There is live-streamed brass band contesting action to enjoy this weekend (22nd & 23rd August) from the New South Wales State Band Championships in Penrith.

The Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre is hosting the Band Association of NSW's 130th anniversary event where 79 brass and concert bands will perform. The first official 'Inter-Colonial Contest' promoted under the auspices of the Band Association of NSW took place in September 1896 in Parramatta.

It is being brought by Tim Kelly through the www.brassbanned.com platform.

Welcome

The bands were welcomed by Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of New South Wales, as well as Jeff Markham, President of the Band Association of NSW and the Mayor of Penrith. The adjudicators for the event are Simon Reade, Stephen Williams, Claire Reade, Matthew Van Emmerick and Jared McCunnie.

The bands in the A and B Grade perform a set test-piece, own choice work and sacred item, whilst the C, D and Youth Grades perform a test-piece, own choice work and sacred item.

A Grade Brass:

Set Work: Music for Battle Creek (Philip Sparke)

Willoughby Brass 2 (Dominic Longhurst)
Holroyd Brass Band (Dale Vail)
Willoughby City Band (Dominic Longhurst)

B Grade Brass:

Set Work: Ow'er 'igh Street (Jared McCunnie)

Toronto Brass (Timothy O'Hearn)
Canberra Brass (Veronica Boulton)
Warringah Concert Brass (John Saunders)
Paramatta City Band (Luke Bradbury)

C Grade Brass:

City of Orange Brass (Philip Rees)
City of Wollongong Brass (Kevin Skues)
Newcastle PCYC Band (Teena Wallace)
Gunnedah Shire Band (Sebastain Rowe)
Sutherland Shire Brass (Connor Hutchinson)

D Grade Brass:

Nowra Town Band (Kevin Skues)
Bankstown & Yagoona Brass (Joshua Clark)
Waratah Brass Academy (Therese Hayden)
City of Wollongong Junior Brass (Desmond Cannings)
Victoria Street Brass (Veronica Boulton)

Youth Brass B Grade:

Willoughby Youth Brass (Dale Vail)

Youth Brass C Grade:

Warringah Youth Brass (Jack Saunders)