Hall Concert - Hall Village Brass Band (re-scheduled)
23 February 2009
In 1984 four people who played brass instruments and worked in Hall Village got together at the Primary School simply to make some music. This became the Hall Village Brass Band and today is recognised as the Canberra Region's premier brass band.
Now, twenty five years on, the Band is returning to Hall at the start of its 25th anniversary year, to give us a celebratory Concert twilight Concert. The Concert is at the Hall School on Sunday 22nd March at 3.00 pm; bring a rug and a hamper. It would be great to see a rally good crowd along to enjoy fine music, and recognise the great achievements of the Band since 1984.
The Band has built a proud history of quality brass ensemble performances. In June 1999 the Band toured New Zealand and then achieved national recognition by winning the National Brass Band Championships in 2002. Since 2002 the Band has won the Australian National Eisteddfod six times. The Band has also provided Canberra audiences entertaining and diverse concert performances through their "Many Facets of Brass" concert series, proudly supported by the ACT Government.
Today the Band remains unique in the Canberra area, as the only brass band in the ACT. The band plays a vast range of musical arrangements drawn from its library of over 2,000 items. The Band gives many public open-air concerts around Canberra and also performs in regional centres including Yass, Queanbeyan, Cooma and Tumut. The Band provides specialised musical performances for diverse artistic and cultural events and has performed for the Italian and Belgian communities, The Australian War Memorial, Floriade and a variety of private functions.
A lively Concert by a home grown Band, just down the street - be there!