Links for the live video if it doesn’t appear on the website (otherwise, the live stream is in the window above):

For Saturday:
https://youtube.com/live/1T61_8inuis?feature=share

For Sunday:
https://youtube.com/live/_PiOHsCuubY?feature=share

For the awards ceremony:
https://youtube.com/live/f30pxcMusCE?feature=share

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The National Brass Band Championship has been organized annually since 2004.

This major annual gathering is a wonderful opportunity for meetings, exchanges, and discoveries, bringing together several hundred musicians of all ages and backgrounds in a friendly and sharing atmosphere with the public. It allows orchestras from across France to come together and perform before a jury of international experts, while the public discovers young musicians and a musical genre born in the United Kingdom in the 19th century. Over two days, the Championship embodies the values promoted by the CMF: togetherness, mutual support, social diversity, and inclusion.

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2025

8:00 PM | Opening Concert
Soloist: Bastien Baumet, euphonium

1st part: Young Talents from the Brass Festival
100 brass students from schools and conservatories in the department will perform several pieces, including one with the guest soloist, Bastien Baumet.

2nd part: Bastien Baumet and the Vandoeuvre Harmony Orchestra

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2025

9:00 AM | Day 1 – National Brass Band Championship

Morning
4th Division – Full program

Afternoon
Honor Division – Set piece
2nd Division – Full program
Honor Division – Free program

8:30 PM | Gala Concert for the 20th Anniversary of the Championship

Concerts by Hauts-de-France Brass Band and Paris Brass Band

This anniversary edition’s gala concert will feature past winners: the Hauts-de-France Brass Band and the Paris Brass Band.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2025

8:30 AM | Day 2 – National Brass Band Championship

Morning
1st Division – 1st performance
3rd Division – Full program

Afternoon
1st Division – 2nd performance

6:00 PM | Closing Concert

Municipal Harmony Orchestra of Metz, accompanied by Lilian Meurin, euphonium soloist of the Hauts-de-France Brass Band, and Sophie Binet-Budelot, alto soloist of the Hauts-de-France Brass Band.

7:00 PM | Closing Ceremony

THE 17 COMPETING BRASS BANDS

Honor Division
Hauts-de-France Brass Band
Paris Brass Band

1st Division
Brassage Brass Band
Brass Band Du Hainaut
Brass Band De Champagne
Brass Band Accords
Brass Band Des Pays De La Loire
Brass Band Des Gones

2nd Division
Brass Band Musicalis Algrange

3rd Division
Brass Band Gouttes De Cuivre
Brass Band Lorient Bretagne Sud
Brass Band De La Gorgue

4th Division
Brass Band Sagona
Ch’Ti Brass
Brass Band Des Jeunes Mosellans
Brass Band Du Laonnois
Brass Band Brassaventure

LIST OF SET PIECES

Honor Division: As if a Voice were in them – Oliver Waespi (Edition Beriato Music)

1st Division: Out of the Storm Clouds – Jonathan Bates (Edition Kirklees Music)

2nd Division: In Flanders Fields – Roger Derongé (Edition Band Press)

3rd Division: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Philip Harper (Edition Philip Harper)

4th Division: Argos – Stephan Hodel (Lucerne Music Edition)