Townsville Brass

Several of our Junior members are playing at Fanfare tomorrow. If you would like to support them please come along, have a listen to their talent, AND check out the new Performing Arts Centre for FREE!!! Snacks and BBQ will be on offer to help the Music Support Group 🏆🥁🎷🎺🎸🎻🎼🏆

𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰!

Fanfare is the biennial statewide festival for bands and orchestras in Queensland state schools. It showcases the outstanding instrumental music making that is occurring in school ensembles across the state.

The emphasis for Fanfare is on improving the quality of ensembles, promoting the highest possible standard of performance, striving for excellence and encouraging participation.

Next week, Pimlico SHS is proud to host the North Queensland Regional Final in the brand new Denise Glasgow Performing Arts Centre.

Secondary students are performing on Monday 3rd June, followed by Primary students on Tuesday 4th June.

The Music Supporters Group will se selling food and refreshments, with EFTPOS available.

Congratulations Sebastian - what an honour!!

Pacific Honours Ensemble Program

A huge congratulations to Jorja (Year 11) and Sebastian (Year 12) who have been offered places at the prestigious Pacific Honours Ensemble Program being held in Seattle USA in November.

The Pacific Honours Ensemble Program is jointly hosted by the Young Conservatorium (the pre-tertiary program of Griffith University) and the Western International Band Clinic. PHEP commenced in 2007, a partnership between Western International Band Clinic held in Seattle, Washington, USA annually during November and the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University State Honours Ensemble Program (SHEP) held in Brisbane annually during September/October. Every year a group of honour band students from WIBC are selected to participate in the SHEP program in Brisbane. These WIBC students are the only U.S. students to be involved in this prestigious honour band event held at Griffith University. Australia is represented at WIBC through honour band students from the Young Conservatorium Wind Orchestra in Brisbane and students from the following SHEP Programs – North Queensland, Capricornia, Sunshine Coast and Darling Downs.

Jorja and Sebastian will get to work with the finest High School musicians in the USA and work under some of the world’s finest music educators. We look forward to keeping up to date with how Jorja and Sebastian are preparing as we continue through 2024.

Three amazing school productions this month which include several musicians, and teachers, from our Assocication. Please support them where you can [PS: Tickets would make a great Mothers Day Gift - just saying ;) ]

Pimlico State High School's "Pimlico Presents" on Friday 10th and Saturday 11th May
https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/ticketshop/events/pimlico-presents

Southern Cross Catholic College, Annandale's "Grease" on Friday 17th May and Saturday 18th May
https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/ticketshop/events/grease

Kirwan State High School's "Happy Days" on Thursday 23rd, Friday 24th and Saturday 25th May https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/ticketshop/events/happy-days-kirwan-state-high-school

Pimlico Presents | TicketShop Presented by Pimlico State High School More than just a variety concert, Pimlico Presents is a showcase of the very best of Pimlico State High Schools exten...

We were so excited to get mail from the National Band Championships last week. We received the official certificates for our 3 soloists who placed in their divisions!

Please join us in once again congratulating the amazing Alec Pastega (1st place Open Low Tuba... this means he is the National Low Tuba Champion! Outstanding!!!!), Alyssa Curtis (2nd place Junior Baritone) and Alex McLaughlin (3rd place Junior Trombone).

Thank to Townsville City Council for an Amazing ANZAC Day Parade

🎶🎶NATIONALS WRAP UP!!!🎶🎶

What a year so far! What an experience we've just had!

Congratulations to B Grade winners Marlborough Brass from New Zealand who took out the competition this weekend!!! It was such a pleasure to be part of this experience with you!

We are proud to say we got fourth place out of all marching bands in the street march and equal second on the entertainment turn. Thanks to our amazing Drum Major Ben Milne for his amazing efforts with us!

While we did not place on stage, we are so proud of this whole experience. Our young members were the first to jump on stage and assist with pack up while waiting for results. The comradeship was second to none all weekend throughout the band. It has been an absolute blast.

Thank you so much to our MD Dr Mark Smith. Your time, effort, patience and dedication is appreciated by us all more than we can express!!!

To our organising committee and head organising honcho Jen Grant.... to coordinate a group this large for travel, accommodation, rehearsals and just getting us around in one piece... THANK YOU!!!!!! That is a giant job that goes largely unseen. It was thought out and executed impressively.

Congratulations also to our incredible soloists! Alec Pastega took out the Open Low Tuba section and competed with confidence and pride in the Champion of Champions section.

Further congratulations are in order for Alyssa Curtis for her 2nd placing in the Junior Baritone and Alex McLaughlin for his 3rd place for Junior Trombone.

Our other soloists were also amazing to listen to. Congratulations to Mark Smith for outstanding efforts in the Open Cornet and Open Flugel, Jason Curtis and Theo Burnett for incredible interpretations of their Euphonium solos and Sebastian Young-Florence for his gorgeous High Tuba performance.

Congratulations to our amazing tuba soloist Alec Pastega for taking out the Open Low Tuba solos at Nationals on Monday!

Alec played with incredible skill and accuracy and we could not be more proud of him.

This win got him a spot in the Open Champion of Champions where he represented himself and Townsville Brass with pride!

At just 17 he has a huge musical future ahead of him.

Congratulations, legend!

Arrive in Adelaide - ✅️
Rehearse - ✅️
Sleep well - ✅️✅️
Browse trade stalls - ✅️
Get ready to play! - SOON!!!

Tune in to www.brassbanned.com at approx 2:30pm EST (3:00pm for us in Adelaide) to watch us this afternoon!

And we're off! See you soon, Adelaide!!!

This is it!!! The week of Nationals! Only 3 sleeps to go until we get on a plane to Adelaide to represent Townsville, the great city we call home, with pride. We don't take this responsibility lightly, with so much time and effort dedicated to this contest.

Thank you to all of our supporters (whether our families, friends, other community members or wonderful humans supporting our band from afar). You get to a certain point in preparation and realise the true extent of what it took to get this far. The support we have received both in real life and online has been crucial in driving us forward.

There are many more people to thank but their time will come :)

We can't wait to report in Thursday morning from the airport where we will then continue to virtually bring you on this journey.

Tuba player by day, photographer by night (and by Saturday afternoons!). A huge thank you to Alexander Alford from Buffa Media for this amazing collection of photos from our Pre-Nationals Concert earlier this month. We are blown away and incredibly appreciative.

You know what they say about 'all work and no play'... the TB contingent of P!nk Parade Brassvillian members have had an absolute 'blast' having a distraction from contest music!

Well done on a superb second night of parading! We can't wait to congratulate our members who were involved tomorrow at rehearsal.

And maybe we need to talk about a new proposal for marching hats... ? 💗🤔🤔🤔💗

Getting our P!NK on
Playing again Saturday @ 545pm, meet at Cowboys and dance with us to the stadium

When P!nk comes to town... Townsvillians go all out! Sebastian and Arthur thought it would be very fitting to join forces with other music and dance groups and be part of the action on the P!nk Parade. Enter: Brassvillians!!!

Congrats to Brassvillians founders Sebastian and Arthur and all our members who joined them to paint the town pink.

You can catch them tomorrow evening also as they parade from town to the stadium. We can guarantee they'll be well warmed up for Sundays band rehearsal!

✨️ Pre-Nationals Concert Wrap Up ✨️

Wow! What a concert on Sunday!

A huge congratulations to all of our players at the concert. From outstanding soloists to brilliant band members... BRAVO!

Thank you to our family and friends (both new and old) who came to listen. Your support is incredibly appreciated.

With only a week to go until we find ourselves in Adelaide, we cannot wait to continue sharing this journey with you as we begin to enter the next stages

Check out our photo album for some great pics from Sunday! A huge thanks to Helen McLaughlin for her amazing photos!

Pre-Nationals Concert 2024 featuring soloist and Townsville Brass performances. 📷 Helen McLaughlin

🚗✨️TRAVELLING PLAYERS✨️🚗

Did you know that we are so at Townsville Brass to have some of our players make the extra effort to travel to rehearse with us?

A big thank you to Mick Wheeler (Bb Tuba) and Kath Wheeler (Tenor Horn) who have travelled to us several times from Cairns in the lead up to our concert! We love having you here!

Our thanks and appreciation also goes to Danny Dielkens (Cornet) who has traveled up from Canberra to assist us. We can't wait to continue making music with you!

And our heartfelt thank you to our amazing Joe Giddy (Cornet) who travels from the Burdekin twice a week to rehearse with us. We are so lucky to have you in the TB family!

To have these friends join us on this adventure means so much.

Come along 16th March to listen to all of our members hard work!

https://facebook.com/events/s/pre-australian-national-band-c/904336834450652/

Sectionals are well underway with percussion, cornets and horns all spending some extra time at the hall this week (even in a storeroom where necessary).

Much mischief was managed and music was made.

With only one week until the Pre-Nationals concert, we know you'll be appreciating the effort we are putting in to represent Townsville with pride.

Come see how our hard work has paid off at our Pre-Nationals Concert on the 16th March at 2pm (event link below).

https://facebook.com/events/s/pre-australian-national-band-c/904336834450652/

If you're looking for a venue for your next event, check out our band hall. Details about the hall are now available on our website, including photos, a floor plan and the terms and conditions.

If you're interested in booking, email your completed booking form (which you can download from the website) to [email protected]

Hall Hire Townsville Brass is a modern full brass band performing a range of music in North Queensland

Some photos from our "Back To School!" Trivia Night last weekend.
Thanks to everyone who came along! We hope you had a great time...

One more sleep until our next trivia night!

The questions are written, the drinks are on ice, and the tables are (almost) set up.

We're almost ready - how about you? Have you got your team together and bought your tickets? If not, don't worry - there's still time!

Here's the link you need: https://www.ticketebo.com.au/townsville-brass/general-knowledge-trivia-night.html

Looking for where to buy tickets to our trivia night? You're in luck - here it is:
www.ticketebo.com.au/townsville-brass/general-knowledge-trivia-night.html

The Townsville Orchestral Winter School
30 June - 3 July 2020.

Open to advanced level musicians locally, nationally and internationally, the program offers participants a stimulating and challenging intensive orchestral workshop culminating in a public concert on Sunday afternoon.

The program will feature Dvorak Slavonic Dance No. 8 Op 46, Mozart The Marriage of Figaro Overture, Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Op 67, and the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Op.35.

The event will be held at St Patrick's College with accommodation available at The Cathedral School of St. Anne and St. James for out of town guests if desired. A concluding Gala Concert will be held at the George Kniepp Auditorium at the James Cook University.

The event is fully catered including morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea each day, along with a group dinner on Friday evening.

For more details or to register, go to:
http://www.townsvillemusic.org.au/winter-school.html

This event is made possible by the Regional Arts Development Fund; a partnership between the Queensland Government and the Townsville City Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.