Midlands Area Brass Band Championships

Category: Contest

  • 2026 Grading Tables Confirmed

    The final 2026 grading tables have now been published. We did not receive any appeals, and so they are unchanged from the provisional tables emailed to the band secretaries after the contest.

  • Final Information To Bands

    Final Information To Bands: All the information you should need for the Contest is included here.

  • Provided Percussion

    The percussion we are providing for the contest is listed here. For the first section, the list of timpani should be 32”, 30”, 28” & 25”. (Not 2x 25”). A corrected list will be published later today.

  • Errata for the Second Section

    Errata have been issued for the second section test piece: this may be viewed here.

  • THREE HAWORTH IMPRESSIONS – STATEMENT & ERRATA

    Kapitol Promotions has published the official errata for the Regional Championships 2026 Section 3 set test-piece Three Haworth Impressions (Gordon Langford). This work was initially chosen by the Kapitol Promotions Music Panel as part of their wider focus to bring older music “back to life”. Panel members felt that Three Haworth Impressions was a perfect test for Section…

  • Errata for the First Section

    An erratum has been issued for the first section test piece: this may be viewed here.

  • Information For Bands

    Our Information for Bands page has been updated with further information about the contest, including the percussion layout form, rehearsal facilities and parking arrangements. The main change this year is in gaining admission to the hall, which will be for by wrist band only for both audience and players. Bands will be issued with wristbands…

  • 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea – Water Gong

    Our percussion provider, G. I. Percussion, has sent us this video of the water gong they are providing for the area contest. It is a 24” Wind Gong and has bungee ropes attached to a stand.

  • Change to Regional Adjudicators

    There has been a change to the adjudicators for the third section with Jack Capstaff replacing Andrea Price. The full list of adjudicators for this year’s Midlands regional contest is now:

  • Borrowed Players Form

    Borrowed Players (1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Section Bands only): if you intend to borrow players, please complete this form in full and return it to Lesley Bentley by the Friday one week before the contest (27th February for 1st, 3rd & 4th Section Bands and 6th March for 2nd Section Bands).