Category: Contests

This is the second International Online Cory Band Championship that CNL Brass has entered. The performance was recorded in the band’s rehearsal hall. A time limit of 10 minutes applied. The three items were presented were: Waltzing Matilda, Australia’s best known bush ballad, with lyrics written by Banjo Paterson in 1895 and first published to…

CNL Brass was one of four entries in Open B Grass Brass at the Band Association of New South Wales State Band Championships held at Penrith on Saturday 30 August. The Band was promoted to Open B Grade at the end of 2011. It was unplaced in its two appearances in 2012 and 2013. There…

Band Association of New South Wales Band Championships: Sunday 26 August, 2012 Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith CNL Brass was one of five bands to compete in Open B Grade Brass. All bands played the set test Connotations and also presented two other items, a Hymn and an Own Choice for adjudication. The band,…

Hunter Regional Soloist and Ensemble Championships: Sunday 5 August, 2012 Clarence Leung, who is Principal Cornet for CNL Brass, had an excellent result at the Championships. Clarence entered the Open Cornets Event (which he won in 2011) and played Jubilance. Clarence won the event with a mark of 98 (out of 100) and retained the…

Brass Festival Challenge Entertainment Contest Mingara Recreation Club: Tumbi Umbi: Sunday 26 February. CNL Brass was one of five brass bands to present an entertainment program. The other bands were: St Marys Band Club Brass, Leichardt Celebrity Brass, Gosford City Brass and Parramatta City Brass. Members of the audience of about three hundred were very…

Hunter Regional Band Championships: Newcastle City Hall: Sunday 10 June, 2012 CNL Brass presented two items for adjudication in the formal “East Coast Session” of the Championships, competing as a B Grade band for the first time in the Open A & B Grade Brass Section. The band was unplaced. The band had a better…

CNL Brass was one of five bands to contest Open C Grade Brass at the Band Association of New South Wales Band Championships held at Penrith on 24 September. The band was defending the C Grade trophy it won in 2010. The three items performed for adjudication were the hymn His Provision, the common test…

Several CNL Brass members had success at the Hunter Regional Band Association’s Soloist and Ensemble Championships held on Sunday 7 August. Clarence Leung, principal cornet, was the winner of the Open Cornets and Trumpets event. As winner of this event, Clarence was presented with the Phillip Clack Perpetual Trophy. The Euphonium duo of Brendon Jones…

CNL Brass was a contestant at the Hunter Regional Band Association’s Brass and Concert Band Championships held at Newcastle City Hall on Sunday 12 June. Philip Sketchley OAM, Adjudicator, photographed with CNL Brass Musical Director Ron Boaden, after presenting Ron with the winner’s trophy for Division 2 of the Festival of the Bands. The Championships…