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Fantastic fourth

Tue, Apr 20, 2010

The Fountain City Brass Band under the directorship of Dr. Joseph Parisi, has made brass band history as the first band to win four consecutive North American Titles.

Fantastic fourth

The Fountain City Brass Band again made brass band history this past weekend in Raleigh, North Carolina, as they became the first band in the history of the North American Brass Band Championships to win four consecutive titles. Under the direction of Dr. Joseph Parisi the band's performances of Philip Sparke's "Variations on an Enigma" and Johan de Meij's "Extreme Makeover" thrilled the audience in the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts and garnered such praise from the panel of world-renowned adjudicators as "Outstanding....Incredible....Fabulous....Terrific....Stunning!"

The 30-piece Fountain City Brass Band will present an encore performance of both of these works, along with several others, as they bring their 2009-2010 concert season to a close with "Classic Brass," on Saturday, April 24, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. at MidAmerica Nazarene University's Bell Cultural Arts Center, located at 2030 E. College Way, in Olathe, KS. Tickets are: $20 for adults; $15 for seniors; $10 for MNU Faculty/Staff and $5 for students.

Tickets may be purchased by calling (913) 971-3636, by email at bellboxoffice@mnu.edu, or online at www.fcbb.net. Unsold tickets will be available for purchase at the Bell Center box office one hour before the program begins.

Results
Championship
1.Fountain City Brass Band (Parisi) - 290.4
2.James Madison Brass Band (Stees) - 284.6
3.Brass of the Potomac (Bulla) - 281.6
4.Chicago Brass Band (Holman) - 275.0
5.Atlantic Brass Band (Hannevik) - 274.2

1st Section
1.Central Ohio Brass Band (Sneeringer) - 189.2
2.Georgia Brass Band (Johnson) - 188.2
3.Massanutten Brass Band (Stees) - 188.0
4.New England Brass Band (Bulla) - 182.6
5.Princeton Brass Band (Allen) - 180.0
6.Triangle Brass Band (Granados) - 174.8
*NOTE: Only two adjudicators

2nd Section
1.Spires Brass Band (Slezak) - 279.4
2.Chesapeake Silver Cornet Band (Murray Jr.) - 274.4
3.Brass Band of the Tri-State (Clark) - 256.8

3rd Section
1.Oakland University Brass Band (Kroesche) - 276.2

Open Section
Participating Bands
Triangle Youth Brass Band (Granados)
Triangle Youth Brass Ensemble. (Rackley)

Solo and Ensemble Contest
High Brass Technical
1. Andrew Malovance, Chicago
2.Cyndi Salata, Illinois
3.Peter Pirotte, Fountain City (*after five point penalty)

Low Brass Technical
1. Brian Scott, Fountain City
2. Travis Anderson, New England
3. Grant Jameson, Central Ohio

High Brass Slow Melody
1.Matthew Vangjel, Fountain City
2.Lawrence Pennel, Rocky Mountain
3.David Mayo, Massanutten

Low Brass Slow Melody
1.W. Kermit Britt, Spires
2.William Berndt, Chicago
3. Helen Tyler, Fountain City


Top photo: Dr. Joseph Parisi

 

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