Adjudicators’ Experience Day at Cheltenham
The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) and Kapitol Promotions are pleased to announce the four participants who have been selected to take part in the jointly promoted Adjudicators’ Experience Day on Saturday 14th September at the Section 1-4 National Finals at Cheltenham.
Melissa Brown, Joe Galuszka, Jen McCausland and Andy Wareham will join mentors Nicholas Garman and Martin Heartfield, taking part in a workshop covering score preparation, the PAC (Performance Assessment Criteria) code, contest paperwork and how an adjudicator prepares for a contest. Additionally to this, the participants will do their own adjudications for the first half of the Section 1 contest, meeting one of the official adjudicators and partaking in a de-brief Q&A session.
Melissa Brown is a trombone graduate of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance with professional orchestral experience including the Aurelian Ensemble, Anglo Indian Music Productions Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Orchestra Vitae. Joining Melissa will be Joe Galuszka; a Masters graduate of Bristol University where he studied Composition of Music for Film and Television. Joe is a tutor, support staff member and arranger for the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain and has played percussion for Flowers Band.
Alongside both Melissa and Joe will be Jen McCausland - a tuba graduate of Birmingham Conservatoire and current Principal Tuba of GUS Band; a position she’s held for six years. Prior to this, she was Principal Tuba with Reg Vardy Band for seven years. Finally, Andy Wareham will complete the quartet; a former Young Composer in Residence with Black Dyke Band where he worked closely with Philip Wilby and graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama where he studied brass band conducting.
In addition to the Adjudicators’ Experience Day on Saturday 14th September, the following day will see AoBBA Trainee Members Dr. Joel Collier, Chris Shanks, Tommy Tynan and Will Wilkins take part in a shadow adjudication with mentors Martin Heartfield & Christopher Bond as part of the Trainee Scheme across both Sections 4 & 2.
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