Team Brassbanned will be live all weekend from the 2023 NSW Band Championships! We are excited to hear all the bands – and thrilled to see such a large number of concert bands coming along. We will be live from two halls simultaneously. This page will present ‘Hall 1’ – which will have all of the concert bands. Hall 2 (on a different page) will have all the brass bands, and a few concert bands as well.
Schedules will be released on the morning of the contest, but here is the general timetable for Hall 1 over the weekend.
| Sunday | ||
| Concert Hall | ||
| Junior B Concert | Morning Session Start Time: 9.00am | |
| Draw | Band | Music |
| 1 | Arden Symphonic Wind Ensemble – John Buckley | Hymn – Wayfaring Stranger – Christopher M. Nelson |
| Test – Art in the Park – Robert Sheldon | ||
| Own Choice – Bulgarian Dances – Franco Cesarini | ||
| 2 | Northholm Grammar School Symphonic Wind Ensemble – Dr Luis Madrid | Hymn – On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss – David R. Holsinger |
| Test – To The Summit! (Strive for the Highest) – Robert W Smith | ||
| Own Choice – The Witch and the Saint – Steven Reineke | ||
| 3 | Scots All Saints College – Bathurst – Elizabeth Sargeant | Hymn – Redemption – Rossano Galante |
| Test – To The Summit! (Strive for the Highest) – Robert W Smith | ||
| Own Choice – Four: On a Remix of Beethoven – Randall D Standridge | ||
| Junior C Concert | Not to start before 11.30am | |
| 1 | Northholm Grammar School Concert Band – Dr Luis Madrid | Hymn – Air for Band – Frank Erickson |
| Test – Schaefer’s Old Time Dances – Tim Ferrier | ||
| Own Choice – Nathan Hale Trilogy – James Curnow | ||
| 2 | Monte Sant’ Angelo Wind Ensemble – Catherine Walmsley | Hymn – Hymn for a Child – James Swearingen |
| Test – The Butterfly (Roars) – Claire Petherick | ||
| Own Choice – Equlilbrium – Michael Oare | ||
| 3 | Northern Sydney Youth Orchestra Winds – Tim Ferrier | Hymn – On Joyful Wing arr Michael Sweeney |
| Test – Oracles of the Sirocco – Robert Sheldon | ||
| Own Choice – Seagate Overture – James Swearingen | ||
| 4 | St Ives High School Concert Band 1 – Mitchell Togher | Hymn – On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss – David R. Holsinger |
| Test – Eiger – A Journey to the Summit – James Swearingen | ||
| Own Choice – Oregon – Jacob de Haan | ||
| 5 | Wollongong Conservatorium of Music Symphonic Band – David Rooney | Hymn – Chant des Marais – Rudi Goguel arr Michel Nowak |
| Test – Into The Clouds! – Richard Saucedo | ||
| Own Choice – Uprising – Matthew Bellamy arr Steve Hodges | ||
| 6 | Knox Grammar School Concert Band – Geoff Power | Hymn – On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason – arr. David Holsinger |
| Test – Sea Songs – Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Robert Longfield | ||
| Own Choice – Tournament – Stephen Bulla | ||
| Junior D Concert | Not to start before 3.30pm | |
| 1 | Monte Sant’ Angelo Concert Band – Catherine Walmsley | Hymn – A Childhood Hymn – David R. Holsinger |
| Test – Sci-Fi – Tim Ferrier | ||
| Own Choice – Operation Invictus – Amy Webb | ||
| 2 | Knox Grammar School Year 7 Wind Band – James Brice OAM | Hymn – Down By The Sally Gardens – arr. Michael Sweeney |
| Test – Sci-Fi – Tim Ferrier | ||
| Own Choice 1 – Sparks – Brian Balmages | ||
| Own Choice 2 – Blue Ridge Reel – Brian Balmages | ||
| 3 | Arden Secondary Concert Band – John Buckley | Hymn – Swing Low Sweet Chariot – Steve Rouse |
| Test – First Suite in Eb – Gustav Holst | ||
| Own Choice – Declaration Overture – Claude T Smith | ||
| 4 | Jasper Road Public School Performing Band | withdrawn |
| 5 | Greater Western Sydney Public School Concert Band – Richard Sandham | Hymn – Ancient Flower – Yukiko Nishimura |
| Test – Letter From Sado – Jodie Blackshaw | ||
| Own Choice – From the Highest Peak – Robert Buckley | ||
| 6 | Brigidine College Junior Concert Band – Charlie Lovelock | Hymn – Bring to Light – Tyler Arcari |
| Test – Pevensey Castle – Robert Sheldon | ||
| Own Choice – Highlights from the Broadway Musical Annie – Charles Strouse, arr. Johnnie Vinson | ||
| Junior A Concert | Immediately to follow Junior D Concert | |
| 1 | Knox Grammar School Symphonic Wind Ensemble – James Brice | Hymn – Chorale Prelude: Abide with Me – William Henry Monk, arr. Fred J. Allen |
| Test – Crown of Thorns – Julie Giroux | ||
| Own Choice – Puszta – Jan Van der Roost |
