News

4 Sep 2005

Warringah Youth Takes Second PLace in Junior C grade

From Kim:
Thank you so much youth band. You succeeded in making John smile during our performance. Well done! You played well, and it is obvious that we can only improve from here. Just to let the senior band members know, the youth band results are as followed:

Warringah Hymn 40 Own choice 77 Concert item 37 Total 154
Bankstown 37 79 40 156

John has waved his magic wand again and won the hymn section. This proves we really are a nice sounding band. Thank you John so much for all the work and effort you have put in to the youth band. We sincerely appreciate what you have done for us.
Thank you once again.
Kim.

4 Sep 2005

WCB are NSW B Grade Champions for 2005! See inside for critique...

This is what 4barsrest.com had to say about the performance of WCB at the NSW State Band Championships

B Grade
Test "Three Miniatures for Brass Band" (Philip Sparke)

B Grade Winners: Warringah Concert Brass
The winner of B Grade was Warringah Concert Brass, conducted by John Saunders. They gained 218 points overall for their performances. Their Sacred Item, "Nicaea" (Bacchus Dykes), revealed a rich sound with great intonation and balance. The flugelhorn was lovely.
The opening to the Test was exciting and very tidy. The horns were very tight in the first movement and the cornet soloist was excellent, although at times the accompaniment was a bit too strong. There was impressive mute work in the Second Movement and the band moved well together; it was particularly impressive to hear the flugelhorn fitting in with the intonation of the muted instruments so well. The euphonium and cornet soloists were terrific. The Third Movement was exciting, although at times detail was lost in the faster passages. The horns were great and the soprano cornet was impressive – exhilarating ending.
Warringah chose "Dances and Arias' (Edward Gregson) for their Own Choice. The opening was awesome – there was great timpani work, a big full sound, very tight playing and excellent horns. This was a great performance – great tuba solo, beefy bass trombone, superb percussion throughout, lovely euphonium and flugelhorn soloists in the slow section – all capped off with a rousing ending.

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31 Jul 2005

Eastern Australia Band Concert Tour

The EAB Concert Tour of France last month was a huge success. The band comprised many members from WCB as well as great players from Hall Village, Geelong Memorial, Gosford City, Holroyd, Waverley Bondi Beach, Canberra School of Music, Weston Creek and Moonee Valley bands: truely an Eastern Oz group! Organised by Eric Brisse and his Amiens Brass Band, we were hosted and toasted (and roasted in the +30 deg heat), culminating in the magnificent massed bands concert conducted by Philip Sparke at Amiens Cathedral, on Sunday 26 June 2005. Here are a few highlights from the Tour.....
EAB Highlights slideshow

31 May 2005

Great results at the State Solo competition

Once again, a great result seen (particularly from our Junior band) at the recent State Solo Competition

Outstanding results were as follows...


Juvenile Soprano Cornet
2nd Laura CHRISTIAN (Warringah Concert Brass)

Juvenile Tenor Horn
2nd Hayley GRITCHING (Warringah Concert Brass)
3rd Adam POWERS (Warringah Concert Brass)

Juvenile Baritone
1st Matthew HURDITCH (Warringah Concert Brass)

Juvenile Quartet
1st Warringah Concert Brass Band

Paul Cerezo Trophy
2nd Kim LOVELL (Warringah Concert Brass)

Open Tenor Horn
3rd Jeff MARKHAM (Warringah Concert Brass)

Open Quartet
3rd Warringah Concert Brass Band; Stephen KIRALY, Kim LOVELL, Stacey GAMLIN, Vaughan PRICE

1 May 2005

Kim Lovell Wins the Metropolitan Branch Young Musician of the Year

It was no surprise to us at WCB that our own Kimmy was the recipient of this prestigious award. The presentation was made during the Metropolitan Branch Solo and Party Competitions at Bankstown Grammar School today.

With a unanimous decision by the committee, Kim was nominated for the award for her outstanding contribution to the band and in particular her incredible support of the Warringah Youth Band.

Kimberly is now in the running to become the NSW Young Musician of the Year

Good Luck Kim!


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