Pillowell Silver Band

West of England Regional 2008 - Adjudication

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Test Piece: The Dark Side of the Moon (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)

Adjudicators: Peter Roberts and Rob Wiffen

Draw: 5 Position: 7 Points: 176

Peter Roberts

Atmospheric opening but not without intonation problems which carry on into the presto.  Untidy entries at C and beyond.  Well handled at E well done solo cornet but some untidy accomps.  Nicely layered dynamics at H.  I fine K fine.  M well done solo cornet, and with nice sound and sympathetic accomps, but not without intonation problems.  O o.k. but tuba insecure. P effective.  No octave at Bar 8.  Q all entries heard. R fine S fine, but intonation gets a bit wild toward atempo.  T same as opening statement.  U fine but needs more layered dynamics to create all effects.  Again at CC more effects needed.  You finish strongly.  Overall: Started reasonably well.  Why octave part at P+8?  Then did not convince of a picture of Dark Side of the Moon.  Thank You.

Rob Wiffen

Euph and bit heavy and lumpy and Bari Eb not in tune.  A - good mf layering.  B good tempo - trom tone could be much bigger C ensemble not good - D baris to loud. Unclear basses.  Solo cornet fine F/G horn good H snare drum a little too loud.  I - okay - accents letting - bass tone could be fatter.  J needs more bite K baritone not quite L not all intonation good (euph on f) M good cornet - not fully fluent but a good effort.  Accomps needs some blending O cornet detailed not bad - bass end out of tune and more sound needed for mf.  P flugel good but trombone in wrong place!  Solo horn not quite to A Q not secure but confident R settles.  Needs to be more precise.  S good - chording not good before T - euph okay - trom first note? U balance of mf varies need more attention - sop not quite to Eb V - Tempo well chosen X sounds well Y accents need more.  Z good AA careful 2nd trom BB good CC good molto rall needs defining.  A real mixture this - some good things but inconsistent throughout the band - good tempo chosen and more detail