4BR downunder | articles 2007

Previews and retrospectives, articles and features. Full and in depth comment on the world of brass bands for 2007, tailored for our downunder audience.

20-Dec-2007
Fortress Youth Brass - End of Year Celebrations
Sixteen year old flugel player, Ben Craig-Wadham, writes for 4BRDU about the Fortress Youth Brass.

29-Nov-2007
New South Wales Battle of the Bands - Retrospective
St Mary's Band Club Sunday 25 November 2008 Adjudicator: Matthew Van Emerik

14-Nov-2007
2007 Western Australian Festival of Brass - Retrospective
Saturday 10 November Hosted by Canning City Brass Band Adjudicator: Mr Greg Aitken

8-Nov-2007
2007 US Open Brass Band Championships - Runner and Riders
4BR's Pat Herak looks at the eight runners and riders for this years event at Arlington Heights.

22-Oct-2007
Happy and Glorious III - Sutherland Shire Brass
Musical Director: Warwick Tyrrell Sunday 21 October Sutherland Entertainment Centre

18-Oct-2007
Reflections 2007 - Gunnedah Shire Senior Band Tour and CD recording
Bruce Myers writes about the tour and CD recording of the Gunnedah Shire Senior Band and its Musical Director, Jason Katsikaris, which took place in July of this year.

12-Oct-2007
2007 South Australian Band Championships - Post-party report
Sarah Mears reports for 4BRDU on the 150th birthday celebrations of the Tanunda Town Band.

12-Oct-2007
2007 South Australian Band Championships - Retrospective
6 October 2007 Tanunda Adjudicators: Selwyn Holmes A & B Grade Dr Kevin Cameron C, D & Junior Grade

9-Oct-2007
2007 South Australian Band Championships - Photo Gallery
Tanunda celebrates is 150th birthday in conjunction with the South Australian Band Championships, Saturday 6 October.

7-Oct-2007
Advert - Too Accessible - CD Release from Fendall Hill
Sergio Marshall talks to Waitakere Brass soprano cornet player, Fendall Hill, the current Australian and New Zealand champion soloist, who has produced a CD entitled 'Too Accessible', which has just been included in the 4BR list of CDs for sale.

29-Sep-2007
New Zealand National Band 2007 - On the Road
Ross Gerritsen, as soon as he was released from hospital, has put together a blog style article of the 2007 National Band of NZ on tour.

15-Sep-2007
Advert - Rex Richardson
Rex Richardson, one of the worlds leading cross-over trumpeters, is forming strong bonds with the brass band genre. 4BRDU profiles this generous, talented performer.

4-Sep-2007
2007 New South Wales Brass Band Championships - Retrospective: Junior Grades
26 August Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Adjudicator: Doug Trottman OAM

31-Aug-2007
2007 New South Wales Brass Band Championships - Retrospective: D Grade
26 August Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Adjudicator: Doug Trottman OAM Test: Procession, Hymn and Circus Theme, Graham Howard

30-Aug-2007
2007 New South Wales Brass Band Championships - Retrospective: C Grade
25 August 2007 Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Adjudicator: Doug Trottman OAM Test: Leadsman, a Lady and a Lord, David Stanhope

27-Aug-2007
2007 New South Wales Brass Band Championships - Retrospective: B Grade
26 August 2007 Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Adjudicator: Doug Trottman OAM

28-Aug-2007
2007 New South Wales Brass Band Championships - Retrospective: A Grade
Saturday 25 August Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Adjudicator: Doug Trottman OAM

23-Aug-2007
2007 New South Wales Brass Band Championships - Preview: Junior Grades
Sunday 26 August approx. 9.00am Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre

23-Aug-2007
2007 New South Wales Brass Band Championships - Preview: D Grade
Sunday 26 August approx. 11am Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith

23-Aug-2007
2007 New South Wales Brass Band Championships - Preview: C Grade
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Saturday 25 August approx. 12noon

23-Aug-2007
2007 New South Wales Brass Band Championships - Preview: B Grade
Sunday 26 August approx. 3.45pm Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith

23-Aug-2007
2007 New South Wales Brass Band Championships - Preview: A Grade
Saturday 25 August approx. 3pm Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith

23-Aug-2007
2007 New South Wales Brass Band Championships - Preview: Intro and Adjudicator
25 & 26 August 2007 Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, High Street, Penrith,

19-Aug-2007
2007 Victorian State Band Championships - Retrospectives
11 & 12 August Wendouree Centre for the Performing Arts Ballarat

8-Aug-2007
2007 Victorian State Band Championships - Preview
VBL Victorian State Band Championships 11-12 August, 2007 Wendouree Centre of the Performing Arts, Ballarat

29-Jul-2007
Tribute - Ken Gilbert
Jamie Ford, an ex-member of Dalewool Auckland Brass and close friend of Ken Gilbert pays tribute to the late, great Ken Gilbert.

15-Jul-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - Postcard from Takapuna
New Zealand has so much to offer that it comes as little suprise that brass bands are finding it hard to carve a niche market for themselves here. Despite that though the future looks bright as long as they can get some money pumped into the championships

15-Jul-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - Retrospective: Band of the Year
With a chance to really show what brass band entertainment was all about in these parts, the four bands produced a bit of a yawn fest...

15-Jul-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - Retrospective: Champion of Champions Final
13 of the best solo players battled it out to claim the top prize on the Thursday night with a quite remarkable Bb tuba player becoming Champion of Champions.

15-Jul-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - Retrospective: A Grade Own Choice
It was still all to play for on the Saturday as the bands prepared to showcase their talents with their own choice selections.

18-Jul-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - Retrospective: A Grade set work/sacred item
Something ever so slightly strange tested the bands here this year as the set work - and for some it even rubbed off on their sacred item selections too...

17-Jul-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - Retrospective: B Grade
John McCabes Salamander proved to be a tricky little beast for the B Grade bands to get to grips with, but the own choice selections proved that the overall standard here was encouraging to say the least.

11-Jul-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - Retrospective: C Grade
In the absence of last years C Grade winner, Tauranga City Silver, there was interest to see who would become the new C Grade Champions. Although the scores were close, Eastern Bay of Plenty Brass were winners in all three sections.

17-Jul-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - Retrospective: D Grade
Last years winners, Roxburgh Pioneer Generation Brass had to settle for second place as the consistency of the rebuilt Papukura City Brass emerged victorious.

17-Jul-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - Retrospective: Youth Grade
The freshness and enthusiasm from the future of our movement was obvious at this years Youth Band Competition.

2-Jul-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - Preview: A Grade
Friday 6 July 4.30pm - Test and Sacred Item Saturday 7 July 5.00pm - Own Choice Bruce Mason Centre Adjudicator: Nigel Boddice Test: Concerto #1 for Brass Band, Derek Bourgeois

3-Jul-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - Preview: B Grade
Test & Sacred Item, Friday 6 July 9.30am Own Choice, Saturday 7 July 11.30am Bruce Mason Centre Auditorium Adjudicator: Nigel Boddice Test: Salamander, John McCabe

15-Jul-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - Preview: C Grade
Friday 6 July, 5.30pm, Test and Sacred Item Saturday, 7 July, 11.30pm, Rosmini College Auditorium

29-Jun-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - Preview: D Grade
Friday 6 July, 10am Rosmini College Auditorium Adjudicator: David Gallaher Music: Own Choice Test, Sacred Item and Stage March

29-Jun-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - Preview: Youth Grade
Friday 6 July, 2.30pm Adjudicator: David Gallaher Music: Own Choice Test, Hymn and Stage March with Optional Compere Venue: Rosmini College Auditorium

26-Jun-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - Introduction and Schedule
The 127th New Zealand Brass Band Championships Champion Brass on the Shore Bruce Mason Centre, Cnr Killarney St and The Promenade, Takapuna, North Shore, Auckland 4-8 July 2007

24-Jun-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - The Adjudicators
Nigel Boddice from Scotland is this years Chief Adjudicator. He will be ably assisted by New Zealander David Gallaher.

30-Jun-2007
2007 New Zealand Brass Band Championships - The Test Selections
An excellent line-up of test music throughout all grades will be heard this year

15-Jun-2007
East Coast Band Championships - Retrospective
East Coast of Australia Band Championships and "Festival of the Bands" 10 June 2007 Newcastle City Hall will be remembered as the year this competition was held under some of the most trying circumstances ever for banding in this region.

29-Apr-2007
Waitakere Australian Tour - Easter 2007
Waitakere certainly turned a few heads in its recent visit to Australia. Steven Booth reports..

25-Apr-2007
2007 Australian National Band Championships - A Pommie Perspective
Expectations??..I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I stepped off the plane and straight into a 5 hour rehearsal, but, I was pleasantly surprised.

19-Apr-2007
2007 Australian National Band Championships - Brassfeast Bowling
After the hectic weekend that is the Nationals, a small but enthusiastic group ventured out to the AMF Northcote Bowl for an afternoon of fun and competition!

17-Apr-2007
2007 Australian National Band Championships - Retrospective: A - D Grade
A brief review of the A to D Grade sections, with plenty of photos.

10-Apr-2007
2007 Australian National Band Championships - Report: C Grade Own Choice and Stage March
A report on the performances of bands in the C Grade Own Choice and March.

7-Apr-2007
2007 Australian National Band Championships - Report: C Grade Hymn and Test
A report covering the Saturday performances of the Hymn and Test Selection

7-Apr-2007
2007 Australian National Band Championships - Report: A Grade Hymn and Test
A report covering the Saturday performances of the A Grade Hymn and Test.

7-Apr-2007
2007 Australian National Band Championships - Report: B Grade Hymn and Test
A report from Saturday's performancs of the B Grade Hymn and Test.

5-Apr-2007
2007 Australian National Band Championships - Report: Open Champion of Champions
Kew Band Melbourne claimed both the Junior and Open Champion of Champions titles at tonights events. Don Callaghan was on the spot reporting for 4BRDU.

2-Apr-2007
2007 Australian National Band Championships - The Adjudicators
Profiles for the Chief Brass Adjudicator as well as the brass adjudicators for other events.

4-Apr-2007
2007 Australian National Band Championships - Preview: A Grade
The major section of these Championships - in more ways than one! Chief Adjudicator, Ken MacDonald will have an enormous task over the two days listening to 32 A Grade performances.

2-Apr-2007
2007 Australian National Band Championships - Preview: B Grade
Some regradings last year has taken its toll on the number of entrants in this grade this year - still expecting some strong performances though.

1-Apr-2007
2007 Australian National Band Championships - Test Music
Shows the synopsis' and composers notes for the test selections as well as the alphabetical listing of the own choice test selections for each grade.

2-Apr-2007
2007 Australian National Band Championships - Preview: C Grade
The C Grade is sure to be one of the most closely contested sections of the Championships.

2-Apr-2007
2007 Australian National Band Championships - Preview: D Grade
Congratualations to Victoria for such a fabulous field in D Grade.

2-Apr-2007
2007 Australian National Band Championships - Preview: Junior Grades
A small line up of bands this year - plenty of quality though.

9-Mar-2007
Profile: Phillipa Edwards - Musical Director Footscray Yarraville City Band
4BRDU takes a look at the profile of Australia's first A Grade Brass Band female conductor...

6-Mar-2007
A Personal reflection - Bill Gunning
Peter Sykes has written a personal reflection on the passing of one of Victoria's brass band icons - Bill Gunning.

25-Feb-2007
2007 Ern Keller Memorial - Summary and Photos
Essentially a brief summary and photo gallery from this years Ern Keller International Soloist of the Year and Band of the Year.

12-Feb-2007
2007 Ern Keller Memorial - Preview and Predictions
Nine solo representatives from each of the States of Australia, and the National Champions of Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain, will perform on Sunday, competeing in the 33rd Ern Keller International Soloist of the Year.

12-Feb-2007
2007 Ern Keller Memorial - Past winners [1974-2006]
Thanks to Ken Bradley for providing the results from previous years to 4BRDU.

17-Jan-2007
Queensland Band Association - 2007 Youth Band Camp
The week long youth band camp with Musical Director Russell Gray and a team of young, talented and committed tutors was held 7-13 January at the Ewan Maddock Dam on the Sunshine Coast, about an hours drive north of Brisbane.