Cardiff Lift Company)	Denzil Stephens	Waverley
26 Mar 1983	Tredegar	Steve Walkley	Images [McCabe]
27 Feb 1982	The Cory Band	Denzil Stephens	Essay for Brass Band [Gregson]
21 Mar 1981	The Cory	Denzil Stephens	Variations on the Shining River
1980	Due to a dispute with the National organiser, in 1980 the Welsh area was run unofficially, without accreditation to the national contest. The 1979 Welsh section winners were invited to the 1980 finals. An account of events and the dispute is given at http://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2010/1102.asp?l=in#.Wh3ZQVVl-Uk.
21 Apr 1979	Cory	Denzil Stephens	Variations for Brass Band [Vaughan Williams]
08 Apr 1978	Tredegar Town	William David Thomas	The Belmont Variations
23 Apr 1977	Tredegar Town Band	John Childs	Pageantry
10 Apr 1976	Parc & Dare	Ieuan Morgan	Spectrum [Vinter]
12 Apr 1975	Parc & Dare	Ieuan Morgan	Journey into Freedom
30 Mar 1974	Cory Band	Arthur Kenney	Variations on a Ninth
31 Mar 1973	Rogerstone	C. Brian Buckley	The Plantagenets
22 Apr 1972	The Cory Band	Arthur Kenney	Concert Overture for Brass Band
24 Apr 1971	Excelsior Ropes Works	Haydn White	A Joyful Noise
14 Feb 1970			The Corsair
15 Feb 1969	Lewis Merthyr (Porth) Workmen's	Stanley Williams	Diadem of Gold
17 Feb 1968	Excelsior Ropes Works	William David Thomas	Themes From Beethoven's 8th Symphony
25 Feb 1967	Cory Workmen's	John Harrison	Festival Music (Symphonic Suite)
26 Feb 1966	Cory Workmen's	John Harrison	La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny) - Overture [arr. F. Wright]
01 May 1965	Cory Workmen's	John Harrison	Themes from the First Symphony [Beethoven]
23 May 1964	The Cory	John Harrison	Symphony of Marches
25 May 1963	Lewis Merthyr Workmen's Institute	Oliver Jones	Overture to Rienzi [arr. Johns]
26 May 1962	Cory Workmen's	Walter Barrow Hargreaves	Salute to Youth
27 May 1961	Cory Workmen's	Thomas James Powell	Les Preludes [arr. Rimmer]
21 May 1960	Cory Workmen's Silver	Thomas James Powell	Themes from Symphony no. 5 [Tchaikovsky, arr. Ball]
23 May 1959	Melingriffith	Thomas James Powell	Wuthering Heights
24 May 1958	Parc & Dare Workmen's	Harry Nuttall	The Moor of Venice
25 May 1957	Parc & Dare Workmen's	Harry Heyes	Themes from Symphony no. 9 [Beethoven]
19 May 1956	Cory	Stan Brown	Orion [Bantock]
14 May 1955	Parc and Dare	L. M. Brown	The Severn Suite
22 May 1954	Parc and Dare	William Scholes	Clive of India
23 May 1953	Parc & Dare Workmens	William Scholes	Rhapsody in Brass
03 May 1952	Cory Workmen's	Walter Barrow Hargreaves	Resurgam
05 May 1951	Parc & Dare Workmens	Harry Nuttall	Atlantic [Wright]
01 Apr 1950	Cory Workmen's Silver	Walter Barrow Hargreaves	Festival Overture [Geehl]
28 May 1949	Cory Workmen's Silver	Walter Barrow Hargreaves	Morning Rhapsody
15 May 1948	Parc & Dare	W. Haydn Bebb	Fantasia in F
17 May 1947	Parc and Dare	W. Haydn Bebb	Akhnaton
04 May 1946	Parc and Dare	W. Haydn Bebb	The Severn Suite
07 Jul 1945	Gwaun-cae-Gurwen	Dan Lloyd	Lorenzo