The University Brass Band Championships
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
UniBrass 2022
The 2022 Contest was hosted by the University of Sheffield and was held on Saturday 5th February at the Octagon Centre and the Drama Studio.
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:
Position
Points
Band (Conductor)
1
144
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (Matthew Ludford-King*, Alan Gifford*)
2
142
Salford (Adam Bokaris)
3
141
Huddersfield (Jonathan Beatty)
4
134
Chichester (Emma Button)
5
133
Sheffield (Jack Aitken)
6
130
Birmingham (Stuart Birnie)
7
125
Nottingham (Oliver Gordon*, Samuel Boobier)
8
122*
Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan (Ben Attfield*)
9
122
Warwick (Tom Stoneman)
10
115
Bristol (Sam Kail-Dyke*)
The Trophy section was adjudicated by Andrea Price and Chris King and was won by The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Bands with * next to points denotes where musicality points took precedent over entertainment points.
Conductors marked with * were student conductors
Other prizes were awarded by the adjudicators as follows
Category
Winner
Best Student Conductor
Annie Wilkins - Leeds
Best Solo/Feature
Royal Holloway - Kerensa Newcombe (Cornet) - Rusalka's Song to the Moon
Best March
York - Centaur
Best Percussion Section
Royal Holloway
Most Entertaining
Cambridge
The Shield section was adjudicated by Jayne Murrill and Jack Capstaffand was won by the University of Leeds.
Position
Points
Band (Conductor)
1
142
University of Leeds (Annie Wilkins*)
2
140
University of York (Brandon Fletcher*)
3
138
Durham University (Billy Crook*, Alexander Romanec*)
4
135
Royal Holloway University of London (Matteo Ressa*)
5
134
King's College London (Will Douglas*)
6
133
Southampton University
7
132
Lancaster University (Henry Lay*)
8
131
University of Cambridge (Josh de Gromoboy)
9
130
Cardiff University (Ianto Williams*)
10
129
University of Oxford (Reuben Tendler*)
11
127
Keele University (Katharine Slater)
Bands with * next to points denotes where musicality points took precedent over entertainment points.
Conductors marked with * were student conductors
Other prizes were awarded by the adjudicators as follows
Category
Winner
Best Solo/Feature
Royal Holloway - Kerensa Newcombe (Cornet) - Rusalka's Song to the Moon
Best March
York - Centaur
Most Entertaining
Cambridge
Best Student Conductor
Annie Wilkins - Leeds
Best Percussion Section
Royal Holloway
The following prizes were awarded across both sections:
Category
Winner
Best Student Composition or Arrangement
Impetus (Jude Radley) — Royal Birmingham Conservatoire