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The University Brass Band Championships of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UniBrass) is an annual event for university brass bands. Taking the form of a traditional entertainment contest, the aims of the contest are to encourage participation in brass bands at university level. It was originally established at Lancaster University in 2011, before moving to Warwick University in 2014. The 2017 contest will be held at the University of York = History =

2017 University of York
From February 2017 the annual contest will be held at the University of York

=Results=

2011
The inaugural contest took place on Saturday 19th February in the University of Lancaster's Great Hall with Richard Evans and Alan Fernie adjudicating the contest.

The first winners were Brass United, A combination of the University of Manchester and the Royal Northern College of Music.

The full results were as follows ; Awards were given out as follows;

Best Solo or Feature: Matthew White, Euphonium (Brass United)

Best March: University of Birmingham

Most Entertaining: Brass United

2012
The 2012 again took place in the University of Lancaster's Great Hall, with the University of Hull making their debuts.

2013
Again taking place in the University of Lancaster's Great Hall, the 2014 contest saw debuts from the universities of Warwick and Durham

2014
For 2014 the contest moved to the Warwick Art's Centre on the campus of the University of Warwick. The University of Sheffield made their first UniBrass appearance in 2014

2016
=Bands= The following bands have participated in the UniBrass Contests =References=