Information for Parents
Rehearsal times in 2012
- Training band - Thursday afternoons 5.00 - 6.00 pm
- Concert band - Tuesday afternoons 4.30 - 6.00 pm
- Intermediate band - Monday mornings 7.15 - 8.50 am
- Jazz band - Monday afternoons 3.10 - 4.10 pm
- Percussion ensemble - Tuesday afternoons 3.15 - 4.15pm
Upcoming dates
Performance and reheasal dates for 2012 will be added here as they are scheduled.
Band notes
All notes and flyers handed out to students are available to download from the Band Notes page, and newsletters are on the Tuning Notes page.
2012 NSW Band Festival
Dates for 2012 NSW band festival will be included here once they are available.
Ashbury School Bands enjoyed great success at the 2011 NSW Band Festival.
- Gold award for Concert Band
- Silver award for Intermediate Band
- Silver award for Jazz Band
2012 Band Camp
The 2012 Band camp will be held on 24 and 25 March at The Tops Convention Centre, Stanwell Tops. All band students are expected to attend.
An infromation night about band camp will be held at 7.30, Monday 20 February 2012.
As in past year, proud parents will get to see the Training band make its performance debut: always a fantastic achievement for these students, many of whom first pick their instruments in March. Intermediate and Concert bands will again show the extraordinary music that can result from a weekend of hard work combined with the inspiration and guidance of Mr Isaac and our instrument tutors.
Repertoire
As audio files become available for pieces being studied by the band program they will be added to this page.
Click on the links to listen to the pieces, or to download the files right click on each link and choose the 'Save target as' option and save the files to your PC. These files can then be played at any time on your computer or loaded onto an MP3 player.
- Little Red in the Hood (audio preview)
- A Childhood Hymn (audio)
- Pirates Cove (audio)
- Electricity (mp3 download)
- Peregrin (audio clip)
- Misty Rain, Softly Falling (audio)
- Haunted (audio)
Badge exams
Gold and silver badge exams are generally be held in late November-mid December. 2011 permission form and requirements for Gold badge and 2011 permission form and requirements for Silver Badge will give parents a guide to what has been required in previous years.
For AMEB infromation go to Australian Music Examinations Board NSW website.