Wollongong City Brass & Wind Bands

The City of Wollongong Brass Band presents “An Afternoon at the Opera”, featuring soprano Jane McIntosh! Dust off your opera glasses and join us for a program of highlights from operatic masterpieces.

 The concert will be at the Figtree Anglican Church Auditorium at 2pm on Saturday 18 May 2024.

The ticket price includes afternoon tea, and there will be a great selection of raffle prizes if you want to try your luck with some raffle tickets.

Tickets are available at the door, or online via TryBooking.

Our Junior Brass Band is back from the 2024 National Band Championships in Adelaide, claiming 2nd place in the Junior B Grade Brass section!

We’re thrilled that the band was able to make the trip, it was a great experience. A big “thank you” to all the parents and supporters who made it possible!

Our Junior Brass band has been busy over the past few months preparing for the 2024 Australian National Band Championships, and now the contest is just around the corner!

The Junior B Grade Brass section will be held on Saturday 30 April in the Scott Theatre at Adelaide University with the Hymn & Test at 12:30pm and the Own Choice and Stage March at 5:00pm.

The entire event will be livestreamed by BrassBanned.com, so even if you can’t be there in person, please tune in and support our band online!

The City of Wollongong Bands are excited to present our next concert, “Generations in Harmony”! The concert will be at the Figtree Anglican Church Auditorium at 2pm on Saturday 23 March 2024, celebrating the 2024 NSW Seniors Festival.

Join us for another varied program of music, including marches, jazz, classical, and more. The concert also features our Junior Brass Band, the current Australian National C Grade Champions, performing the contest pieces they will be playing in Adelaide at the 2024 National Band Championships where they will be competing in Junior B Grade!

The ticket price includes afternoon tea, and there will be a great selection of raffle prizes if you want to try your luck with some raffle tickets. All proceeds from the raffle will go towards helping the Junior Brass Band travel to Nationals in Adelaide.

Tickets are available at the door, or online via TryBooking.

The City of Wollongong Brass Bands are looking forward to presenting our next concert, “A Musical Journey”! The concert will be at the Figtree Anglican Church Auditorium at 2pm on Saturday 18 November 2022.

Join us as we travel through time with a selection of music from King Henry VIII to Taylor Swift. The concert also showcases our Junior Brass Band (current Australian National C Grade Champions!), come along and hear the results of all their hard work this year!

The ticket price includes afternoon tea, and there will be a great selection of raffle prizes if you want to try your luck with some raffle tickets. Concert tickets are available at the door, or online at TryBooking.

We’re pleased to announce the next City of Wollongong Wind Band concert, “Just Like A Box of Chocolates”!

This concert covers a lot of musical territory (you never know what you’ll get!), and there’s sure to be something that everyone will enjoy. We hope you can join us for an afternoon of great music!

When: Saturday 14 October 2023 2:00PM to 4:00PM
Where: Figtree Anglican Church Auditorium, 4-10 Gibsons Rd, Figtree
Tickets: Available at TryBooking or at the door, $20/adult, $15/concession, $10/student, $50/family, U12 free

The concert will include a COVID-safe afternoon tea.

We’re pleased to announce the next City of Wollongong Wind Band concert,  “Eclectic Symphonies”!

The concert is an exciting collaboration between Sydney Wind Symphony, (one of Sydney’s premier wind bands) and Wollongong City Wind Band (current National Champions). The program includes the world premiere of “Home is Where My Heart Belongs”, a composition written especially for Wollongong Wind Band by young Sydney composer Hamish Reeves; “Manhattan”, a stunning work for wind band and solo trumpet, performed by one of our young musicians; “Foundry”, a contemporary industrial piece by John Mackey, featuring the raw energy of 12 percussionists; plus much more.

We hope you can join us for an afternoon of great music!

When: Saturday 12 August 2023 4:00PM to 6:00PM
Where: Figtree Anglican Church Auditorium, 4-10 Gibsons Rd, Figtree
Tickets: Available at TryBooking or at the door, $20/adult, $15/concession, $10/student, $50/family, U12 free

Please note that the concert start time is 4pm, a little later than usual to accommodate members of Sydney Wind Symphony travelling down to Wollongong.
The concert will include a COVID-safe afternoon tea.

The Wind Band combines with the Arcadian’s Lamplighters Male Choir to present a combined concert, “Matters of the Heart”! The concert will be at Collegians Club Auditorium at 2pm on Sunday 11 June 2023.

Come and enjoy a selection of great wind band and choir music!

As usual, there will be a great selection of raffle prizes if you want to try your luck. Concert tickets are available at the door, or online at TryBooking.

The Brass Band presents a combined concert with the Illawarra Seniors Band, “Under Two Flags”! The concert will be at the Figtree Anglican Church Auditorium at 2pm on Saturday 20 May 2023.

Come and enjoy a selection of great brass band music!

The ticket price includes afternoon tea, and there will be a great selection of raffle prizes if you want to try your luck. Concert tickets are available at the door, or online at TryBooking.

Three of our bands (Brass, Wind, and Junior Brass) have been super busy over the past few months preparing for the National Band Championships in Newcastle. The 2023 event was the first time Nationals has been held “live” since 2019, and the first time in New South Wales since 2015, so it was a great opportunity for Wollongong to showcase our bands on the “national stage”.

Junior Brass Band: National C Grade Champions!

Congratulations to the Junior Brass Band, winning the Junior C Grade Brass Band competition with a clean sweep! The band played extremely well, placing 1st in the Hymn (“In Perfect Peace”), Test (“Fanfare, Theme & Finale for the HPs!”), Own Choice (“Neverland”), and Stage March (“Slaidburn”). There was some great individual and collective playing, and the audience loved their performance!

Wind Band: National C Grade Champions!

Congratulations to the Wind Band, winning the C Grade Concert Band competition with a clean sweep! The band produced some of its best performances to date, placing 1st in the Hymn (“O Magnum Mysterium”), Test (“K2 – The Savage Mountain”), Own Choice (“Beyond The Lucent Portal”), and Stage March (“Boomerang”). All of the soloists rose to the challenge, and there was some wonderful sectional and collective playing as well. Adding another dimension to an already special occasion, the band was privileged to have the composer of their Own Choice work “Beyond The Lucent Portal”, Jack Hwang, in the audience for the performance. Thanks to Jack for his wonderful composition, and to our Musical Director Leanne Walton for including the piece in our program and pushing the band to new heights!

The band has come a long way since our contest debut at the 2019 NSW State Band Championships where we placed 2nd in Open D Grade.

Julian Eckermann: 2nd Place Junior Euphonium!

Congratulations to Julian Eckermann from our Junior Brass and Brass bands, placing 2nd in the National Solo Junior Euphonium event! This year’s test piece “Freefall” by Jared McCunnie was extremely challenging, and Julian produced a brilliant and dynamic performance. It’s an honour for us to have such a talented euphonium player in our bands.