Saturday 11th April 2026
Subscribe & Watch
Enjoy ConsTest 2026, plus many more Live Streams & On Demand Videos & Albums with a NXTOD Subscription.
Description
ConsTest Birmingham Open Brass Band Competition, Live from The Bradshaw Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire on Saturday 11th April 2026.
Adjudicators: Paul Holland & Stephanie Binns
Schedule
| Approx Timing | Band | Conductor |
| 10:00 | Wigston Band | Colin Jones |
| Lake of the Moon | Kevin Houben | |
| 10:25 | Syston Band | Alex Bland |
| Viking Age | Thierry Deleruyelle | |
| 10:50 | Wellington (Telford) Brass Band | David Nicholson |
| Variations on Laudate Dominum | Edward Gregson | |
| 11:15 | Arrow Valley | Alex Bland |
| Dark Side of the Moon | Paul Lovatt-Cooper | |
| 11:40 | Derwent Brass | Jack Capstan |
| Music of the Spheres | Philip Sparke | |
| 12:05 | Sovereign Brass | David Maplestone |
| Un Vie De Matelot | Robert Farnon | |
| 12:20 | BREAK | |
| 13:00 | Harborough Band | Ben Smith |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Phillip Harper | |
| 13:25 | Parc & Dare Band | Dewi Griffiths |
| Music of the Spheres | Philip Sparke | |
| 13:50 | Stamford Brass Band | Julian Bright |
| Purcell Variations | Kenneth Downie | |
| 14:15 | Towcester Studio Band | Ian Knapton |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Phillip Harper | |
| 14:40 | Croft Silver Band | Henry Dunger |
| Stantonbury Festival | Ray Steadman-Allen | |
| 15:05 | Bedworth Brass | Jonathan Mott |
| Vitae Aeternum | Paul Lovatt-Cooper | |
| 15:20 | BREAK | |
| 15:45 | Tewit Silver Band | Martin Hall |
| Elgar Variations | Martin Ellerby | |
| 16:10 | Oddfellows Brass | Sarah Fellowes |
| Renaissance | Peter Graham | |
| 16:35 | Jackfield Band | Ryan Richards |
| Spectrum | Gilbert Vinter | |
| 17:00 | Usk Brass Band | Jamie Jones |
| Five Blooms in a Welsh Garden | Gareth Wood | |
| 17:25 | University of Warwick Brass Band | Tom Stoneman |
| Corineus | Christopher Bond | |
| 17:50 | Carlton Brass | Matthew Ludford-King |
| 49th Parallel | Phillip Littlemore | |
| 18:15 | Contest Ends | |
| 18:45 | Results Ceremony |







Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.