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Christmas Function
Wednesday Evening 21st December The Band entertained family and friends in a short concert program featuring Christmas carols and Christmas songs. Three perpetual trophies were awarded at the function, each being decided by the musical director, Ron Boaden. The trophies were awarded to: Clarence Leung, principal cornet, who received the Elwyn Hunt trophy for Bandsmanship.
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Music in the Podium
Concert: Warners Bay, 16 December CNL Brass and Eleebana Primary School Concert Band combined to entertain the audience at the very popular “Music in the Podium” series of concerts held in the podium at Lake Macquarie foreshore park, Warners Bay, on Friday evenings during daylight saving. Both bands included Christmas carols and Christmas tunes as
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A Festival of Music 2011
Church of Christ, East Maitland 3 December CNL Brass shared the evening with Thornton Salvation Army Band, completing the second half of the program. The evening also featured, within each half, David Scrogie, a world renowned pianist within the Salvation Army. CNL Brass presented fifteen items and took the opportunity to feature six soloists and
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Bands in the Park
King Edward Park, Newcastle Sunday 13 November 2011 CNL Brass was one of seven bands to entertain in the Hunter Regional Band Association’s annual event-Bands in the Park- on Sunday 13 November in King Edward Park, Newcastle The band presented a varied concert program of eleven items, commencing with the baroque style number, Trumpet Voluntary
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2011 Community Bands in Concert
The Community Bands in Concert organised by the Hunter Regional Band Association was held on 30 October, 2011. Each of the four bands: Western Lake Macquarie Concert CNL Brass Gosford City Brass Newcastle PCYC Brass presented entertaining programs,with the afternoon commencing at 2pm and concluding at 4.45pm. [flagallery gid=11 name=”Gallery”]
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Swing with Jazz Concert
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State Champions 2011
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
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Wallsend Winter Carnivale: Sunday 14 August, 2011
CNL Brass led the Parade for the twenty-sixth year and entertained those in attendance with a forty-five minute concert program in the ideal location of the Wallsend Band Rotunda. CNL Brass was one of four community bands that provided entertainment throughout the day. The Wallsend Winter Carnivale has three performance stages other than the Rotunda
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Contest: Hunter Regional Band Association’s Soloist and Ensemble Championships
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
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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs Concert
Adamstown Uniting Church Sunday 3 July CNL Brass presented twenty-one items to a mainly seniors audience in its second of three concerts for 2011. Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs prompted a varied repertoire and provided the opportunity to feature soloists, duets and trios during the performance. Elizabeth Sturgeon, who usually plays third cornet, gave her
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