Putting on an event of this size is always a challenge! We have an array of people to thank:
Our Silver Sponsor, Dr Toot
Our Bronze Sponsor, KBB Music
The Royal New Zealand Air Force Band, for their concert, adjudication, enthusiasm, and percussion gear
Eastland Community Trust
ABI Music
Tour Time
Brassbanned
Gisborne iSite
Cathy Brown, the members of Gisborne Concert Band, and all the many helpers
And many more!
This excerpt taken from “Ideas on Preparing for Concert Band Festival” by William Berz, Tempo, 54 no. 2 (January, 2000): 45-46. Music Selection […]
The NZCBA Festival 2017 in Whangarei featured the premiere of an exciting piece with unusual instrumentation. The audience was riveted, and participants […]
RNZAF musician Laura Brown, pictured here with her parents, was delighted to perform at Festival. “This is such a special picture because […]
North Shore Youth Symphonic Wind Band received not only the Robert Lutt Trophy: Best Performance of a Piece by a Band, but also the Robert Lutt Annual Concert Band Award: for the Outstanding Festival Band.
