Easter 2021 ANOFOB Program
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Welcome to the first ever Australian National Online Festival of Bands. The Band Association of NSW along with our event partners, Besson Buffet Group, Brassbanned.com, OneMusic Australia, Yamaha Music Australia and with the sup- port of CreateNSW are pleased to be hosting this inaugural event. Born out of extraordinary circumstances, I am truly humbled by the response from our Banding community across Australia to this re-styled National festival. With the cancellation of the traditional In-Venue Nationals, which were to be held in Newcastle, the BANSW Management Committee were acutely aware of the im- portance of maintaining a Banding presence over the Easter weekend. Tradition combined with the need to adapt, meant “outside the box” thinking. This resulted in significant simplification of the rules and the creation of a National Online event which would be inclusive and accessible for all Recognising the inability of many bands to have had complete rehearsals while oth- ers had few limits on rehearsals, we created a flexible Festival style event. With few registration and membership requirements bands could participate in whichever events and musical items they were able to present. A reduced minimum member number allow bands with reduced membership to still have a reason to rehearse, and attract players back to band. To this end, with 74 bands from all states and territories, including, the Arafura Wind Ensemble from the Northern Territory, appearing for their first ever National event, and the St Louis Brass Band from the USA, I believe we have absolutely achieved what we set out to. Being online has presented challenges for both Bands and organisers. Pre recording performances has enabled new experiences experimenting with different camera angles and learning new media tools. As Organisers, planning and putting together such an event has not been without its challenges, the largest of which has been the issue of Synchronisation rights. It is unfortunate that this issue meant several bands decided that they could not per- form. The combined challenges of obtaining approval and the obstacles and cost put in place by certain publishers made participation prohibitive. 2 Some of the conditions placed on Bands performing works in the festival and the costs which have been charged raises the question of whether those publishers ac- tually want their works to be performed. However, these are in the minority, as we have found that most publishers have been supportive with minimal fees charged. Many, especially local Australian and New Zealand composers allowed their works to be performed free and with no conditions. I wholeheartedly thank those local Australasian composers and publishers for their continued ongoing support and I encourage all Bands to seek out these composer's works, purchase them, and play them and encourage them to write more. Let's all support this vibrant and exciting sector of our movement. I thank the BANSW Secretary, Kristen Moodie, our Website and Social Media man- ager, Justin Screen and each member of the Management Committee for their tire- less work in putting this festival together. It is astonishing the amount of work which goes in to making this happen. I thank our adjudicators Steven Stanke, Howard Taylor and Ron Prussing for their contribution to the success of the event and I know the Bands will truly benefit from your knowledge and experience. We all thank our event partners for your generous support and Tim at Brassbanned, our Broadcasting partner. Without your support we would not be able to host such an event at all. And, finally, we thank our Bands and supporters. You are the reason we hold such events and your participation and support is very much appreciated by us all. I sincerely hope that you all enjoy a wonderful weekend of great music making. It won’t be the same as an “In-Venue” Nationals, but I do hope you enjoy what we have all created and have a great Easter . I look forward to seeing you all on line, and again next year in venue in Adelaide. Yours in Banding, Jeff Markham President BANSW 3 Would like to thank our Sponsors 4 Friday - 11.00 am start Grade Event No. of Entries Page Open D Grade Brass 13. Sacred Item 10 12 Open D Grade Brass 14. Major Own Choice 9 13 Open D Grade Brass 15. March 10 14 Open D Grade Brass 16. Concert Item 8 15 Open C Grade Brass 9. Sacred Item 8 16 Open C Grade Brass 10. Major Own Choice 7 17 Open C Grade Brass 11. March 8 18 Open C Grade Brass 12. Concert Item 5 19 Saturday - 11.00 am start Junior C Grade Brass 25. Sacred Item 3 20 Junior C Grade Brass 26 Major Own Choice 1 21 Junior C Grade Brass 27. March 3 21 Junior C Grade Brass 28. Concert Item 2 21 Junior A Grade Brass 17. Sacred Item 1 22 Junior A Grade Brass 18. Major Own Choice 1 22 Junior A Grade Brass 19. March 1 22 Junior A Grade Brass 20. Concert Item 1 22 1 1 Saturday - continued Grade Event No. of Entries Page Junior D Grade Concert 57. Sacred Item 1 25 Junior D Grade Concert 58. Major Own Choice 2 25 Junior D Grade Concert 59. March 1 25 Junior D Grade Concert 60. Concert Item 2 25 Junior C Grade Concert 53. Sacred Item 2 26 Junior C Grade Concert 54. Major Own Choice 2 26 Junior C Grade Concert 55. March 1 26 Junior C Grade Concert 56. Concert Item 2 26 Junior B Grade Concert 49. Sacred Item 1 27 Junior B Grade Concert 50. Major Own Choice 1 27 Junior B Grade Concert 51. March 1 27 Junior B Grade Concert 52. Concert Item 1 27 Junior A Grade Concert 45. Sacred Item 2 28 Junior A Grade Concert 46. Major Own Choice 2 28 Junior A Grade Concert 47. March 2 28 Junior A Grade Concert 48. Concert Item 2 28 6 Saturday - continued Grade Event No. of Entries Page Open B Grade Concert 33. Sacred Item 5 29 Open B Grade Concert 34. Major Own Choice 6 29 Open B Grade Concert 35. March 5 30 Open B Grade Concert 36. Concert Item 5 30 Sunday- 11.00 am start Open C Grade Concert 37. Sacred Item 3 31 Open C Grade Concert 38. Major Own Choice 2 31 Open C Grade Concert 39. March 4 32 Open C Grade Concert 40. Concert Item 3 32 Open D Grade Concert 41. Sacred Item 3 33 Open D Grade Concert 42. Major Own Choice 3 33 Open D Grade Concert 43. March 3 34 Open D Grade Concert 44. Concert Item 3 34 Open B Grade Brass 5. Sacred Item 14 35 Open B Grade Brass 6. Major Own Choice 9 35 Open B Grade Brass 7. March 14 37 Open B Grade Brass 8. Concert Item 10 38 7 Monday - 12.00 pm start Grade Event No. of Entries Page Open A Grade Concert 29. Sacred Item 5 40 Open A Grade Concert 30. Major Own Choice 5 40 Open A Grade Concert 31. March 5 41 Open A Grade Concert 32. Concert Item 5 41 Open A Grade Brass 1. Sacred Item 10 42 Open A Grade Brass 2. Major Own Choice 7 43 Open A Grade Brass 3. March 9 44 Open A Grade Brass 4. Concert Item 4 45 8 Meet our Adjudicators STEVEN STANKE Steven Stanke began musical studies on trombone and later string bass at the University of Southern Queensland (then, Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education) in 1980. He studied conducting with Peter Rorke, trombone with John Redfern and bass with Walter Noller. He later studied compo- sition at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music with Mary Mageau and Gerard Brophy, music theory and analysis with Shirley Trembath and Alan Lane and conducting with Alan Cumberland. Further studies included conducting with Mats Nilsson (Sydney Conservatorium of Music) and conducting with John Hopkins and PhD research with Elliot Gyger (Uni- versity of Melbourne). He has conducted The Queensland Orchestra, Bucharest Sinfonia (Romania), United States Ma- rine Band (on the steps of the Capitol, Washington, DC), ADF Bands and numerous community orchestras. Steven has taught music at primary, secondary and tertiary levels both in Australia and the United States and has performed with numerous community orchestras and bands and, pro- fessionally, with the Royal Australian Air Force Band and the Royal Australian Navy Band. He is active in community opera and orchestras, holding Artistic Director positions with Sydney Inde- pendent Opera, Symphony Central Coast and Lyric Opera Central Coast. Steven was also direc- tor and conductor of the University of Newcastle Conservatorium Orchestra and, from 2015 to 2019, Director of Music – Navy, which included managing all six Royal Australian Navy bands and supervising national and international music events. Steven has written for many ensembles including military band performances at the Royal Ed- inburgh Military Tattoo (Melbourne), Nanchang International Military Tattoo (China), Invictus Games (Sydney), Waterford Massed Bands Festival and recordings by the Royal Australian Navy Band. His PhD research included the editing and performance of an unperformed three act opera by former Director of Melba Conservatorium, Fritz Hart and Steven has also transcribed many full-length operas for performance by small companies with limited resources. His or- chestral transcriptions for wind band are published by Baton Music, Netherlands. His original composition, Rumbalara Rising, will be recorded by the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra in June 2021. Through more than three decades in musical training and performance, Steven has maintained a determined and passionate commitment to the arts and is particularly interested in develop- ing sustainable strategies for orchestral and operatic performance and participation in chang- ing and challenging artistic environments.