2014 Nationals Test Music Selections
Important Dates
Entries Close:
6th December 2013
Late Entries Close:
24th January 2014
Registration Close:
6th March 2014
Own Choice Music Advice Forms Scores and Stage Seating Plan Due:
6th March 2014
Player Pass Orders Due:
21st March 2014
Permit Application Close - Forms to be sent to State Governing Bodies:
27th March 2014
Signed Contest Declaration Forms to be sent to State Governing Bodies:
27th March 2014
Permits and Signed Contest Registration forms to be received by Contest Administrator from State Governing Bodies:
3rd April 2014
For more information please visit our website:
www.nationalbandchampionships.com
Junior Concert Bands - Stage Events Only
Thursday 17 April
Open and Junior Brass Bands Hymn and Test
Friday 18 April
Parade of Bands - All Bands (am): Open Concert Bands (pm)
Saturday 19 April
Open and Junior Brass Bands Own Choice and Stage March
Sunday 20 April
Social Event 5.00pm
Sunday 20 April
Solos and Party Events – Open and Junior
Monday 21 April
PER ENTRY
Open and Junior Brass Bands
$350 inc. GST
Open and Junior Concert Bands
$350 inc. GST
$55 inc. GST
Solo Sections
$33 inc. GST
Percussion Sections – for one
- for more than one per age group
$33 inc. GST
$55 inc. GST
SECTIONS OF COMPETITION
The Championships consist of the following
categories of competition:
Solo Sections (Open & Junior)
Ensemble Sections (Open & Junior)
On-Stage Music Championship (Open & Junior
Concert and Brass Band Grades)
Marching Championship (Compulsory for Open
Brass Bands & optional for all other entered
Bands) Competitors in Solo and On-Stage
Music Championship sections must perform the
test piece listed for their respective section.
Please note the maximum time limits where
indicated for Own Choice selections.
ON-STAGE MUSIC CHAMPIONSHIP
The On-Stage Music Championship for all Band
sections will consist of:
Hymn
Test Piece
Own Choice Selection
Stage March
The Band gaining the highest aggregate points
from each of the above sections will be the
Champion On-Stage band. Points for each
section will be awarded as follows:
Hymn: 50 points
Test: 200 points
Own Choice: 200 points
Stage March: 50 points
CONDITIONS OF CONTEST
1. All regulations of the National Band Council of
Australia shall apply throughout the Championships,
together with any rules or conditions submitted within
this Schedule.
2. All Band persons and Officials should make
themselves familiar with the Regulations of the NBCA
as published in the NBCA Year Book 2014. The
current Year Book may be obtained from the NBCA
website http://www.nbca.asn.au/ or from your State
Governing Body.
3. Scores: All Own Choice Music. Two (2) copies of
the score of Own Choice music to be submitted to the
Contest Administrator by the 6th March 2014. All
scores must be submitted with all bars numbered and
with no identifying marks of the band.
a. For Own Choice Selection, Quartet and Quintet a
full score is required.
b. For Hymn—a short score of at least two staves, with
cued entries to permit an effective adjudication, must
be supplied if a full score is not available.
The following maximum time limits apply to the
On Stage Championship:
Hymn: 6 minutes
Own Choice Selection:
Open A & B Grades: 23 mins
Open C & D Grades: 18 mins
Junior A Grade: 15 mins
Junior B Grade: 12 mins
Junior C Grade: 10 mins
The Hymn shall be a tune from a recognised
church hymnal or an arrangement based
thereon.
The Stage March shall be selected from the
NBCA list of prescribed marches, available on
the NBCA website.
PARADE
OF
BANDS
MARCHING
CHAMPIONSHIP
It is a condition of entry in the On-Stage
Championship for Open Brass Bands that they
participate in the Parade of Bands to promote
the Australian National Band Championships.
The Marching Championship will include the
Parade of Bands and Inspection. The Band in
each grade gaining the highest aggregate points
for Inspection, Drill and Music will be declared
the Champion Marching Band.
Points for this event will be awarded as follows:
Drill: 100 points
Music: 40 points
Inspection: 20 points
Change of Direction: 20 points.
c. For On-Stage March and Parade of Bands as a
minimum the Solo Cornet/Conductor part with cued
entries to permit an effective adjudication must be
supplied if a full score is not available Illegible or poor
copies of music will be returned to the entrant for
recopy and may jeopardize the competitor’s entry if
not received by the due date.
Photocopies of music/and or scores will not be
returned after the competition and will be destroyed by
contest officials. All competitors are advised to
acquaint themselves with current copyright laws and
regulations before submitting music.
4. Registrations: All Bands and bands persons
(including permits) must be duly registered with their
respective State Governing Body 42 days prior to the
Championships (6th March 2014). Overseas entrants
must lodge registrations with their National Band
Association by the same date.
5. Permits: Applications for permit players must be
received by the State Governing Body or the
appropriate National Association no later than 27th
March 2014.
PUBLISHER/DETAILS
A Grade
St Magnus
Kenneth Downie
Kantaramusik
B Grade
The Forest of Dean
Derek Bourgeois
R.Smith
C Grade
St Austell Suite
Kenneth Downie
Kantaramusik
D Grade
Stantonbury Festival
Ray Steadman-Allen
Winwood
JUNIOR BRASS BAND SECTIONS
A Grade
Heroic Overture
Kerry Thomas
Contact Composer via Nationals
Adminstrator
B Grade
A Malvern Suite
Philip Sparke
Studio Music
C Grade
4 Old Dances
Jan van der Roost
De Haske
A Grade
Elgar Variations
Martin Ellerby
Studio Music
B Grade
The Hornet’s Nest
Ralph Hultgren
Brolga Music
C Grade
Joyful Variations
Brian Beck
Alfred Publishing
D Grade
Sonatina for Band
Frank Erickson
Belwin
A Grade
Masada
Ralph Hultgren
Brolga Music
B Grade
Tanodd Y Castell
Brian Hogg
Brolga Music
C Grade
Metric
Robert Sheldon
Alfred Publishing
OPEN BRASS SOLO SECTION
Eb Soprano Cornet
Glorious Ventures
Peter Graham
Winwood
Bb Cornet
Pandora
E. Damare
Boosey and Hawkes
Flugel Horn
Rhapsody
AndreWaignein
De Haske
Bb Trumpet
Rustiques
Eugene Bozza
Leduc
Eb Tenor Horn
Tenor Toccata
Rodney Newton
Prima Vista
French Horn
Adagio and Allegro
Robert Schumann
G. Schirmer
Baritone
Escapology
Tom Davoren
Studio Music
Tenor Trombone
Rhapsody for Tenor Trombone and
Piano
Barry McKimm
AMC
Bass Trombone
Ballade for Bass Trombone
Eric Ewazen
Southern Music Company
Euphonium
Proverbially
Tom Davoren
Studio Music
High Tuba (EEb and
F)
Cappricio
Rodney Newton
Winwood Music
Low Tuba (BBb and
C)
Sonata for Bass Tuba
(Movement 3)
Paul Hindemith
Schott
JUNIOR BRASS SOLO SECTION
Eb Soprano Cornet
Silver Threads Amongst the Gold
William Rimmer
Wright & Round
Bb Cornet
Badinage
Eugene Bozza
Leduc
Flugel Horn
Reflections
Reginald Heath
Studio Music
Bb Trumpet
Andante and Allegro
Guy Ropartz
Solos for the Trumpet Player – G
Schirmer
Eb Tenor Horn
Sonata for Tenor Horn
(Movement 1)
Derek Bourgeois
Brass Wind
French Horn
Chant Lointain
Eugene Bozza
Leduc
Music for the Marching Championship is Own
Choice.
Baritone
Kim
Allan Street
Wright & Round
Tenor Trombone
Fantasy for Trombone
James Curnow
Winwood Music
The Parade of Band Venue: George and Adelaide
Street, Brisbane
Saturday 19 April 2014
Bass Trombone
Andante and Allegro
George Phillip Telemann;
arr. Chidester
Southern Music Company
Euphonium
Cloud Dancing
Dean McGain-Harding
Studio Music
High Tuba (EEb and
F)
Suite (Movement 1, 2 and 3)
Vaclav Nelhybel
General Music
Low Tuba (BBb and
C)
Air and Bouree
Johann Sebastian Bach;
arr. Bell
Carl Fischer
AVAILABILITY OF MUSIC
Required test music should be available from all
established music retailers.
ENTRIES AND ENTRY FEES
Entries for all sections close on Friday 6th
December 2013
Late entries will be accepted until 24th January
2014 and will incur an additional 50% fee.
Alternatively you can email these to:
admin2014@nationalbandchampionships.com.au
or post to:
“The Contest Administrator”
2014 Yamaha Australian National Band
Championships,
PO Box 8262,
Sunnybank QLD 4109
Bank Details:
Queensland Band Association Inc.
Westpac Bank
BSB: 034 002
Account No: 83-5031
6. A draw for playing order in all events will be made by
the organising committee as soon as possible after the
close of entries. Competitors will be advised of the full
draw as soon as practical.
7. An entrant in any Junior section must not have
reached the age of nineteen (19) years at the date of the
contest.
8. All entries for the 2014 Australian National Band
Championships shall be submitted on the official entry
form and all details on the form as requested shall be
completed.
9. Queensland Band Association Inc. reserves all radio,
television and video rights and the right to permit
commercial recordings of the contest.
10. Entrants in Solo and On Stage Music Championship
sections must perform the Test Piece listed in this
Schedule for their respective sections. Maximum time
limits apply in sections where music selected by the
competitor is to be performed.
National Band Council of Australia Incorporated
http://nbca.asn.au/
COMPOSER
OPEN BRASS BAND SECTIONS
JUNIOR CONCERT BAND SECTIONS
St Laurence’s College – South Brisbane
Quartet/Quintet Sections
TITLE
OPEN CONCERT BAND SECTIONS
Schedule of Events
ENTRY FEES FOR EACH SECTION
EVENT
OPEN PERCUSSION SOLO SECTION
Snare/Side Drum
Caixa March
Michael Skinner
Trinity Guildhall
Mallet Percussion
Amazing Grace
Arr. John Newton
Tapspace Publications
Timpani
Sonata for Timpani (Movement 2)
John Beck
Boston Music
Multi Percussion
20 Down for Percussion
Roy Burns and Sandy
Feldstein
Alfred Music
Snare/Side Drum
Tango
Michael Skinner and Jan
Faulkner
Trinity Guildhall
Mallet Percussion
La Mauresque
Thomas Vandevenne
Editions Francois Dhalmann
Timpani
Sonatina for 2 or 3 Timpani and Piano
(For 3 Timpani version Required)
(Movement 3 and 4)
Alesander Tcherepnin
Boosey & Hawkes
Multi Percussion
Caribbean Drummer
Roy Burns and Sandy
Feldstein
Alfred Music
JUNIOR PERCUSSION SOLO SECTION
OPEN CONCERT SOLO SECTION
Piccolo
Scherzino
Joachim Anderson
24 Short Concert Pieces – Rubank
Flute
First Sonata
Bohuslav Martinu
Associate Music
Oboe
Sonata in C Minor
GB Platti
McGinnis and Marx
Bb Clarinet
Sonatina
Malcolm Arnold
Lengnick
Bass Clarinet
Divertissement in Bb
Franz Josef Haydn
Concert and Contest Collection Rubank
Alto Saxophone
Scaramouche Suite (Movement 1 and 2)
Darius Milhaud
Salabert
Tenor Saxophone
Danses Fantastiques
Dimitri Shostakovich
Edition Musicus
Baritone Saxophone
Hoe Down
Lachlan Davidson
Reed Music
Bassoon
Piece
Gabriel Faure arr. Lowen
The Bassoonist Collection Book 1 Mayhew
String Bass
Carmen Fantasy
Frank Proto
Fischer
JUNIOR CONCERT SOLO SECTION
Piccolo
Andante in C K315
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Boosey & Hawkes
Flute
Sonata in F
Benedetto Marcello
Solos for the Flute (Fischer)
Oboe
Three Old French Dances (Movement 1)
Marin Marais
Emerson
Bb Clarinet
Romances (Movement 1 and 2)
Robert Schumann
Stainer & Bell
Bass Clarinet
Carnival of Venice
Traditional; Arr Walton
66 Great Tunes
Alto Saxophone
Polonaise d’Acciaccatura
Richard Percival
Teacher on Tap Book 3
Tenor Saxophone
Playera
Enrique Granados
Solos for the Tenor Sax – Schirmer
Baritone Saxophone
Badinerie
Johann Sebastian Bach arr.
Walton
66 Great Tunes
Bassoon
Larghetto and Gavotte from Sonata in C
George Frederick Handel
arr. Lowen
The Bassoonist Collection Book 1 Mayhew
String Bass
Little Concerto (Movement 1)
Gordon Jacob
Yorke