George Lloyd

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Commissioned for the finals of the Mineworkers’ National Brass Band contest 1986 held in the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.

George Lloyd wrote: “This piece is a set of variations. … a number of tunes grow out of the first bar, played by the Basses, which provides the motif for the whole work.”

 

Used as a contest test piece including:

1987: West of England Area (Championship Section)

1987: NSW State Championships (A Grade)

1989: Swiss National Championships (Excellence Section)

1993: Pontins (Championship Section)

1996: North American Championships (Honors Section)

1996: National Mineworkers (Championship Section)

1998: British Open

1999: Tasmanian Band Championships (A Grade Brass)

2002: West of England Bandsmen’s Festival (Class A)

2005: French Open (Elite Division)

2005: Durham League Contest (Section A)

2010: National Championship of Great Britain (First Section Final)

2013: English Nationals

2013: Dutch Nationals (First Division)

2014: Test piece at the Spring Festival Senior Cup.

2015: French National Brass Band Championship (Excellence Division)

2018: North American Championships (First Section)

2018: NIBA Championship of Ireland (Championship Brass)