Bugle Contest 2007 Adjudicators Comments
 
Senior Band
 

March - Celebration

A careful opening - semis measured. A nice touches. Sop comes over in style. Dynamic level is about right. B ff well placed, technically assured playing. Lint C is well executed. A fine style - nice touches. I can hear all the inner parts. D horn lead secure - euph counter melody just nice - troms just add the required support. E - semis well measured. Lovely touches to F. This playing has style and a secure rhythm throughout.

I appreciated the control and musicality. Everything nicely in place and technically secure from the very first bar.

Thank you.

Test Piece - Le Carnival Romain

A bright opening - horn and trom links just right. Andante, the music has the desired flow. Lovely Euph sound. Horns come over nicely. Cornet / Euph work nicely - the link is so controlled. D Bravo Sop. Demi semis don't get in the way of the melody. E a difficult moment nicely overcome. Euph is superb. Shape to F technically in place. Allegro - a cracking tempo. Technically this is coming off with style. H Great sound. J I can hear all the inner sounds. K fine tutti. M links are nicely shaped. Q fine sound - horns support. R rhythm is nicely played. T superb Sop (again). U great tutti sound. W careful troms in unison. X lovely dynamics. This ending is so exciting. Final bars are so controlled.

A very musical performance. Great Eup and Soprano work
Fine band sound well directed

So sorry about the plane and downpour of rain but it didn't in any shape or form put me off listening to the fine performance. BRAVO!

Thank you

Dennis Wilby

Thanks to Derek Thomas for typing up the senior band remarks.
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Youth Band
 
Test Piece - Music for a Festival

A bright opening - fine troms. A nice horn lead - careful tuning? B just a little loose in ensemble. C not just balanced. D fine sound. E still just a shade untidy in rhythm. F Balance? Horn sound a shade forced. G dynamics nicely observed. Euph secure, cornet likewise. H Cornet balance? Just a few uneasy moments, but you capture the mood of this opening movement. Tuning to end?

Andantino euph could use p <mp > more. The ending was nicely shaped. Larghetto careful cornets intonation - the music has a lovely shape. Meno mosso - euph secure, ends well. Cornet lovely sound - accomp just right demis are well measured. K Flug/horns rather hard in sound. Fanfare (cornets) is well measured. The ending - lovely level. L quartet not just balanced but the music has the desired flow. Controlled ending.

Vivo. This was an impressive opening (percussion) You get around the rhythm with real style and an assured technical skill. R links nicely. Cantabile lovely horn sound - flugel entry a shade heavy - it must match. T careful horns don't "push" the rhythm. Balance and sound is just fine. V tutti comes off with real panache. The ending had a dynamic sound and style.

This was a technically assured performance. Just had one or two moments of rhythmic uncertainty. Soloists came over with style.

A fine performance.
BRAVO!!

Thank you

Dennis Wilby

Thanks to Michaela Hammett for typing up the youth band remarks.
 
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