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UniBrass 2023

The 2023 Contest was hosted by the University of Warwick and was held on Saturday 11th February at the Warwick Arts Centre.


Total scores were calculated taking time penalties into account. In the event of a tie, musicality points were taken over entertainment points.


The full results are as follows:

The Trophy section was adjudicated by Phillip Harper and Sheona White and was won by The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

UniBrass Trophy Results table: 
Place 1: 133 Points - Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (Matthew Ludford-King*, Alan Gifford*)
Place 2: 133* Points - Chichester (Emma Button)
Place 3: 132 Points - Leeds & Leeds Conservatoire (Gethin Elis)
Place 4: 131 Points - Durham (Alex Romanec*)
Place 5: 131 Points - Bristol (Alex Hyde*)
Place 6: 127 Points - York (Becky Lund)
Place 7: 126 Points - Huddersfield (Jonathan Beatty)
Place 8: 122 Points - Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan (Ben Hill-Wilson*)
Place 10: 117 Points - Nottingham (Emily Shell* & Paul Emmett*)
Place 11: 114 Points - Birmingham (Stuart Birnie)

Bands with * next to points denotes where musicality points took precedent over entertainment points.


Conductors marked with * were student conductors


The University of Bristol were deducted 2 points as a time penalty.


Other prizes were awarded by the adjudicators as follows

UniBrass Trophy Prizes table: 
Best Solo/Feature: Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - Stephen Parker (Euphonium) - Atlantic Flyway
Best March: Chichester - The Liberty Bell
Most Entertaining: Bristol
Best Student Conductor: Becky Lund - York
Best Percussion Section: Leeds & Leeds Conservatoire
Audience Award: York

The Shield section was adjudicated by Helen Williams and Anri Adachi and was won by the Oxford University.

UniBrass Shield Results table: 
Place 1: 146 Points - Oxford University (Alice Knight*)
Place 2: 145 Points - University of Warwick (Tom Stoneman)
Place 3: 140 Points - Bangor & Liverpool Universities (Dominic Wearne*)
Place 4: 138 Points - Royal Holloway University of London (Cole Bryan* & Asia Bonuccelli*)
Place 5: 137 Points - King's College London (Alex Borland*)
Place 6: 134 Points - Cambridge University (Keelan Colechin*)
Place 7: 133 Points - Lancaster University (Edmund Matthews* & Sean Barlow*)
Place 8: 131 Points - Cardiff University (Ianto Williams* & Evie Ingles*)
Place 10: 126 Points - University of Bath (Aaron Jones*)
Place 11: 124 Points - Keele University (Ben Spindler*)

Bands with * next to points denotes where musicality points took precedent over entertainment points.


Conductors marked with * were student conductors

The University of Bath were deducted 2 points as a time penalty

Other prizes were awarded by the adjudicators as follows

UniBrass Shield Prizes table: 
Best Solo/Feature: Royal Holloway - Hannah Griffin (Flugel) - Concierto de Aranjuez
Best March: Warwick - Death or Glory
Most Entertaining: Oxford
Best Student Conductor: Alice Knight - Oxford
Best Percussion Section: Royal Holloway
Audience Award: Cardiff
UniBrass Prizes table: 
Best Student Composition or Arrangement: Undiscovered (Jude Radley) — Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Spirit of UniBrass: Hannah Griffin - Royal Holloway University of London

Other prizes were awarded across both sections as follows:

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