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Sunday 30 JulyPrimary School EventsAlex Lithgow Premier Event

Sunday 6 August Primary School Events

Sunday 13 August Primary School Events

Sunday 20 August Primary & Secondary School Events

Sunday 27 August Primary & Secondary School Events

Saturday 22 JulySecondary School EventsPercy Grainger Premier Event

Sunday 23 July Primary & Secondary School Events

…a non-competitive, inclusive and inspirational event.

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Sydney Conservatorium of Music:Verbruggen Hall - Music Workshop - Recital Hall West

UNSW: Clancy Auditorium - Leighton Hall

2017

NSW School baNd feStival ltdACN: 135 450 761

directors: Paul Goodchild, Nigel Price, Don Shearman

Secretary: Louise Goodchild

General Manager: Pat Devery

Phone: 0417 664 472

Mailing address: PO Box 833, Kensington 1465

email: [email protected]

Web: www.sbf.org.au

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56TH ANNUAL NSW SCHOOL BAND FESTIVAL 1

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The NSW School Band Festival is proudly supported by:

FEST IVAL PATRON

Richard Gill

The NSW School Band Festival would like to acknowledge the Bedegal people, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our performances take place. We pay our respects to the Elders both past and present and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who are here with us today.

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Welcome from Festival Patron - Richard Gill AO 4-5

From The General Manager - Pat Devery 6-7

Event Criteria 8-11

The “Graham Lloyd” Event - Secondary School Concert Band Event 13

The “David Stanhope” Event - Secondary School Concert Band Event 13

The “Percy Grainger” Event - Secondary School Concert Band - Premier Event 14-15



The “George Dreyfus & Raymond Hanson” Events - Secondary School Concert Band Event 21


The “Don Burrows & Ed Wilson” Events - Secondary School Open Big Band Event 25

The “John Morrison & Ed Wilson” Events - Secondary School Novice Big Band Event 26

The “Don Burrows” Event - Secondary School Open Big Band Event 27

The “Wilbur Sampson, Robert McAnally & Joe Cook” Events - Primary School Concert Band Event 29

The “Robert McAnally” Event - Primary School Concert Band Event 31

The “Wilbur Sampson & William Lovelock” Events - Primary School Concert Band Event 33

The “Alex Lithgow” Event - Primary School Concert Band - Premier Event 34-35

The “Wilbur Sampson, Robert McAnally & Joe Cook” Events - Primary School Concert Band Event 37

The “Wilbur Sampson” Event - Primary School Concert Band Event 39

The “Joe Cook” Event - Primary School Novice Big Band Event 40

The “William Lovelock” Event - Primary School Concert Band Event 41

The “Graeme Bell” Event - Primary School Novice Big Band Event 43

The “Wilbur Sampson & Robert McAnally” Events - Primary School Concert Band Event 45


The “Robert McAnally” Events - Primary School Concert Band Event 47

The “Joe Cook & William Lovelock” Events - Primary School Concert Band Event 49


The “Robert McAnally” Events - Primary School Concert Band Event 53

The “Joe Cook” Event - Primary School Concert Band Event 55

The “Wilbur Sampson & Robert McAnally” Events - Primary School Concert Band Event 55

The “Joe Cook” Event - Primary School Concert Band Event 57

The “William Lovelock” Event - Primary School Concert Band Event 57

The “Wilbur Sampson, Robert McAnally & Raymond Hanson” Events - Primary School Concert Band Event 59

The “Graham Lloyd & David Stanhope” Events - Secondary School Concert Band Event 61

The “Wilbur Sampson, Robert McAnally, Joe Cook & William Lovelock” Events - Primary School Concert Band Event 62

The “John Morrison, Ed Wilson & Don Burrows” Events - Secondary School Novice Big Band Event 65



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The “Joe Cook & William Lovelock” Events - Primary School Concert Band Event 69

The “Raymond Hanson” Event - Secondary School Concert Band Event 71



The “John Morrison, Ed Wilson & Don Burrows” Events - Secondary School Novice Big Band Event 73

adjudicators’ Profiles

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Dr Monte H Mumford 17

Dr John P Lynch 18

Judy Bailey 24

Graham Lloyd 28

Gerald Steinmann 32

Music to my Eyes - Chris Donaldson 51

Cliff Goodchild OAM Scholarship 54

NSW Public Schools Millennium Marching Band 66-67

Volunteer Profile 74

Bondi Brass 76

Michelle Leonard OAM 38

Paul Vickers 42

Jemima Bunn 44

Simon Thew 52

Garry Clark 56

Joan Thorp 60

Rod Mason 64

Elizabeth Sargeant 70

Welcome to the 56th NSW School Band Festival. It gives me great pleasure each year to see the continuing support Music Directors, young musicians, school administrators and parents give to this amazing event.

We are fortunate to have Dr John Lynch returning this year as our principal adjudicator for the Grainger and Lithgow Premier events. Dr Lynch recognizes the extraordinary work which has been done in this country by numbers of dedicated and committed teachers and it good to see him working at this foundation level applying his special expertise and wisdom.

We also welcome back Monte Mumford as co-adjudicator for the Grainger event and Graham Lloyd for the Lithgow. Both these men have a wealth of experience and advice to impart and we look forward to their contributions once again. You can read more about our three principal adjudicators elsewhere in this program.

The SBF continues to show its practical support for music education with the awarding of the Cliff Goodchild Scholarship. We congratulate Luis Fernando Madrid as this year’s recipient. Luis will be working with conductor, Simon Thew, and a range of specialist clinicians throughout the year as part of his professional development.

As I move around the country I continue to be inspired by the many great things happening in our schools. It should be noted, however, that much of this takes place despite the best efforts of our politicians, whose obsession with literacy and numeracy test results seem to blind them to the fact that musical literacy is also a fundamental right of every child and is the lifeblood of a comprehensive education.

Richard Gill AO

WELCOmE FROm FEST IVAL PATRON

Richard Gill


Knox Grammar School Wahroonga, Sydney www.knox.nsw.edu.au

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We need a universal recognition that music education in Australia should be a mandatory aspect of a child’s early education and that this education should be delivered by a qualified and trained specialist music teacher or someone who has had at least 240 hours of training in an undergraduate or post-graduate programme.

Your attendance here today is testimony to your understanding the importance of music education and its place in the curriculum. I urge you to advocate for change to politicians, policy makers and the broader community so that all young people are given the opportunity to reach their full potential in our schools.

Again, I offer my congratulations to the music directors, school leadership teams and parents for their efforts to provide this wonderful performance opportunity for our young people.

Richard Gill AOPatron


Knox Grammar School Wahroonga, Sydney www.knox.nsw.edu.au

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Welcome to the 56th running of the NSW School Band Festival. This year sees Festival events being held at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music for the first time. We will also be running the event in two halls at the University of NSW on the last two weekends and will be combining with the Australian School Orchestral Festival on the last weekend. This move has been initiated so that students are not required to double up when schools are bringing both their band and orchestra to the two Festivals.

As Richard has mentioned in his foreword, we are fortunate to have Dr John Lynch back with us again this year. Also returning after a number of years are Monte Mumford and Graham Lloyd. You would be aware that Graham has one of the secondary school events named in his honour, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Australian music, especially in the concert band arena.

We will also be honoured to have George Dreyfus as our guest at this year’s Festival. George has also spent a lifetime contributing to the Australia’s musical heritage and the Festival has a secondary school event named after him. Any of you out there old enough to remember the 1970s TV series, Rush, would instantly recognize George’s iconic theme music. We are honoured to welcome him

to our event for the first time.

This year the Festival continues to go from strength to strength. We have already concluded the Frank Coughlan Premier Big Band Event where, with the support of Yamaha Music, we brought out Denis DiBlasio, world renowned jazz educator and former Music Director for Maynard Ferguson’s band. This event was an outstanding success and we anticipate being able to bring Denis out again next year, so keep an eye on the website for details.

Speaking of the website, we have just completed a major upgrade of the site, including a makeover and building a more streamlined entry and invoicing system. A new feature on the site is a FREE Job Listing facility, built in response to the many requests we get throughout the year to circulate vacancies through our contact list. If your school or community band is looking for a new Music Director or tutors for your program or upcoming band camp, log into our site under Opportunities and list the details.

FROm THE GENERAL mANAGER

Pat Devery

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We also have a comprehensive list of schools offering scholarships on the Opportunities page. If you are looking for a suitable secondary school for your child, log in now and have a look. If your school offers scholarships and is currently not there, contact us now and we can sort it for you. With over 10,000 students and in excess of 7000 parents coming to our event, you can’t afford not to advertise on our site.

As usual I would like to thank our major sponsors, Jupiter, who, in conjunction with Turramurra Music, put on such a professional display in the foyer each year. I urge you to support the people who support the Festival.

Also, thanks to the volunteer members of Bondi Brass and Campbelltown Camden District Band for their efforts. Without them the Festival would simply not be possible.

We are always looking for feedback here at the SBF and we are happy to accept any suggestions you might have as to how we can improve the Festival. Feel free to contact us through the Festival website.

Enjoy the fun of the Festival and let’s hope we see you all again next year.

Pat deveryGeneral Manager


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EVENT CriteriaBelow is an overview of the event criteria to give parents, school leadership teams and general audience members an insight into where their school band currently sits in the broader school band environment.

As the SBF is a non-competitive and educational event, Music Directors are encouraged to select an event level which will challenge their ensemble and the individual musicians therein to continue developing their musical ability. We are aware that school ensembles change personnel from year to year and the event they enter may vary, however, it is our expectation that a school which consistently achieves a gold rating would look to challenge themselves by moving to a higher event level. Parents and school leadership teams should be aware that a band moving to a higher level will take a year or two to attain the standard capable of achieving a Gold award in that event category.

It runs counter to the philosophy of the Festival for a school to select an event level below the ability level of their ensemble in order to ensure a Gold award. Parent and school leadership teams are encouraged to support MDs in continually challenging the students and assisting them in maturing the band program within their school.

As of 2015 it is mandatory for all bands participating in the NSW School Band Festival to perform an Australian music item at all Festival event levels. The rationale behind this is to promote a home grown Australian music culture and to support the many Australian artists who are currently composing and arranging for the wind band and big band media.

all bands entering the festival are required to:

• Present a contrasting program. A slow melody, chorale or hymn allows the adjudicator toassess the musical capabilities of the ensemble.

• Perform a program which complies with the time requirements of the section they haveentered

• IncludeatleastoneAustraliancompositionintheirprogram

SecoNdaRy School WiNd baNd cRiteRia (abbReviated)

The PERCY GRAINGER Event: Secondary School Concert Bands, Premier Event

Music Guide: Grade 3.5 and upwards

Total playing time: 20-25 minutes

This is the Premier Event of the Festival, and is open to secondary school concert bands of the highest ability level.


the david StaNhoPe event: Secondary School concert bands – advanced

Music Guide: Grade 3 and upwards

Total playing time: 15 minutes

This event is intended for established bands performing at a high level or which may lack the complete instrumentation to qualify for The Percy Grainger Event.

the GRahaM lloyd event: Secondary School concert bands - advanced

Music Guide: Grade 2 - 2.5


This event is intended for established bands which perform at a good to advanced level comprised mostly of competent players (playing for three or more years) which have a broad range of instrumentation, including percussion.

the RayMoNd haNSoN event: Secondary School concert bands - intermediate

Music Guide: Grade 1 - 1.5


This event is intended for developing bands which have been performing together for more than twelve months comprised mostly of typical second or third year players who perform at a competent level. Using more advanced players to bump the band is generally discouraged and if the MD considers it necessary they should discuss it with the Festival administration prior to performing.

the GeoRGe dReyfUS event: Secondary School concert bands - beginner to intermediate

Music Guide: Up to Grade 1.0


This event is intended for bands which have formed this year and perform at an elementary level, including Training Band/Beginner Bands from established band programs. Bands will include typical first year players, including players who have not previously entered the Festival. Using more advanced players to bump the band is generally discouraged and if the MD considers it necessary they should discuss it with the Festival administration prior to performing.

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the fRaNK coUGhlaN event: Premier big band event – invitation oNly

Music Guide: 20 - 25 minute contrasting program

This is the Premier Big Band event of the Festival and is for bands consisting of the traditional big band line up. Event Artistic Director, John Morrison, will determine which bands are eligible from year to year.

Bands are expected to feature soloists (including vocals) and must adhere as closely as possible to the traditional big band instrumentation. Professional players are NOT ALLOWED except in an emergency situation and with prior consultation. This event may take place in a commercial environment (a club auditorium or similar) and will attract a separate audience entry fee.


the doN bURRoWS event: Secondary School big bands – advanced


This event is open to all secondary school big bands playing at an intermediate to advanced level. It is permissible for bands in this section to use alternative instrumentation, although it is expected they attempt to restrict themselves to traditional Big Band instruments where possible.

the JohN MoRRiSoN event: Secondary School big bands - Novice


This event is open to secondary school big bands which have formed this year and perform at an elementary level, or which are Training Band/Beginner Bands from established band programs with typical first year players, including players who have not previously entered the Festival. Electronic instruments (keyboard bass etc - up to 4) are permitted in this section.

PRiMaRy School coNceRt baNd cRiteRia (abbReviated)

the aleX lithGoW event: Primary School concert bands, Premier event

Music Guide: Grade 2.5 and upwards

Time limit: 15-18 minutes

This is the premier event for Primary School Bands and demands a high standard of musicianship across a range of instrumentation. Where possible bands are expected to use the instrumentation as scored. Substituting in electronic instruments would typically exclude a band from this premier event.

the WilliaM lovelocK event: Primary School concert bands - advanced

Music Guide: Grade 2.0 – 2.5

Time limit: 12 minutes

This event is intended for established bands which have been performing at a high level for several years whose players are competent but which may lack the instrumentation to qualify for the Alex Lithgow Event.

the Joe cooK event: Primary School concert bands - advanced

Music Guide: Grade 1.5 – 2.0


This event is intended for established bands which have been performing at a good level for some years or Lovelock/Lithgow level bands which are in the process of rebuilding after the departure of senior players. Band members would have been learning their instrument for two or more years.


the RobeRt McaNally event: Primary School concert bands - intermediate

Music Guide: Grade 1.0-1.5


This event is intended for developing bands that have been together for more than twelve months, which play at a competent level and whose players have had 12 months or more experience playing their instrument. This may include more experienced bands with limited instrumentation.

the WilbUR SaMPSoN event: Primary School concert bands – beginner bands

Music Guide: Grade 0.5-1.0


This event is intended for beginner bands formed this school year, schools with newly established band programs and bands whose players have been learning for fewer than twelve months.

PRiMaRy School biG baNd cRiteRia

the ed WilSoN event: Primary School big bands - open


This event is intended for established bands which have been performing at a competent level. Bands are encouraged to feature a soloist (including vocals) and are expected, as far as possible, to restrict themselves to the traditional big band instrumentation. Rescoring for up to four (4) electronic instruments (e.g. Keyboard bass) is permissible.

the GRaeMe bell event: for Primary School big bands - Novice


This event is intended for bands which have been formed this year or are performing at an elementary level or which are training bands from an established band program. Players will typically be first year players. Bands are encouraged to feature a soloist (including vocals) and are expected, as far as possible, to restrict themselves to the traditional big band instrumentation. Rescoring for up to four (4) electronic instruments (e.g. Keyboard bass) is permissible.



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1 Northholm Grammar School Concert Band Tim Ferrier

2 Hornsby Girls High School Concert Band Lara Sholl

3 North Sydney Girls High School Concert Band Edward McKnight

Secondary School concert band eventSydNey coNSeRvatoRiUM of MUSic - veRbRUGGheN hall time: 12.15pm


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1 Sydney Secondary College Wind Ensemble Simon Sweeney

2 Willoughby Girls High School Senior Wind Orchestra Jason Isaac

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Secondary School concert band – Premier event

Sydney conservatorium of Music - verbrugghen hall time: 2.00pm

Adjudicator: John Lynch and Monte Mumford

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1 Hornsby Girls’ High School Symphonic Band

Music director – lara Sholl

Four Dance Episodes Gary P. Gilroy The “Gum-Suckers” March* Comp: Percy Aldridge Grainger Arr: Edited by: R. Mark Rogers December Dance Comp: Andrew Boysen, Jr.

2 Turramurra High School Senior Concert Band

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3 North Sydney Girls High School Wind Orchestra

Music director – Steven hillinger

The Little Ghost Waltz* Graham Howard Galileo - Concert March Thomas Doss Persistence Richard Saucedo Roller Coaster - A Symphonic Sketch Otto M. Schwartz

4 Pittwater High School Symphonic Band

Music director – Martin hardy

Arabesque Samuel Hazo Overture to Candide Leonard Bernstein Music for a Jubilant Occassion* Greg Butcher

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SATURDAY 22 jUlY


6 Newtown High School Of The Performing Arts Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Music director – Jason isaac El Camino Real Alfred Reed Amazing Grace Frank Tichelli Pictures at an Exhibition Modest Mussorgsky. Orchestrated by Carl Simpson Edited by Alfred Reed Mvt 15. Baba-Yaga Mvt 16. The Great Gate of Kiev

Shepherd’s Hey* Percy Aldridge Grainger

5 Manly Campus Symphonic Wind Orchestra

Music director – Mark brown Festive Overture op.96* Comp: Dmitri Shostakovich. Arr: Donald Hunsberger O Magnum Mysterium Comp: Morten Lauridsen. Arr: H. Robert Reynolds Into The Sun* Jody Blackshaw

7 Barker College Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Music director – andrew McWade

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Comp: J.S Bach. Arr: Alfred Reed Spoon River* Comp: Percy Grainger. Arr: Carson/Naylor Niagara Falls Michael Daugherty

8 Sydney Grammar School Wind Ensemble

Music director – Robert busan

Children’s March: “Over the hills and far away”* Percy Aldridge Grainger Sound and Smoke Viet Cuong I. (feudal castle lights) II. (avalanche of eyes)

Danceries Kenneth Hesketh II. Catching of Quails III. My Lady’s Rest IV. Quodling’s Delight

9 The King’s School Symphonic Band

Music director – benjamin crocker

First Suite in Eb for Military Band (Movement 2 – Intermezzo, Movement 3 – March) Gustav Holst

Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon* Percy Aldridge Grainger

El Camino Real Alfred Reed


PeRcY AlDRiDge gRAingeR (1882-1961)Percy Grainger was born on 8 July 1882 at Brighton, Victoria. His father, John H. Grainger, was a well-known architect. Quite precocious at an early age, Grainger made his first concert tour when he was twelve. Soon afterwards he went to Germany with his mother to further his training as a pianist and composer. Between 1901 and 1914 Percy and his mother lived in London where his talents flourished.

During this time Colonial Song and Mock Morris were published. In these years he befriended Edvard Grieg whose love of national music inspired Percy to look closely at English folk music.

With the aid of a phonograph Grainger collected songs from folk-singers and made many famous arrangements from these. His friendship with many Scandinavian and English musical figures (Sandby, Delius, Scott, Balfour Gardner) developed during this period.

In 1914 Grainger moved to America, where he lived for the rest of his life. He became an American citizen (although he always described himself as an Australian) and during a brief spell in the U.S. Army bands he ‘dished up’ (as he put it) the Country Gardens piece which many now equate with his name.

An original musical thinker for his time, he did much to publicise medieval European music and music of other cultures. Towards the end of his life he worked on means for producing ‘free music’, music not limited by time and pitch intervals. The machines he created in association with the scientist Burnett Cross may be regarded as the crude forerunners of the modern electronic synthesizers. Grainger’s best known works are Mock Morris (1911), Molly on the Shore – Irish reel (1921), Shepherd’s Hey (1922), Country Gardens (1925), Handel in the Strand ‘Clog Dance’ (1930). His compositions for wind band, notably Lincolnshire Posy, are regarded as being amongst the finest examples of the genre. Percy Grainger died in New York on 20 February 1961 and is now buried in the family grave in Adelaide, South Australia. Chris Blenkinsopp, Waverley College.


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AdjudicatorMonte Mumford holds an international reputation as a conductor, adjudicator, clinician and lecturer, contributing regularly to the field of music education and performance studies through conferences, publications, professional development offerings and master classes.

He is highly regarded for his experience, expertise, passion and effective teaching style. He is in demand as a music education consultant, guest conductor and adjudicator, providing performance strategies and professional development for music educators, administrators and students.

Mr Mumford most recently held the position of Associate Professor of Music at Northwestern College, St Paul, Minnesota, USA, where he served as Head of Brass, Winds and Percussion and Director of Bands. His duties included lecturing in Advanced Conducting, Instrumental Music Education Pedagogy and the

supervision of instrumental music education majors. He also conducted the Symphonic Band, coached the Jazz Ensemble and coordinated the School’s Instrumental Chamber Music programme.

Mr Mumford was Senior Lecturer at the University of Tasmania from 1984 to 2003, establishing and coordinating the School’s extensive instrumental and vocal ensemble performance programme. He lectured in conducting, music history, aural studies and music education pedagogy. He served as Music Director of the University of Tasmania Performing Arts Choir and the University Wind Orchestra, which he founded in 1989. In 1985 he established the University of Tasmania Community Music Programme, serving as Artistic Director for twenty years.

The NSW School Band Festival Ltd gratefully acknowledges the support of the UNSW Music Performance Unit.


John Lynch is a leading international wind band conductor. He is the Director of Bands, Wind Symphony Conductor and Artistic Director of the new ensemble-in-residence: Verbrugghen Ensemble at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He leads Australia’s first graduate degrees in wind conducting. He was previously Director of Bands and Professor of Music at the University of Georgia and the University of Kansas. Other positions include those at Northwestern University and Emory University, Artistic Director of the Northshore Concert Band, Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony and the Greater New York Wind Symphony (founder). He has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, Asia and Australia, including the

national conferences of the College Band Directors National Association, American Bandmasters Association, NAFME, the Midwest Clinic and Interlochen, as well as invited tours of China, Argentina and Europe. Lynch has three professional recordings on the Naxos label including the premiere in the Wind Band Classics Series and he is a published composer through C. Alan Music and Maestro and Fox. Awards include The American Prize, the national Stanbury Award for outstanding conducting and teaching, New York’s Big Apple Corps National Leadership in the Arts award, The University of Georgia Creative Research Medal, a Northwestern University Searle Fellow for Teaching Excellence and elected membership in the American Bandmasters Association and Phi Beta Mu international band honor fraternity. Lynch is a passionate advocate for new music and has commissioned, recorded and premiered works from Australia and around the globe by both today’s leading composers and those new to writing for the wind band medium. He holds degrees from Indiana University, the Eastman School of Music and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

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Adjudicator: Graham Lloyd

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1 Concord High School Concert Band Michael Solomon

2 St Ives High School Concert Band Kimberley Lovell

3 Matthew Coorey Concert Band - Waverley College Daniel Williams

4 Brigidine College Junior Concert Band Charles Lovelock

5 Santa Sabina College Concert Band Mark Lewis


the eventGraham Lloyd

gRAhAm lloYD M.Mus (Melb), ARCM, LTCL, A.Mus.A

Graham Lloyd’s early music interests saw him learning violin and cello at Secondary School after which he enlisted into the Australian Regular Army in 1972 studying the clarinet where he received the Boosey and Hawkes prize for instrumental proficiency on graduating.

In 1982 Graham commenced the Student Bandmaster Course at the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Twickenham, London, again receiving awards upon graduating, including the Besson Cup and Medal for highest grades, the Somerville Prize for best concert band arrangement, and the coveted Worshipful Company of Musicians Trophy and Silver Medal for the best overall student of the course.

Returning to Australia in 1985, Graham worked in a range of positions including Director of Music, RAAF and Commanding Officer of the RAAF Central Band (as Squadron Leader). He completed his Masters in music composition in 1999 and in 2000 he was placed in charge of Air Force music policy and the future direction of Air Force bands. In 2004 Graham accepted the position of Officer Commanding/Chief Instructor at the Defence Force School of Music, transferring back to the Army with the rank of Major.

Graham’s main music interests are composing, arranging, teaching and conducting. Highlights include Prelude for a Festival, winning the 1988 Yamaha Composer of the Year award and composing Circumnavigation for the Royal Australian Navy’s 110th Anniversary Concert. He has arranged and composed over 600 works for Concert Bands, Brass Bands and Orchestras for every possible occasion from major concerts in the Opera House to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Sydney in 2005. Graham has been published by Barnhouse Publications in the US and De Haske in Europe.

Secondary School concert band event SydNey coNSeRvatoRiUM of MUSic - veRbRUGGheN hall time: 12.00pm


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1 Cliff Goodchild Concert Band - Waverley College Dan Williams

2 Gosford High School Concert Band 1 Darren Jones

3 Mackellar Girls Campus Performance Band Vanessa Patterson

4 Rose Bay Secondary College Senior Concert Band Murray Jackson

5 Brigidine College Senior Concert Band Charles Lovelock

6 ABHS&AGHSWindEnsemble Gavin Staines

7 James Ruse Agricultural High School Symphonic Band Richard Brus

8 Fort Street High School Wind Orchestra Matthew Manchester

9 Turramurra High School Junior Concert Band Mark Barnsley

10 Killarney Heights High School Symphonic Winds Phillip Anderson

11 Barker College Senior Concert Band Simon Smith

12 The Scots College Wind Band A Paul Vickers

13 St George Girls High School Concert Band Ashley Hamilton

14 Manly Selective Campus Wind Ensemble Mark Brown

15 Sydney Grammar School Zephyr Wind Ensemble Robert Busan

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DAviD STAnhoPeDavid Stanhope, whose musical experience includes playing French horn as a member of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, has written numerous acclaimed compositions for a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles, but he is especially well known and regarded as a composer for wind and brass bands. He won the ensemble section of the International Horn Society composition contest in 1979 with a horn octet. Wind and brass band works of his have been competition test pieces

both in Britain and Australia.More recently David Stanhope has worked as a conductor. After joining the music staff of the Australian Opera in 1986, David conducted seasons of Albert Herring, Turn Of The Screw, and Les Pécheurs Des Perles. He is now a freelance conductor and has been engaged by the Australian Opera and the State Opera of South Australia. He is a guest conductor for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and also with Australia’s leading contemporary group – Sydney Alpha Ensemble – and The Australian Ballet.

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Secondary School concert band event SydNey coNSeRvatoRiUM of MUSic - MUSic WoRKShoP time: 10.00am


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1 The Scots College Year 7 Band Paul Vickers

2 Fort Street High School Training Band Matthew Manchester

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1 Clarion Concert Band SCEGGS Mark Brown

2 Ku-ring-gai High School Concert Band Robert Sidaway

3 Barker College Concert Band Elaine Slawski

4 The Scots College Wind Band C Paul Vickers

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RAYmonD hAnSon (1913-1976)Raymond Hanson studied at the NSW State Conservatorium of Music with Alex Burnard between 1945 and 1947 as the recipient of a Fellowship in Composition. He was invited to join the staff of the Conservatorium in 1948 where he became a teacher of Aural Training and later a Lecturer in Harmony and Composition, Counterpoint and Aesthetics of Music. Mr Hanson taught at the Conservatorium until 1962 and his students included many who were to become prominent composers, such as Nigel Butterley, Richard Meale and Barry Conyngham, and leading figures of the

jazz world, such as Don Burrows.

His composition Van Dieman’s Land (1972) is considered the first major work for the brass band by an Australian composer. It was premiered by Sydney Brass, conducted by John Hopkins, at a Sydney Symphony Orchestra Promenade concert to a packed Sydney Town Hall audience. Black Dyke Mills Band also performed the piece during the 1988 Bicentenary.

The legendary German pianist, Walter Gieseking, touring Australia in the 1950s was asked to examine ‘blind’ a collection of anonymous scores by Australian composers and select five for broadcast. Four of the works selected were by Miriam Hyde (1913-2005) and one by Raymond Hanson. These recordings still exist in the National Library. Raymond Hanson is internationally recognised for his trumpet concerto recorded by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Joseph Post with soloist John Robertson. Cliff Goodchild oam

geoRge DReYfUS (boRn 1928)George Dreyfus was born in Wuppertal, Germany, and is now living in Melbourne.

Not only is George Dreyfus one of Australia’s leading composers, he is also one of the most versatile. He played the bassoon in the Melbourne and Perth Symphony Orchestras for a number of years and, in 1977/78, presented a one-man show, ‘The George Dreyfus Show’, a humourous mixture of autobiographical and general comment with bassoon playing which he performed in Melbourne, Sydney and

various country centres. In October 1983 he was Artist-in-Residence at the Conservatorium of Music in Tianjin, China, and the following year his autobiography The Last Frivolous Book was published.

George Dreyfus’ involvement with brass bands began in the 1970s and his complete works for brass band were published in 1985 in England. Included among his compositions are a number of works for concert bands and wind ensembles, although he is probably better known for his theme music from the ABC television series Rush.

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Secondary School concert band event SydNey coNSeRvatoRiUM of MUSic - MUSic WoRKShoP time: 11.30am


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1 Holst Wind Band SCEGGS Mark Brown

2 Mackellar Girls Campus Concert Band Vanessa Patterson

3 Como Secondary College Senior Concert Band Helen Turner

4 ABHS&AGHSConcertBand Gavin Staines

5 James Ruse Agricultural High School Wind Orchestra Richard Brus

6 Turramurra High School Concert Band 3 Mark Barnsley

7 Ashfield Boys High School Concert Band Ian Pieterse

8 Manly Selective Campus Concert Band Craig Driscoll

9 Killarney Heights High School Concert Band Phillip Anderson

10 Rose Bay Secondary College Junior Concert Band Murray Jackson

11 Barker College Middle School Wind Orchestra Andrew McWade

12 The Scots College Wind Band B Michael Tierney

13 St George Girls High School Intermediate Band Selina Fung

14 Fort Street High School Concert Band Matthew Manchester

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Judy Bailey is one of Sydney’s most well-known and influential jazz educators and performers. New Zealand born Judy Bailey commenced formal piano studies at the age of ten, obtaining her ATCL (Perf.) qualification just six years later.

During the 1960s, Judy became involved in Sydney’s musical life through regular performances at the legendary El Rocco Jazz Cellar (with the likes of John Sangster, Don Burrows, and Graeme Lyall) and was permanently employed with Tommy Tycho’s Orchestra (Channel 7), Don Burrow’s Septet (Channel 2), John Bamford’s Orchestra (Channel 9) and Jack Grimsley’s Orchestra (Channel 10) as pianist/arranger.

In the seventies, Judy began teaching in the newly established jazz studies program at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music while also resident pianist for the

ABC Radio program Kindergarten. During this time, she also introduced music and movement programs for young children at Currambena and Lane Cove West Primary Schools. She was also appointed Music Director (Jazz) for the immensely successful Bennelong series at the Sydney Opera House and travelled with her quartet to Southeast Asia on the first of three overseas concert tours organised by Musica Viva.

The eighties and nineties saw more performing, composing, teaching, recording and touring, while Judy also became Music Director for the Sydney Youth Jazz Ensemble Association an umbrella organisation for a big band known as the Jazz Connection.

Judy has gained several prestigious awards, including the inaugural APRA Award for jazz composition, an Australian Entertainment Industry ‘MO’ for jazz performance, and in 2004 an OAM for services to music and education. In July 2008, as part of the Annual Classical Music Awards (APRA and AMC), Belinda Webster and Peter Rechnewski presented Judy with the Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music. Judy’s nomination is unique in that it was the first ever granted to an outstanding jazz musician. In 2014 she was inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame (Bell Awards).

Judy Bailey Adjudicator


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Secondary School open big band eventSydNey coNSeRvatoRiUM of MUSic - Recital hall WeSt time: 10.00am

Adjudicator: Judy Bailey

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1 Sydney Secondary College Intermediate Big Band Simon Sweeney

2 Asquith Boys High School Junior Stage Band Joe Manton

3 Rose Bay Secondary College Senior Stage Band Murray Jackson

4 St Augustine’s College Stage Band 1 Joseph Montz

5 St Patrick’s College Strathfield Big Band Derek Rose

6 Asquith Girls High School Stage Band Joe Manton

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Legendary musician Don Burrows has been at the forefront of the jazz world for most of his 60 years in the business. He is a household name in Australia, renowned for his musicianship and his enthusiastic support for the jazz arts. He’s also highly respected internationally, where he’s toured numerous times to great acclaim annually since 1960.

This superb multi-instrumentalist plays flute, clarinet and all the saxophones, from alto to baritone. He’s a composer and arranger of great note, and one of the world’s finest interpreters

of the jazz tradition. This Living National Treasure (named in 1988 and ‘98) was the first Australian jazz artist to win a gold record, the first to play at Europe’s famed Montreux and the USA’s Newport festivals, the first to play in China, the first awarded a Creative Arts Fellowship, the first inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, the first Director of a Jazz Studies course. He also found time to host his own television show, The Burrows Collection, for six years on ABC TV and has released close to forty albums.

His 1995 Creative Arts Fellowship, under the auspices of which he tours schools, follows two earlier honours – an Order of Australia and an MBE – in recognition of his generous and unstinting work in promoting jazz.

In 2000 the University of Sydney awarded Don Burrows ‘Doctor of Music’ [Honoris causa], and in 2001 he was awarded for the second time ‘Doctor of Music’ [Honoris causa] from the Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia. His musicianship and his ability to communicate his passion for fine music have become legendary. He remains one of Australia’s pre-eminent artists, veritably a Living National Treasure.

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1 Artarmon Jazz Band Matthew Walmsley

Secondary School Novice big band eventSydNey coNSeRvatoRiUM of MUSic - Recital hall WeSt time: 12.15pm


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1 Rose Bay Secondary College Junior Stage Band Murray Jackson

2 Killarney Heights High School Stage Band Nic Jeffries

3 Brigidine College Junior Stage Band Charles Lovelock

4 St Augustine’s College Stage Band 2 Alan Caulfield

5 Sydney Secondary College Jazz Ensemble Simon Sweeney

6 Manly Selective Campus Swing Band Craig Driscoll

7 Como Secondary College Junior Stage Band Helen Turner

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theJohn MorrisonEd Wilson

john moRRiSonJohn Morrison has delighted audiences for more than 25 years with his humour and dedication to sounds that swing. Equally at home in a small group or big band setting, his musical facility runs the entirespectrumfromtraditionaljazz,swing,Bebop,R&B,Soulandcommercialjazzrock.

The eldest of the Morrison family, John has spent much of his musical life playing and recording with his younger brother James Morrison. At age 8, John began playing cornet in the school brass band and by the age of 10 had built his first drum set from pots and pans. In these early few years he played many different instruments and styles but jazz drumming was to be his calling. After

living in New York for over 12 months in the late eighties, John and James returned home to form Australia’s premier jazz big band, “The Morrison Bros Big Bad Band”. John widened his exposure and experience also playing with a variety of other well-known artists including James Moody, Scott Hamilton, Richie Cole, John and Jeff Clayton, Garry Dial, Jimmy Whitherspoon, Eartha Kitt, Don Burrows, George Golla, and Bob Barnard, as well as fronting his own band Swing City. John is also known for his work in the recording studio both as player and producer and has hosted his own “Jazz at Five” radio show on Sydney radio station FM 99.3.

John is well known for his efforts in music education and his work as a Music Director for Pan Pacific and as the head of the highly successful high school jazz camps demonstrate his belief that working with young people is vital. John has been deeply involved with the NSW School Band Festival for many years as an adjudicator, clinician and as the Artistic Director of the Frank Coughlan Premier Big Band event. As a testimony to the esteem in which John is held, this event has been named in his honour.

Adapted from www.swingcity.com.au/johnbio.html.


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Secondary School open big band eventSydNey coNSeRvatoRiUM of MUSic - Recital hall WeSt time: 2.10pm


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1 Turramurra High School Junior Stage Band Mark Barnsley

2 Como Secondary College Senior Stage Band Mark Sprogowski

3 Brigidine College Senior Stage Band Charles Lovelock

4 Ashfield Boys High School Stage Band Carl Morgan

5 Manly Selective Campus Stage Band Craig Driscoll

6 James Ruse Agricultural High School Jazz Orchestra Richard Brus

7 Fort Street High School Big Band Ray Cassar

8 Manly Selective Campus Big Band Craig Driscoll

9 Willoughby Girls’ High School Stage Band Gerald Steinmann

10 The Scots College Big Band #1 Alan Webb and Paul Vickers

11 Killarney Heights High School Big Band Nic Jeffries

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selected by the adjudicator. The award recognises the musical director who is judged

to have prepared and presented the most challenging, professional and entertaining

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Graham Lloyd’s early music interests saw him learning violin and cello at Secondary School after which he enlisted into the Australian Regular Army in 1972 as an Apprentice Musician studying the clarinet where he received the Boosey and Hawkes prize for instrumental proficiency on graduating.

Graham commenced the Student Bandmaster Course at the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Twickenham, London in 1982 again receiving awards upon graduating, including the Besson Cup and Medal for highest grades; the Somerville Prize for best concert band arrangement, and the coveted Worshipful Company of Musicians Trophy and Silver Medal for the best overall student of the course.

Returning to Australia in 1985, Graham worked in a range of positions including Director of Music, RAAF and Commanding Officer of the RAAF Central Band (as Squadron Leader). He completed his Masters in music composition in

1999 and in 2000 he was placed in charge of Air Force music policy and the future direction of Air Force bands. In 2004 Graham accepted the position of Officer Commanding/Chief Instructor at the Defence Force School of Music, transferring back to the Army with the rank of Major.

Graham’s conducting highlights include Guest conductor of the United States Air Force Band in Washington D.C., conducting the RAAF Band at the 1996 Royal tournament in London, and conductor of the Federation Bells and Brass Concert in Melbournce, 2001, celebrating 100 years since Federation.

Graham’s main music interests are composing, arranging, teaching and conducting. Highlights include Prelude for a Festival, winning the 1988 Yamaha Composer of the Year award and composing Circumnavigation for the Royal Australian Navy’s 110th Anniversary Concert. He has arranged and composed over 600 works for Concert Bands, Brass Bands and Orchestras for every possible occasion from major concerts in the Opera House to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Sydney in 2005. Graham has been published by Barnhouse Publications in the US and De Haske in Europe.

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Primary School concert band eventclaNcy aUditoRiUM UNSW KeNSiNGtoN time: 9.00am


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1 Clovelly Public School Junior Band Murray Jackson

2 Turramurra North Public School Junior Band Tom Spencer

3 Beauty Point Public School Junior Band Ray Hampton

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1 Birchgrove Public School Concert Band Rod Mason

2 Clovelly Public School Intermediate Band Murray Jackson

3 Beauty Point Public School Senior Band Tom Spencer

4 Middle Harbour Public School Senior Band Ray Hampton

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1 Tacking Point Public School Senior Concert Band Frank Rugers

2 Clovelly Public School Senior Band Murray Jackson

3 Turramurra North Public School Intermediate Band Tom Spencer

4 Beauty Point Public School Concert Band Ray Hampton


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Robert H. McAnally was undoubtedly the most prolific Australian composer/arranger of music for bands, particularly brass bands.

His early musical career began with the Salvation Army, and he later became conductor of the New South Wales Tramways Band. He was one of the founders of the now defunct New South Wales Bandmasters’ Association based in Sydney. He wrote many difficult marches, including Implacable, Indomitable, The Spitfire, arranged Waltzing Matilda as a march and composed a programmatic march for the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932 entitled Triumph of Industry. On a visit to London he was honoured to see the Massed Guards Band march down The Mall playing his march The Spitfire, which was inspired by the Spitfire pilots of the Second World War.

When the ABC established its National Military Band in 1934 it was McAnally who auditioned the players from all over Australia and brought the band together for the arrival of Colonel H.E. Adkins – director of the famous Kneller Hall Military School of Music in England. McAnally spent most of his life in Sydney and died in Albury. Cliff Goodchild oam



wilbUR SAmPSon Wilbur Sampson was a well known Sydney musician whose career began with the Salvation Army. He was a tuba player in the ABC Military Band and was a well known arranger and orchestrator.

He started composing film music in 1949 and received much help from American film composer, David Butolf. Films for which Wilbur Sampson wrote include: Smiley Gets a Gun, King of the Coral Sea and Dust in the Sun. We wrote all the music for the Walkabout television series which was screened in Britain and other countries. He also composed a song, Christmas Candles, which was a big hit in America after being recorded by the Andrews Sisters.

Wilbur Sampson tragically died at age 44 of cancer, leaving his wife, Phyllis and 11 children. Later, record earnings from royalties, mainly from overseas, were a windfall to his deserving family.

An indication of the esteem in which Sampson was held was the large crowd which attended the benefit concert given in the Cinesound Studios at Bondi Junction.

Photo supplied by Wilbur Sampson’s daughter, Marie Hambleton, who currently resides in Qld. In her covering letter Marie wrote, ‘Dad was a particularly humble man who would be thrilled that he should be remembered in this way.’

The SBF is proud to keep alive the memory of another great Australian musician.

SETTING HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR SUCCESS

Great individuals are formed from strong foundations. At Cranbrook we strive for excellence in all areas and relish difference, so that every boy is given the unique means he needs to realise his full potential.

Music and Academic Scholarships are now open for entry in to Year 7 2018

For more information and to apply visit www.cranbrook.nsw.edu.au

Cranbrook is an Anglican independent day and boarding school for boys, Pre-school to Year 12 in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

Primary School concert band eventclaNcy aUditoRiUM UNSW KeNSiNGtoN time: 11.25am

Adjudicator: Gerald Steinmann

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1 Oatley West Pubilc School Intermediate Band Peter Sampson

2 Leichhardt Public School Concert Band Edward McKnight

3 Cammeray Public School Intermediate Band Michael Connors

4 Neutral Bay Public School Senior Band Luis Madrid

5 Wallsend South Public School Concert Band Teena Wallace

6 Epping West Public School Intermediate Band Lachlan Hamilton

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SETTING HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR SUCCESS

Great individuals are formed from strong foundations. At Cranbrook we strive for excellence in all areas and relish difference, so that every boy is given the unique means he needs to realise his full potential.

Music and Academic Scholarships are now open for entry in to Year 7 2018

For more information and to apply visit www.cranbrook.nsw.edu.au

Cranbrook is an Anglican independent day and boarding school for boys, Pre-school to Year 12 in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

Gerald has had an extensive national and international musical career, beginning at the age of 13 doing the pub and club circuit on the far north coast of NSW.

After enlisting in the Australian Army he was the recipient of numerous awards including the Chief of the Defence Force Award and was named “Best Soldier” from a 90 strong component within a cast of 1000 during the national tour “Tattoo 88” Bicentenary Celebrations. He has also performed at a plethora of international venues, from the Mambo Club in Varadero, Cuba, to Buckingham Palace in London. Gerald has worked as a vocalist with the Ed Wilson Jazz Orchestra, with the Australian Opera and is the recipient of a Gold Record ARIA Award for his collaborative work on the

historical/musical CD “Salute to the Aussie Digger”. Gerald is passionate about music education and is currently involved with a number of school band programs, community big bands, concert bands, big bands and small ensembles. He has established and/or expanded band programs and ensembles at various schools, including Killara High School, Roseville College, Killarney Heights High School, Willoughby Girls High School, Killarney Heights Public School, St Ives Public School, Mimosa Public School, Castle Cove Public School, Gordon East Public School, the Inner Sydney Montessori School and the Sydney Conservatorium High School. Gerald is actively engaged as a performer, music director, composer, arranger, educator, event consultant and adjudicator and is on the advisory board of the NSW School Band Festival.

AdjudicatorGerald Steinmann

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Primary School concert band eventclaNcy aUditoRiUM UNSW KeNSiNGtoN time: 1.00pm


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1 Neutral Bay Public School Junior Band Ray Hampton

2 Epping West Public School Training Band Lachlan Hamilton

3 Leichhardt Public School Junior Band Edward McKnight

4 Cammeray Public School Junior Band Michael Connors

5 Balgowlah Heights Public School Junior Band Ray Hampton

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1 Eleebana Public School Concert Band Teena Wallace

2 Oatley West Public School Concert Band Peter Sampson

3 Beecroft Senior Concert Band 2 Peter David Blyth

4 Eastwood Heights Public School Senior Band Isabella Harvey

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Dr William Lovelock was not Australian by birth, but his contribution to Australian music as a composer, examiner and music critic was immense.

During his time in Australia he composed a concerto for trumpet and brass band which was premiered by Waverley Bondi Beach Band in the Great Hall, Sydney University, with Yoshinao Osawa of Japan as conductor and Gordon Webb, then principal trumpet of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, as soloist.

Another work composed by Lovelock was Hyde Park Shuffle for brass band which was premiered by Sydney Brass at the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s promenade concert at the Sydney Town Hall in the 1970s and was conducted by John Hopkins. Source: Australian Music Centre.

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Primary School concert band – Premier event

claNcy aUditoRiUM UNSW KeNSiNGtoN time: 3.10pm

Adjudicator: John Lynch and Graham Lloyd

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1 Balgowlah Heights Public School Concert Band

Music director – Ray hampton Air for Band Frank Erickson Sideshow Alley* Tim Ferrier Highlights From Jungle Book Arr: Michael Brown

2 Epping West Public School Senior Band

Music director – Mike everett Cyclone Michael Oare Legend of Devil’s Lake Michael Sweeney Calypso Time!* Ed Wilson Jai Ho Comp: A R Rahman. Arr: Michael Brown

3 Leichhardt Public School Wind Ensemble

Music director – edward McKnight Successive Flames* Graham Lloyd Elsa’s Procession To The Cathedral Comp: Richard Wagner. Arr: Robert E. Foster, Jr. March Of The Trolls Comp: Edvard Grieg. Arr: Brian Beck Snake Charmer Randall Standridge

i4 Beecroft Public School Senior Concert Band 1

Music director – Peter david blyth Silent Movie* Brian West Hymnsong of Phillip Bliss David Holsinger Metrix Robert Sheldon Pilatus: Mountain of Dragons Comp: Steve Reineke


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5 Cammeray Public School Concert Band

Music director – Michael connors

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6 Crestwood Public School Concert Band

Music director – Garry clark

The Pioneer’s Passage Robert Sheldon Skeleton Dance* Brian West The Man from Snowy River Bruce Rowland. Arr: Michael Sweeney Waltzing Wicked Witches Steven C. Vincent Disney’s Magical Marches Herman / Dodd. Arr: Eric Osterling

7 Neutral Bay Public School Concert Band

Music director – Ray hampton

Flourish for Wind Band Ralph Vaughan Williams Air for Band Frank Erickson Tales of the Sea* Tim Ferrier

8 Ashbury Public School Concert Band

Music director – Ray hampton

Shipwrecked Ryan Nowlin Two Places Simon Reade Salvation is Created Pavel Chesnokov Arr. Michael Brown Music From Wicked Stephen Schwartz Arr. Michael Sweeney

9 Pymble Public School Performance Ensemble

Music director – Rebeccah Morris

Silent Movie* Brian West Excelsior* Brian Hogg Lady Gaga Dance Mix Arr: Ted Ricketts Last Ride of the Pony Express David Shaffer

10 Matthew Pearce Public School Senior Band

Music director – Garry clark

Jungle Dance Brian Balmages Tales of the Sea* Tim Ferrier Tranquil Sky Larry Neeck Haunted* Adrian Hallam Two Renaissance Sketches Todd Stalter



Alex liThgow (1870-1929)Alex Lithgow was born in Glasgow in 1870 and at an early age migrated with his family to Invercargill in New Zealand. The Lithgow family was noted for its musical talent and Alex’s father tutored him in the art of playing the cornet. At the very young age of 9 Alex made his first appearance as a soloist with the Invercargill Band. As well as playing brass instruments Alex became a competent violin player and, at the age of 17, was a member of the Invercargill Royal Theatre Orchestra. Over the course of the next decade Alex Lithgow competed with great distinction in a great number

of New Zealand and Australian band competitions as both a soloist and conductor.

In 1894 Alex Lithgow accepted an appointment as Bandleader of the St. Joseph’s Band in Launceston. Members of the St. Joseph’s Total Abstinence Society established the band in 1845. The band, which still meets and plays regularly, claims to be the oldest established band in Australia and the second oldest established band in the world. Lithgow held the position of Conductor of St. Joseph’s Band for 30 years, and at one time was Conductor of the Campbell Town Band in the Tasmanian Midlands.

In addition to conducting, Lithgow was an inventive composer, and two of his works, Invercargill and Northern Queen, are still band staples.

In the Launceston City Park band rotunda, the scene of many Lithgow-led performances, a plaque has been erected to commemorate his services to Launceston. Cliff Goodchild oam

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Primary School concert band event claNcy aUditoRiUM UNSW KeNSiNGtoN time: 9.00am

Adjudicator: Michelle Leonard

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1 Northbridge Public School Training Band David Scarborough

2 Randwick Public School Training Band Megan Lipworth

3 Picnic Point Public School Junior Band Toni Stewart

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1 Frenchs Forest Public School Concert Band Peter Squire

2 Northbridge Public School Concert Band David Scarborough

3 Randwick Public School Intermediate Band Megan Lipworth

4 Picnic Point Public School Concert Band Toni Stewart

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1 Northbridge Public School Senior Band David Scarborough

2 Frenchs Forest Public School Performance Band Peter Squire

3 Randwick Public School Performance Band Megan Lipworth


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Michelle commenced her professional music career as a Symphonic Wind ensemble conductor working at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, the Sydney Conservatorium High School and North Sydney Boys High School.

She also Conducted the Sydney Conservatorium Tertiary Symphonic Wind Ensemble for two years before having the first of her four children.

Michelle is the founder, Artistic Director and Conductor of Moorambilla Voices. This nationally awarded program (APRA AMCOS 2016 National winner – regional excellence) seeks at its core to give country kids a rare opportunity to sing, dance and create incredible performances with artists of the highest calibre. It is life changing for all involved. Michelle’s work was featured in ‘Wide Open Sky’ (directed by Lisa Nicol and winner of

the Audience Award for Best Documentary at 2015 Sydney Film Festival) and ‘Outback Choir’ (Heiress Films/ABC Australia).

Michelle is also the founding Artistic Director and Conductor of Leichhardt Espresso Chorus since 1998. This adult chorus annually performs traditional “major works” with orchestra and also actively commissions new Australian works. To date 110 new Australian choral works have been created for this ensemble. She is founder and Artistic Director of the Annual Carols on Norton.

Michelle is widely sought after as a choral clinician on Australian repertoire, appears regularly as a guest speaker, adjudicator and workshop facilitator.

Michelle was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for Services to the Community and Performing Arts in 2017.

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1 Turramurra Public School Junior Concert Band Tim Rowland

2 Tempe Public School Training Band Murray Jackson

3 Knox Junior Band Rebeccah Morris

4 Wahroonga Public School Beginner Band Tim Ferrier

5 Thornleigh West Public School Training Band David Bell

6 Epping Heights Public School Training Band Rob Di Marzo

Primary School concert band event claNcy aUditoRiUM UNSW KeNSiNGtoN time: 12.30pm


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1 Turramurra Public School Intermediate Concert Band Tim Rowland

2 Tempe Public School Performance Band Murray Jackson

3 Knox Intermediate Band Rebeccah Morris

4 Wahroonga Public School Junior Band Abi McCunn

5 Thornleigh West Public School Junior Concert Band David Bell

6 Epping Heights Public School Intermediate Band Rob Di Marzo

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1 Turramurra Public School Senior Concert Band Tim Rowland

2 Knox Senior Concert Band Rebeccah Morris

3 Wahroonga Public School Intermediate Band Mark Barnsley

4 Epping Heights Public School Concert Band Rob Di Marzo

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joe cookJoe Cook commenced his music making in 1961, learning the euphonium in St Marys, New South Wales and then studying trombone at the Canberra School of Music. He has performed and recorded with a range of musical groups including the Tasmanian, West Australian and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, Hawthorn City Brass (Australian Champions), and has won many Australian Solo Championships on euphonium and trombone, including the 2001 and 2003 Ern Keller Australasian Solo title

and the 2003 Australian Solo Champion of Champions title.

In 2000 Joe retired from the Australian Army Band Corps as a Captain after 23 years service (which included the last six years as Music Director of the Australian Army Band Tasmania) and has settled permanently in Tasmania.

He presently freelances as a performer, instrumental teacher, music composer/arranger and his recent original works include the contest march, Keighley Moor (used by the YBS Band as a signature tune), the concert march, Taskforce and many arrangements for band including the flugelhorn solo, Body and Soul, recorded by the Grimethorpe Colliery (UK Coal) Band and well-known titles such as the movie theme, The Man from Snowy River.


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1 Thornleigh West Public School Senior Concert Band David Bell

2 Turramurra Public School Performance Band Tim Rowland

3 Turramurra North Public School Senior Band Tom Spencer

4 Knox Prep Performance Ensemble Rebeccah Morris

5 Wahroonga Public School Concert Band Mark Barnsley

6 Barker College Junior School Wind Ensemble Andrew McWade

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Music ScholarshipsEach year the School offers scholarships

which provide up to 100% remission of fees to boys with outstanding musical talent. Preference is given to players of orchestral instruments. These scholarships are awarded to boys entering First Form (Year 7).

Candidates who are successful in the audition are required to gain a satisfactory result in the School’s Entrance Examination.

For particulars, please go to: www.sydgram.nsw.edu.au/admissions/scholarships/music scholarships and download the ‘Music Scholarship Package’ or telephone the Music Department on 9332 5895.

Mr Paul Vickers is currently Director of Music at The Scots College, Sydney. Paul is also a lecturer in Music Education at the University of NSW, School of Education, and is sought after as an adjudicator, clinician and guest conductor.

Paul has held several school-based roles including Director of Bands at Newington College, Instrumental Music Program Coordinator and Director of Bands at Fort Street High School and director of ensembles at Caringbah High School and Newtown High School of the Performing Arts. Paul was Conductor of the NSW Public Schools Symphonic Wind Orchestra and has co-directed the NSW Public Schools Jazz Orchestra. Notably, he was Assistant Conductor for the NSW Public Schools Symphonic Wind Ensemble, including their performance at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Director’s Conference, Chicago in 2007. Over several years Paul conducted ensembles at NSW State Music Camps, has directed the NSW

State Senior Band and has been the Assistant Conductor for the NSW Schools Spectacular.

Through a fellowship from the Ian Potter Cultural Trust, Paul completed a Master of Music degree in conducting at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada where he also received a Graduate Award for academic excellence. During this time Paul served as Graduate Assistant Conductor of one of Canada’s top university ensembles, the University of Victoria Wind Symphony. He was also regularly engaged as a guest conductor and adjudicator in Canada. In 2010 he was awarded a World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) conducting scholarship to participate in ‘The Art of Band Conducting’ at the University of Texas at Austin.

Paul is a regular contributor to professional journals and has served on editorial boards for musicological and music education publications both in Australia and abroad. Paul has served on the NSW boards of the Australian Band and Orchestra Director’s Association and the International Association of Jazz Educators as well as on the Sydney Eisteddfod Syllabus Advisory Panel, the NSW School Band Festival Advisory Board, and most recently on the organising committee for the Australian National Band and Orchestra Directors Conference (ANBOC 2016).

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Currently studying a PhD at The University of Melbourne, Jemima Bunn holds a Bachelor of Education from The University of Melbourne and a Masters in Music Education at University of Wisconsin.

She has extensive experience in music education, directing music programs at Camberwell High School, Ivanhoe Grammar and Glen Waverley Secondary College. Jemima is currently Director of Music, Blackburn High School in Melbourne, continuing a forty year tradition of excellence in one of Victoria’s finest government school music programs.

Jemima has been active in ABODA Victoria, serving on the committee and as Vice President and President over several years. She has also been President of ABODA National.

Jemima has conducted ensembles for Melbourne Youth Music, the Victorian Eastern Region Concerts, the University of Wisconsin Summer Music Clinic and University of Southern Mississippi Honour Band, as well as Queensland’s State Honour Ensembles Program. She has performed with numerous ensembles such as the Melbourne Youth Symphonic Band, the Australian National Youth Band and Australian Wind Orchestra and is currently conducting the Melbourne Wind Ensemble. She has adjudicated at Boroondara Eisteddfod, Melbourne School Bands’ Festival, Victorian School Music Festival and Royal South Street Competitions.

Jemima is very proud to be working with Brolga Music in promoting the works of Australian concert band, jazz ensemble and string and full orchestra composers throughout Australia and across the seas.

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1 Matthew Pearce Public School Junior Band Garry Clark

2 Toongabbie Public School Training Band John D’Arcy

3 Greenwich Public School Training Band David Braybrook

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2 West Pymble Public School Performance Band Matt Dalziel

3 Cherrybrook Public School Jennifer Walkden-Brown

4 Jasper Road Public School Performing Band Steve Clark

5 Eastwood Heights Public School Intermediate Band Isabella Harvey

6 Mount Colah Public School Performance Band Matt Dalziel

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2 Toongabbie Public School Concert Band John D’Arcy

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1 Cromer Public School Training Band Kelvin Anderson

2 Epping North Public School Training Band Christine Pringle

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4 Hornsby North Public School Junior Concert Band Dave Bell

5 Pymble Public School Junior Band Rebeccah Morris

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4 Kegworth Public School Senior Band Tristan Routh

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What is ABODA?The Australian Band and Orchestra Director’s Association (ABODA) is an active in-service organisation that strives to improve the musical, educational and cultural excellence of instrumental music, bands and orchestras throughout schools and the wider community.

What does ABODA NSW offer it’s members? — Conducting courses — Summer Conducting School — Access to a state and national network of collegiate support.

— Access to a state and national network of collegiate support. — Professional development events led by local and internationally renowned conductors and clinicians. — Discounted tickets to Sydney Conservatorium of Music concerts. — Quarterly e-newsletter ‘The Score’ containing the latest articles from some of Australia’s finest music educators and conductors and information about professional development opportunities. — Opportunities for personal development

through involvement on ABODA working parties and committees. — Regular updates of upcoming events and articles of interest through our website, Facebook page and Twitter feed.

How do I join ABODA NSW?Simply visit www.abodansw.com and head to the membership section.

John Lynch is a leading international wind band conductor. He is the Director of Bands, Wind Symphony Conductor, and Artistic Director of the new ensemble-in-residence: Verbrugghen Ensemble at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He leads Australia’s first graduate degrees in wind conducting.

He was previously Director of Bands and Professor of Music at the University of Georgia and the University of Kansas. Other positions include those at Northwestern University and Emory University, and Artistic Director of the Northshore Concert Band, Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, and the Greater New York Wind Symphony (founder).

He has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, Asia, and Australia including the national conferences of the College Band Directors National Association, American Bandmasters Association, NAFME, and the Midwest Clinic and Interlochen, as well as invited tours of China, Argentina, and Europe. Lynch has three professional recordings on the Naxos label including the premiere in the Wind Band Classics Series, and he is a published composer through C. Alan Music and Maestro and Fox. Awards include The American Prize, the national Stanbury Award for outstanding conducting and teaching, New York’s Big

Apple Corps National Leadership in the Arts award, The University of Georgia Creative Research Medal, a Northwestern University Searle Fellow for Teaching Excellence, and elected membership in the American Bandmasters Association and Phi Beta Mu international band honor fraternity.

Lynch is a passionate advocate for new music and has commissioned, recorded, and premiered works from Australia and around the globe by both today’s leading composers and those new to writing for the wind band medium. He holds degrees from Indiana University, the Eastman School of Music and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

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What is ABODA?The Australian Band and Orchestra Director’s Association (ABODA) is an active in-service organisation that strives to improve the musical, educational and cultural excellence of instrumental music, bands and orchestras throughout schools and the wider community.

What does ABODA NSW offer it’s members? — Conducting courses — Summer Conducting School — Access to a state and national network of collegiate support.

— Access to a state and national network of collegiate support. — Professional development events led by local and internationally renowned conductors and clinicians. — Discounted tickets to Sydney Conservatorium of Music concerts. — Quarterly e-newsletter ‘The Score’ containing the latest articles from some of Australia’s finest music educators and conductors and information about professional development opportunities. — Opportunities for personal development

through involvement on ABODA working parties and committees. — Regular updates of upcoming events and articles of interest through our website, Facebook page and Twitter feed.

How do I join ABODA NSW?Simply visit www.abodansw.com and head to the membership section.

John Lynch is a leading international wind band conductor. He is the Director of Bands, Wind Symphony Conductor, and Artistic Director of the new ensemble-in-residence: Verbrugghen Ensemble at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He leads Australia’s first graduate degrees in wind conducting.

He was previously Director of Bands and Professor of Music at the University of Georgia and the University of Kansas. Other positions include those at Northwestern University and Emory University, and Artistic Director of the Northshore Concert Band, Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, and the Greater New York Wind Symphony (founder).

He has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, Asia, and Australia including the national conferences of the College Band Directors National Association, American Bandmasters Association, NAFME, and the Midwest Clinic and Interlochen, as well as invited tours of China, Argentina, and Europe. Lynch has three professional recordings on the Naxos label including the premiere in the Wind Band Classics Series, and he is a published composer through C. Alan Music and Maestro and Fox. Awards include The American Prize, the national Stanbury Award for outstanding conducting and teaching, New York’s Big

Apple Corps National Leadership in the Arts award, The University of Georgia Creative Research Medal, a Northwestern University Searle Fellow for Teaching Excellence, and elected membership in the American Bandmasters Association and Phi Beta Mu international band honor fraternity.

Lynch is a passionate advocate for new music and has commissioned, recorded, and premiered works from Australia and around the globe by both today’s leading composers and those new to writing for the wind band medium. He holds degrees from Indiana University, the Eastman School of Music and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

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Would you like to improve your conducting skills?Join us for the 2018 Summer Conducting School led by distinguished Conductor, Dr John P. Lynch. 16—20 January 2018 at North Sydney Girls High SchoolTo register your interest email [email protected]

In his latest exhibition, Music to my Eyes, Southern Highlands photographer and musician, Chris Donaldson, pays tribute to the musicians – composers and performers – who have enriched our lives and helped define our culture, including SBF Festival Patron, Richard Gill AO.

‘The inspiration behind this project was the chance to combine my dual lifelong passions of music a photography’ explains Donaldson, whose exhibition draws on photographs taken over the last 24 years, all unified by a musical theme.

‘Back in the 1970s my composition teacher, Dulcie Holland, used to say that a work of art needed unity, variety and a sense of form’ recalls Donaldson. ‘I like to think I have stayed true to that ideal in this exhibition.’

Interestingly, one of the challenges he faced in compiling the shots for the exhibition was the sheer volume of photography in our everyday lives. ‘Everyone has a camera’, he says, ‘everyone takes pictures, so why are mine worth looking at’.

If the arresting image of James Morrison, taken at the NSW School Band Festival’s Frank Coughlan Premier Big Band event and which features as the publicity shot, is anything to go by, Donaldson certainly has something to say.

Other notable Australian musicians to feature in the exhibition include NSW School Band Festival Patron, Richard Gill and Elena Kats-Chernin (who has an event in the Australian School Orchestra named in her honour) at the piano in her colourful Coogee music room.

Donaldson recalls were some very special moments in obtaining the photographs. ‘May Howlett rang me up before coming over and asked, “What should I wear?” ‘Well, you’re a fiery composer, so wear something that reflects who you are’ he quipped, never anticipating the 86 year old would show up in leopard skin tights.

Celebrated artist, Ben Quilty, who sought Donaldson’s assistance in learning the piano part to ‘Working Class Man’ when Quilty agreed to perform with Jimmy Barnes at a fund raising event at the Opera House, will be opening the exhibition on Sunday 30th July at 11.00am.

Other images from the total of 45 photographs include landscapes which evoke a musical response from Donaldson and images from the various trips he and his wife, Anne, have taken to the homes and workplaces of some of the world’s great composers such as Mozart, Schubert, Chopin and Schumann.

Read a full version of this article on our Homepage under ‘Festival News, Views and Events’


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Simon Thew undertook conducting studies in Sydney, Vienna, Berlin, and Barcelona with mentors including Sebastian Weigle, Nicolette Fraillon, Harry Spence Lyth, Richard Bonynge AC CBE, and John Hopkins OBE. In 2007 Simon was the first, and only, conductor to be awarded the Dame Joan Sutherland/Richard Bonynge Travel Scholarship, which enabled further study in Europe, culminating in being musical intern at the Bayreuth Festival in 2008.

In 2010, the awarding of the Hephzibah Tintner Fellowship gave Simon performance and mentoring opportunities with The Australian Ballet, Opera Australia, and the Sydney Symphony. In 2011 Simon was The Australian Ballet’s Conducting Fellow. As the result of being awarded a Churchill Fellowship, in early 2012 Simon undertook professional development opportunities with Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin State Opera, and American Ballet Theatre.

Simon was an assistant conductor with Opera Australia between 2007 and 2010. In 2010 he conducted Opera Australia’s Oz Opera regional

tour, and in the same year made his conducting debut with The Australian Ballet. In 2012 he acted as assistant conductor on the company’s 2012 New York tour. Since 2013, Simon has conducted performances of almost all productions with The Australian Ballet, as well as making guest conducting debuts with English National Ballet-2014, Birmingham Royal Ballet-2015, and Houston Ballet-2016. Simon also leads an active concert-conducting career.

Simon has a long association with the School Band Festival and a strong background in working with young musicians. From 1997 until 2013 Simon was on the conducting staff of the SBS Radio and Television Youth Orchestra, and is still actively involved in music education through workshops, most recently with Orchestra Victoria, Melbourne Youth Orchestras’ Summer School, through his work as an adjudicator and member of the advisory board of the NSW School Band Festival and adjudicator for the Australian School Orchestral Festival. Simon is conducting clinician for the recipients of the Festival’s Cliff Goodchild Scholarship for Professional Development in Music Education.

In 2017 Simon accepted the invitation to take up the position of Assistant Conductor with The Australian Ballet.

Simon is dressed by TM Lewin.

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1 Dundas Public School Primary Band John D’Arcy

2 Willoughby Public School Training Band Anthony Marsden

3 Winston Hills Public School Training Band Rob Di Marzo

4 Allambie Heights Public School Training Band Kristin Wells

5 The King’s School Preparatory School Junior Band Benjamin Crocker

6 Parramatta North Public School Junior Band John D’Arcy



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1 Hastings Primary School Concert Band Frank Rugers

2 Kooringal Public School Concert Band Jenny Binovec

3 Willoughby Public School Intermediate Band Anthony Marsden

4 Winston Hills Public School Intermediate Band Rob Di Marzo

5 Dundas Public School Concert Band Kendal Cuneo

6 Allambie Heights Public School Concert Band Luis Madrid

7 St Thomas Willoughby Concert Band Anthony Marsden

8 Ryde East Public School Performance Band Joe Gould

9 Glenmore Road Public School Band Milia Cavallaro

10 Parramatta North Public School Concert Band John D’Arcy

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ScholarshipThe cliff Goodchild oaM Scholarship was established in 2016 to provide ongoing professional development for directors of school band programs.The Scholarship will fund professional music educators to work as mentors with the recipient in their school context within a twelve month period in areas such as: Conducting and rehearsal technique, repertoire selection, instrumental pedagogy, band program management.

EligibilityThe Cliff Goodchild OAM Scholarship recipient will:• Be currently working as a Music Director in a NSW primary or secondary school• Be a current member of ABODA• Have presented bands at the NSW School Band Festival for at least the previous two (2) years• Have the express support of their school and/or school band committee to undertake the Scholarship

program within the coming twelve month period• Have shown a commitment to engage in professional activities to improve their teacher practice and

student learning

See the NSW School band festival Website for application details

2017 Luis Fernando Madrid Luis Fernando Madrid is originally from Colombia where he studied conducting and piano at the Universidad Pedagogica de Colombia. Luis has been fortunate to study with many important conductors, among them, Baldur Brönnimann, National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia; Eckehard Stier, of Auckland Philharmonia orchestra; Simon Carrington, founder of the King Singers; Eduardo Diazmuñoz Gomez and Imre Pallo. Luis holds a Master’s degree in conducting at Sydney University. In Colombia, his commitment to education has continued for more than 15 years; conducting, playing piano and teaching throughout Colombia. This has continued in Australia where he has already become much sought after for youth orchestras. Alongside his conducting engagements, he is regularly invited to teach at conducting workshops and master classes, instructing the new generation of musicians in Colombia. During the last three years, Luis has been working as wind band director including Middle Harbour Public School, Neutral Bay Public School, Beauty Point Public School and Allambie Heights Public School. Luis has been a regular participant with these school at the NSW School Band Festival in recent years.

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1 Willoughby Public School Concert Band Robert Sidaway

2 Winston Hills Public School Performance Band Rob Di Marzo

3 Allambie Heights Public School Performance Band Kristin Wells

4 Newport Public School Senior Band Jessica Manning

5 Normanhurst West Public School Senior Concert Band Dave Odams

6 The King’s School Preparatory School Concert Band Benjamin Crocker



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1 Manly West Public School Training Band Penny Coucill

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1 Burnside Public School Senior Band Taylor De Col

2 Balgowlah Heights Public School Senior Band Emma Clain

3 Waitara Public School Senior Band Adam Tomkins

4 Manly West Public School Intermediate Band Penny Coucill

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Garry Clark is a highly respected name in music education and for many years has played a central role in the development of musical talent in the Western Sydney region. He is a conductor, teacher, performer, administrator and more.

Garry studied conducting with Dr Robert Rosen and Professor Jerry Nowak for many years. He has served as manager and staff associate conductor for the Jerry Nowak Conducting Summer School over a period of 15 years. In both 2005 and 2006 he was selected to participate in the Symphony Australia Conductor Development Program.

Garry has been both the National and NSW President of the Australian Band and Orchestra Directors’ Association (ABODA). He has served on the board of the Asia Pacific Band Directors Association, hosting

their conference in Sydney in 1998, and has played host to a number of visiting international bands. Garry has represented Australia at meetings in Taiwan and Korea. For his outstanding contribution to ABODA, Garry was awarded their ‘Citation of Excellence’ award at the National Conference in Melbourne in July 2004. Garry is also a founding member of the NSW School Band Festival Advisory Panel and has been a regular clinician on their behalf.

Garry conducts primary school bands at three schools in the Baulkham Hills area, and they are regularly invited to perform at both the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Town Hall. He also conducts the Concert and Senior bands at the Hills Music Academy and leads the Blue Mountains Concert Band, and Mountains Youth Band. He was also selected to conduct at the prestigious State Junior or Senior Music Camps in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012, organised by the Department of Education’s Performing Arts Unit.

In 2016, Garry conducted Matthew Pearce PS Senior Band at the Australian National Band and Orchestra Conference (ANBOC) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, by invitation. This year, Garry was a contributor and Guest Conductor for ‘The Good Music Guide – Part 2’ ~ ‘Composers in the Spotlight for Developing Bands’ presented by ABODA NSW and live streamed on YouTube.

Garry is a recipient of The Australian Defence Medal and at the 2016 OBF Awards was presented ‘Highly Commended for Community Contribution’. In 2017 he was a nominee for Citizen of the Year at the Blacktown City Australia Day Awards.

Garry holds a BMus/BTch degree from the University of New England in Armidale.

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1 Wilkins Public School Concert Band Patricia Ryan

2 Lindfield East Public School Concert Band Jonathan Dollin

3 North Sydney Dem Senior Band Kate Gandy

4 South Coogee Public School Senior Wind Band Phil Molloy

5 Manly West Public School Concert Band Penny Coucill

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1 Waitara Public School Senior Wind Ensemble Adam Tomkins

2 Lindfield East Public School Performance Band Colin Smith

3 West Pennant Hills Public School Performance Band Andrew Hamblin

4 Willoughby Public School Performing Band Kirsty Tickle

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1 Newport Public School Junior Band Jessica Manning

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Campbelltown-Camden District Band "celebrating 70 years serving the Macarthur community in music.!"CCDB, founded in 1946, is comprised of a wind ensemble, marching band, stage band, daytime group, a youth ensemble and a progressive"training program for all ages. Regular engagements include Anzac Day

marches and commemorations, Australia Day and Fisher's Ghost Festival parades and celebrations, Relay for Life/24 Hour Fight Against Cancer. We also play weddings, netball season openings, football matches and a variety of other community and private events.""We provide for, and welcome, players of all levels and instruments - all that is required is a love of music. For more information on playing with, or hiring, a band, visit our website ccdb.org.au""""""" "

Campbelltown-Camden District Band "celebrating 70 years serving the Macarthur community in music.!"CCDB, founded in 1946, is comprised of a wind ensemble, marching band, stage band, daytime group, a youth ensemble and a progressive"training program for all ages. Regular engagements include Anzac Day

marches and commemorations, Australia Day and Fisher's Ghost Festival parades and celebrations, Relay for Life/24 Hour Fight Against Cancer. We also play weddings, netball season openings, football matches and a variety of other community and private events.""We provide for, and welcome, players of all levels and instruments - all that is required is a love of music. For more information on playing with, or hiring, a band, visit our website ccdb.org.au""

Joan Thorp is the Managing Director of one of Australia’s leading music publishing companies, Thorp Music.

She has published over 250 works for bands, orchestras and jazz ensembles. Joan enjoys regular praise for her creative and inspiring music for school bands.

Joan’s outstanding record as a music educator has seen her direct the Junior State Band Camp Concert Band as well as the NSW Senior State Wind Ensemble. Joan is currently the Director of Bands at St Patrick’s College Sutherland and Miranda North Public School.

Joan’s career has included directing a professional corporate function band, “Abracadabra”, teaching, performing, adjudicating, guest-conducting as well as earning state and national championship titles on French Horn. She has also received an ATCL for French Horn and an AMusA for Theory of Music. Joan is accredited by the Australian Music Teachers’ Association, the MusicArrangers’GuildofAustraliaandtheAustralianBand&OrchestraDirectors’Association.

Joan has had a long association with the NSW School Band Festival and looks forward to adjudicating again this year.

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1 Lindfield Public School Junior Band Megan Lipworth

2 Lane Cove West Junior Band Rachel Herbert

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3 Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview Regis Concert Band Philippa Tomkins

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Rod Mason has over 30 years experience as a professional musician, music director, conductor, adjudicator and woodwind tutor. He is known for his inspirational and collaborative music direction and specialist band education techniques embracing teamwork, fostering pride and creativity.

He enjoys helping young musicians develop a love for music, empowering them with confidence they take with them throughout their lives.

Rod has achieved some of Australia’s leading awards for his contribution to the music community. These include an OAM and a Gold Aria headlining the impressive list of commendations and awards.

He directed and produced the big band Camouflage album Exposed - nominated ‘Best Contemporary Jazz Album 2003’ - Bell Awards

He studied under scholarship at the Canberra School of Music with the internationally acclaimed saxophonist and music lecturer Dr Peter Clinch and had the pleasure of working alongside some of Australia’s leading musicians.

The diversity of Rod’s performance and MD experience encompasses genres including big band, jazz combo, rock, symphonic band, theatre, military, Latin, blues, ska, French contemporary and baroque.

His experiences span from zany live on stage performances on the legendary iconic show Count Down! to internationally televised performances to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and President Bill Clinton.

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1 Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview Intermediate Stage Band Dev Gopalasamy

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1 Beecroft Public School Stage Band Tim Ferrier

2 Lane Cove West Public School Jazz Band Alex Silver

3 Ashbury Public School Jazz Band Jason Isaac

4 Castle Cove Public School Stage Band Gerald Steinmann

5 Lindfield Public School Stage Band Tim Ferrier

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1 Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview Senior Stage Band Dev Gopalasamy

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The NSW Public Schools Millennium Marching Band (MMB) formed in 1999 to par?cipate in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Opening ceremony, and the band has con?nued to amaze audiences with local, state, and interna?onal performances ever since. Who can forget the spectacle of music, precision movement and colour which thrilled us all in 2000?

This unique group combines many elements of performance – contemporary music, dance and choreography, movement and colour and a flair for showmanship/drama.

Interna'onal performances have included the Sydney Olympics in 2000, the Beijing Olympic Orchestra in 2004 and a USA tour in 2015 (highlights -‐ San Francisco Giants baseball game, joined with University of Washington Husky Marching Band for a Husky football game and led the Disney Parade in Anaheim, LA!). The MMB par?cipates in the annual Sydney ANZAC Day March, has featured in the NSW Schools Spectacular ad o]en performs at NRL games, the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Town Hall and the opening of the Opera?on Art Exhibi?on at Sydney Olympic Park.

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This is no ordinary band. Have you no?ced the students in your school band who seem to be yearning to move? The toe and hand tappers, the head nodders and shakers, those who jig their knee or leg and the percussion players who are already up there doing a mini dance? These could be the students who would flourish in the MMB. Students get to build on the musical skills they’ve learnt in their own school bands to do more … much more! Not only do students play fantas?c music, they also develop skills in memorisa?on, reading complex movement drills, precise ?ming, teamwork, leadership, par?cipa?on and sharing of music and choreography ideas with a team of expert professional staff. It is a truly collabora?ve ensemble. While the performance components are greater in number, intensity and complexity than a sit down group, every year our new students rise to the occasion and perform brilliantly! Plus, the MMB is a great way to improve your fitness and stamina whilst making friends for life!

The NSW Public Schools Millennium Marching Band is open to all public high school students (and semester 2 for year 6 primary school students). The MMB welcomes instrumentalists who play piccolo, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, french horn, and tuba (you play the wonderful sousaphone), percussionists (snare drum, tonal bass drums, quads, and cymbals) and students wan?ng to perform in the colourguard who complete the performance with movement, colour and dance.

So do you want more than your standard band? Are you curious to see the NSW Public Schools Millennium Marching Band in ac?on? Organise to come (*) to any MMB rehearsal at Cumberland HS, Carlingford see for yourself and give it a try. Rehearsal dates are on The Arts Unit website.

(*) For more informa?on please contact Therese Doyle at The Arts Unit [email protected] or read about us and apply online at The Arts Unit website: www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au > Music > Music Ensembles


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1 Coogee Public School Senior Band Phil Molloy

2 Bronte Public School Concert Band Tony Gibson

3 Waterford Concert Band - Waverley College Daniel Williams

4 Our Lady Of The Sacred Heart Randwick Kirsty Tickle

5 Arncliffe Public School Concert Band Kurt Olofsson

6 Paddington Public School Concert Band Celeste Moore



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1 Lindfield East Public School Training Band Colin Smith

2 Lane Cove Public School Training Band Matthew Keegan

3 Darlington&NewtownNorthCombinedTrainingBand Richard Brus

4 Ashbury Public School Training Band Jason Isaac

5 Middle Harbour Public School Training Band Luis Fernando Madrid

6 St Ives North Public School Training Band Colin Smith

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1 Bondi Public School Senior Band Tony Gibson

2 St Mary’s Primary School North Sydney Concert Band Rod Herbert

3 Boronia Park Public School Concert Band Rod Mason

4 John Purchase Public School Concert Band Anthony Felton

5 Darlington&NewtownNorthCombinedConcertBand Richard Brus

6 Lane Cove Public School Concert Band Stephan Schaffer

7 St Ives North Public School Junior Concert Band Robert Jardine



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1 Woollahra Public School Senior Band Phil Molloy

2 Lane Cove Public School Senior Concert Band Rod Mason

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Liz is a highly experienced conductor and music educator based in regional NSW. She has spent her 18-year career working full time as a semi-professional conductor and music teacher working with over 80 ensembles at all levels – from primary to high school and community ensembles.

Liz is frequently called upon as a guest conductor across various NSW school and community workshops and music camps.

She is the recipient of the Department of Education “Lamp of Learning” award for innovation in education. She has held the position of Concert Band conductor for the Independent Primary Schools’ Head Association (IPSHA) music festival in 2014 and 2016. She was also the inaugural Music Director of the Heads of Independent Co-Educational Schools (HICES) Jazz Academy in 2014. In these positions, she has conducted featured items for concerts at Sydney Town Hall.

2017 has been a busy year for Liz. She began the year studying with Professor Craig Kirchhoff from the University of Minnesota. Since then she has also completed Master classes with Dr Rob McWilliams. In June-July Liz travelled to the USA to complete two conducting symposiums at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University – Illinois. To participate in these symposiums Liz was selected from a field of 83 US and international applicants and was the only Australian representative.

As an active participant and observer of the NSW School Band Festival for many years, Liz is very pleased to be able to contribute to the festival this year.

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1 The Riverina Anglican College Band Clare Brassil

2 Sydney Secondary College Junior Band Brad Lucas

3 Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview Intermediate Concert Band Susan Thomas

4 Willoughby Girls High School Year 7/8 Wind Ensemble Jason Isaac

5 Caringbah High School Junior Concert Band Theo Bonny



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1 Sydney Secondary College Concert Band Clare Brassil

2 St Patrick’s College Sutherland Concert Band Joan Thorp

3 Newtown High School Of The Performing Arts Concert Band Jason Isaac

4 Caringbah High School Concert Band Lee-Anne Harrison

5 Pennant Hills High School Concert Band 2 John Buckley

6 Denison College Bathurst Concert Band Andrew Smith

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Know your volunteers

John Tesoriero, affectionately known as Tess, was one of the founding members of the Waverley Municipal Band, (later changed to Waverley Bondi Beach Band and now Bondi Brass). Tess is our BB Tuba player and the band’s Property Manager. He is a tireless worker for the Festival, arranging transport and the delivery of any extra percussion we require. His dulcet tones can be heard in the Clancy foyer as he updates Festival patrons regarding the progress of events. Tessie’s wife, Barb, and their daughter, Carla, also help out at the ticket office during the Festival making it a real family affair.

What instrument do you play?

I play the BB Tuba, the tuba was chosen by a teacher at Waverley College, as I was a big fellow so he said I needed a big instrument. I was 12 years old when I started playing the tuba.

What did you do in your ‘real job’?

I started work at State Rail as a junior clerk and was there for 40 years. Prior to retiring in 2004, I was Manager Accounts Payable. At one stage I used to travel all over the state with tens of thousands of dollars for the payroll, back in the day when everyone was paid in cash. As you can imagine, everyone loved it when I showed up in town. They were good times.

What’s one thing about you that might surprise other members of the band?

My faith is very important to me and a lot of my fellow band members may be surprised to know that I teach scripture and do presentations to members of 3 parishes.

Also, back in 1972 I won the Intermediate State Heavyweight title in Weightlifting

What’s your earliest memory of music?

My uncle playing the piano accordion when I was three, but my parents we not that musical. It was not until I joined the band at school that they knew I was really interested in music and from then on they were very supportive.

What’s your proudest moment in music?

I have a lot of moments that I am proud of, but to put in a nutshell, when I got to play alongside of Cliff Goodchild when I was asked to play with the SSO on one occasion.

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What’s the funniest/craziest moment you’ve ever had in music?

Dressing up as hippies for Waratah parade &Mumbah festival. It’s been a while since I’ve had hair like that!

What is the most challenging thing about playing music?

These days it’s carrying my instrument. Also, trying to keep players interested in the band so more can turnupforrehearsals&gigs.

What music do you love listening to?

I love all music, but Big Bands are my preferred. I loved the Daly-Wilson Big Band and I like Michael Buble. I love going to the SBF’s Frank Coughlan Premier Big Band Event and watching those talented players from the best of the best.

What’s your favourite film music?

Blues Brothers. I love the big band, brass sounds.

if you could bring one musician back from the dead, who would it be and why?

Ricky May. He was one of the great showman back in the day.

besides your current instrument what’s the one other instrument you would really love to have learnt?

Tenor Sax. (Editor’s Note: We’re glad he didn’t!)

What’s your earliest memory of the Sbf and how has the event changed in the time you have been involved?

I first performed in the Festival in 1963, when I was at school (Waverley College). I have been involved as a volunteer ever since the Waverley Band took it over from the Band Association up until now. I had a break of 10 years, between 1990 to 2000.

What do you most like about the Sbf/why do you volunteer at the Sbf?

Seeing the smiles on the faces of children having achieved a performance in front of an audience. Also seeing children coming to the Festival as primary school aged and watching them come back each year to finally perform as young adults in secondary school.

I have also seen players come to the Festival as children and then watched them come back later with their own bands as Music Directors. That is the reason I volunteer, to see music live on.

if you won the lottery what would you do?

Keep a little for myself and divide the rest to family, friends and the church.

What would you last meal consist of?

Pasta&meatballswith lotsof sauce (I’m typicalItalian).

What would you like written on your tombstone?

Just theusualName,dates&where Iwasborn.Nothing fancy.

What advice would you give to the young musicians here today’s festival?

When you leave school, do not give up playing music, find a group and continue playing. You’ll never regret it.


Bondi BRASSBondi BRASSbondi brass was established in 1959 by Cliff Goodchild OAM. Supported by the Waverley Council, the band has performed at many of Sydney’s famous events and landmarks including the Sydney Opera House, Observatory Hill, the opening of the Sydney Film Festival, the opening of the Darling Harbour Convention Centre, Historic Houses Trust venues, religious processions and other community events. The band performs at Bondi Beach for the annual Festival of the Winds and Carols by the Sea, as well as fulfilling council Australia Day and Anzac Day obligations. Each year the Band travels to picturesque Dangar Island on the Hawkesbury River for a carols festival with the local community.

Bondi Brass boasts a proud history of nurturing the careers of many of Australia’s leading brass players. Paul Goodchild (Associate Principal Trumpet, Sydney Symphony/Director, Sydney Brass) and Tom Burge (Charlotte Symphony) are two players with distinguished professional careers both in Australia and overseas who spent their younger days playing in the band.

Bondi Brass also supports Australian composers having commissioned the Concerto for Trumpet and Brass Band by Barry McKimm in 1995. In 2001 the Band commissioned a work by David Stanhope, which was premiered at the 40th Annual School Band Festival.

Bondi Brass draws its repertoire from the broad range of music available for brass bands, from the Renaissance dances of Tilman Susato to the music of modern Australian composers such as George Dreyfus, David Stanhope and Barry McKimm. In between there are selections from movies and musical comedies, folk songs, classical and romantic symphonies, pop tunes and of course traditional brass band marches.

There are currently over thirty members of Bondi Brass of various ages from a variety of professions, and with one of Australia’s largest music libraries we can certainly find the repertoire to suite every occasion.

Players Wanted!New to Sydney? Looking to return to playing music after a taking a break due to other commitments? Bondi Brass is the place to come. We are looking for players of all ability levels. We don’t worry about auditions, just come along and enjoy making music!

Booking the Band…Bondi Brass adds atmosphere and class to any occasion. Consider booking the band for your next birthday, community event or corporate function. We have one of the largest music libraries in Australia and can provide ensembles of all sizes. Contact the secretary for rates.

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Band enquiriesWebsite: www.bondibrass.org.auEmail: [email protected]: 0402 693 629

Members of Bondi Brass have supported the NSW School Band Festival as volunteers since the event was first held in 1962.

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