Radio2 Young Brass Solo Competition

[big_benthomson]

I dont know what anybody knows about the contest, but these are the semi-finalists. Looked quite interesting and i hope they keep it running for next year. Any predictions for the next round....?

competitors:
Laura Hirst - Dobcross (cornet/trumpet)
Richard Kidd - Bon Accord (euph)
Andy King - Royal Scottish Academy of Music (trombone)
Katrina Marzella - Whitburn (baritone)
Tom Osbourne - Royal Northern (cornet/trumpet)
Arfon Owen - Black Dyke (tenor horn)
Matt Palmer - Freckleton (cornet/trumpet)
Danny Powell - Wigston Band + NYBBGB (tenor horn)

(as stolen from 4barsrest)

[shedophone]

Andy King will probably get through...

[Fridge]

I think Alex King has a good chance of winning, and Katrina M (baritone) is a very fine player, dont know a huge amount about the rest though

[Aidan]

I dont know what anybody knows about the contest, but these are the semi-finalists. Looked quite interesting and i hope they keep it running for next year. Any predictions for the next round....?

competitors:
Laura Hirst - Dobcross (cornet/trumpet)
Richard Kidd - Bon Accord (euph)
Andy King - Royal Scottish Academy of Music (trombone)
Katrina Marzella - Whitburn (baritone)
Tom Osbourne - Royal Northern (cornet/trumpet)
Arfon Owen - Black Dyke (tenor horn)
Matt Palmer - Freckleton (cornet/trumpet)
Danny Powell - Wigston Band + NYBBGB (tenor horn)

(as stolen from 4barsrest)

I know all of them well with the exception of Richard Kidd...
How many go through?
In no particular order my top 4 to go through would be Andy King, Tom Osbourne, Arfon Owen and Matt Palmer.
All *beep-hot* players though

[Aidan]

I think Alex King has a good chance of winning, and Katrina M (baritone) is a very fine player, dont know a huge amount about the rest though

fridge :) is that alex???
are you confusing your own name with andy's ;)

[wewizrobbed]

hey Aidan,

Richard Kidd is principal euph at NYBBS. Classy wee player!! His solo in resurgam this year was just bootiful!

Best of luck to him, hope he gets through.

[Aidan]

okey dokey :)
settin off for sunny wee glasgae soon!!! mebbe see you tonight. failing that, in the bon tomorrow!!

[Moy]

Richard is a young star in the making.
Think if I am being honest, if I had to put money on who would win, my money would have to go on Andrew King. Heard him play up in Livingston(I think) and have also heard play in Stoneyhaven in Jamesies house and he is awesome.
They are all excellent players and all will go far.

[stopher]

Will put a fiver on Arfon as he's from the band that I conduct and his Mum lives round the corner to me.

He'd better turn up carrolling for us now at Christmas!!! :D

PS

Hope that isn't the kiss of death for you mate btw!

[VenusTromster]

Good Luck to them all but i would put my money on Andrew King.

[big_benthomson]

Im thinking Andy King or Tom Osbourne, but yeah, good luck to all :)

[Seedhouse]

When's the semi final?

[SoloBaritone]

Good luck to lovely Laura!!!

Jayne

[jamie the euph]

On a name bassis i would have to say andy king but at nybgb tom osborne beat andy in th solo finals so i dont know good luck to all of you!may the best player win lol

[lynchie]

Just out of interest, is there any difference between this competition and the brass section of Young Musician of the Year?

[big_benthomson]

yeah, this is for brass only (mainly banders at that) and is run by Radio 2 for their band shows

[lynchie]

do you play with a band accompaniment then instead of a piano?

I'm just asking, because they got rid of a perfectly good youth band competition and replaced with something that seems to me to be basically the same as YMotY... which bugs me slightly as it gives me the impression they're trying to invest even less in banding at the beeb!

[Darth_Tuba]

The accomp. is supplied by Fodens and Dyke if I'm not mistaken. In all honesty I am more likely to tune in to listen to these than the youth band comp.

[lynchie]

ah right, that's ok then... so definitely a band thing! Which is good! :D

[Aidan]

do you play with a band accompaniment then instead of a piano?

I'm just asking, because they got rid of a perfectly good youth band competition and replaced with something that seems to me to be basically the same as YMotY... which bugs me slightly as it gives me the impression they're trying to invest even less in banding at the beeb!

Yes.. fodens in the semi finals... with a live audience, held in bbc studio 7 manchester.. on the same weekend as the rncm festival of brass.. just 5 minutes down the road. and the final is held at the rncm on the 14th feb with dyke.

Which music competition has been got rid of?
The BBC Young Musician is generally of a higher standard. (not discrediting any of the semi-finalists!!! but it's true) this could be due to the fact that the radio 2 comp wasn't advertised very well at all!!! im sure this will be rectified for next year though. If it gets a repetition.

[Moy]

Richard is a young star in the making.
Think if I am being honest, if I had to put money on who would win, my money would have to go on Andrew King. Heard him play up in Livingston(I think) and have also heard play in Stoneyhaven in Jamesies house and he is awesome.
They are all excellent players and all will go far.

Well guys I did say watch this space.
Richard is through to the last 4 now.........remember that name RICHARD KIDD.
3 OUT OF 4 OF THE FINALISTS BASED HERE IN SCOTLAND :wink:

[Aidan]

have the finalists been released yet then?
tsk tsk... should be tomorrow :P
i take it its andy, tom, richard and katrina then.

[tonetastic]

hey, you got it right nadia :lol:
well done to all of them, esp Katrina and Richard :D
Good Luck for the finals

[twm_trombone]

Who were the four in each semi-final?

[Moy]

Good news eh?
Richard from Aberdeen plays in Bon Accord Band, Katrina plays in Whitburn Band and Andy King is studying at the RSAM in Glasgow.
Not too sure about Tom though. Sure someone will inform me here.

[Aidan]

he's a 3rd year at the RNCM :)
it wasn't two semi finals as such.. just 4 from the 8 went through
should be a great final on the 14th!
So its 2 jocks and 2 poms for the final :)

[Kilted-Cornet]

Congratulations to all the finalists, especially Richard!! Bon-Accord are proud of you. Good luck for the final! :D

[Seedhouse]

What are each of the finalist's respected instruments?

[Aidan]

andy king, trom
tom ozbourne, trumpet
katrina marzella, baritone
richard kidd, euphononenium

[jambo]

Both Tom Osbourne and Andy King are already class acts on thier respective instruments, i'm afraid I dont know the rest of them but hopefully Tom will come through fighting the cornet corner, no byas of course. However, good luck to all

[Lauradoll]

Katrina is the girl!!!! Sat by her at NYBBS a few years ago, mad lass, classy player!!! Awrite Mucker!!!

[Pla]

:D :D :D
Indeed well done to all the finalists- and semi-finalists of course. I've heard much about all the finalists and I'm sure it will be an awesome final on the 14th with Dyke- can't wait- defintely worth the long drive from Aberdeen for this. (Bet u cant guess who i'm rootin for!) :wink:

[Steve Marcus]

Harrumph! No Eb or BBb Bass players among the semi-finalists!

How many tuba players entered the competition?

Maybe next year...

[Aidan]

Katrina is the girl!!!! Sat by her at NYBBS a few years ago, mad lass, classy player!!! Awrite Mucker!!!
aye.. kat powah :D

tom was/is a beep hot cornet player too.. played rep for faireys when he was 14, and had to quit because of his gcse's.

Ben was going to enter on Eb, but suffered from chronic cba at the last minute

[Moy]

Aidan...notebook or idea? :lol:

[big_benthomson]

i didnt have cba (much)
i just totally forgot about it and when i finally remembered, it was already a week late for entering.
next year definitely though if its still running (probably)

btw, im through to the 2nd round (brass final) of the Liverpool Young musician of the year. there's me, tom osbourne and a french horn girl who i don't know of. cant remember her name either (really helpful)

[tonetastic]

Anybody know any results from today?

[wewizrobbed]

hey kirstyn :D

katrina won!!

just off the phone to graham

luce

[tonetastic]

Excellent, well done Katrina!
Wish I could have been there, want to hear a recording to the star performance! ;)
Well done again - come on the tones! :D
So see you in April now!!!

[shedophone]

Katrina won, just got back. was a great concert, Dyke were on form and the soloists were good.
It wasnt the result i'd have chosen but she did play really nicely so well done!

[Kerwintootle]

Well done Katrina.

Star lass. Wow, you'll be yo-yoing back from bonny Scotland to Oz for the next couple of months.

Well done, sweety and hopefully see you in Sydney in two weeks.

Alex

[Aidan]

concert was fab. Everyone played really really well. Great standard. Andy and Kat stood a way apart for me. Really close to call, I think if Andy had played a less "orchestral" piece he might have pipped the katmeister as everyone else played more of an "easy listening" programme. Was a really good night, despite loads of scratches from that bush (cheers pannel)

[Lauradoll]

Well done Krazy Kat!!! Must be my good infuluence at NYBBS :shock: :shock: :shock:

[Seedhouse]

Well done to all the players in the comp, hopefully if it's happening again next year i'll enter myself if I can find the details in time! :? :evil:
Anyone know the full results?

[Moy]

Well done to all the players in the comp, hopefully if it's happening again next year i'll enter myself if I can find the details in time! :? :evil:
Anyone know the full results?
Usually you just get a winner in these kind of competitions.
Anyway well done to all the finalists you are all stars. :wink:

[big_benthomson]

btw, im through to the 2nd round (brass final) of the Liverpool Young musician of the year. there's me, tom osbourne and a french horn girl who i don't know of. cant remember her name either (really helpful)

tom osbourne won this, and it was steph jones on french horn (both 3rd year students from RNCM). tom the lucky £*%$er (individual) gets to do a concerto with the Liverpool Philharmonic now tho :roll: wot can u do...?

well done to Katrina and every1 else who had a go, i mite cu next yr in the 1st round :? cos i wont be goin any further

[jambo]

Well done Krazy Kat!!! Must be my good infuluence at NYBBS :shock: :shock: :shock:

Hmmmm good influence? Who wants Newc'y?

Well done Katrina!

:lol:

[Lauradoll]

Well done Krazy Kat!!! Must be my good infuluence at NYBBS :shock: :shock: :shock:

Hmmmm good influence? Who wants Newc'y?

Well done Katrina!

:lol:

Notty Jimmy.

[shedophone]

is it a girl called liz on french horn?

[shedophone]

oops sorry i cant read.
Useless.

I'd enter all these competitions, but i play the wrong instrument.

[grandfilth]

concert was fab. Everyone played really really well. Great standard. Andy and Kat stood a way apart for me. Really close to call, I think if Andy had played a less "orchestral" piece he might have pipped the katmeister as everyone else played more of an "easy listening" programme. Was a really good night, despite loads of scratches from that bush (cheers pannel)

Thats ok i'm sure i'm worse off, i have scratches all down my back and arms, its not pretty!!mind u it was my own fault!!Can i apologise to anyone who happened to be in scubar on saturday as i was a bit wasted!

[lynchie]

oops sorry i cant read.
Useless.

I'd enter all these competitions, but i play the wrong instrument.

young musician of the year do percs... i remember seeing some seriously nuts percussionists in the semis last year!

[shedophone]

Yeah, i know, you'll see me doing mad things in this years YMoTY percussion final when it comes out on the telly... :wink:

[Aidan]

ello andrea :) just realised its you :D

[shedophone]

hello there. :)

[twigglet]

Listened to it on radio 2 'online' and there was some brilliant playing, well done to Katrina !