| Format: | Test Piece Contest |
|---|---|
| Test Piece: | Un Vie de Matelot (A Sailor's Life) 1975 |
| Adjudicators: | Alan Morrison , Andrea Price |
| Venue: | Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Birmingham |
Newly invited bands:
Lydbrook (Wychavon Festival of Brass)
Haydock (Fife Charities Band Association Contest)
Filton Concert Brass (Welsh Open Contest)
Sandhurst Silver (Rochdale Contest)
Sovereign Brass (invited to replace Enderby, who got promoted to the Senior Cup)
Brunel Brass (reinstated following Kingdom Brass' withdrawal)