Hamilton City Christmas Parade - Senior Band representing

 In December Christmas Parades are a fun event for band members. 

This year Hamilton City Brass performed at the Hamilton City Parade: Photos taken from the parade Facebook page.

Hamilton City Brass Prize Giving 2022

"Outer Space."

HAMILTON AUXILIARY BRASS AWARDS:

Bands Person: Amanda Longshaw

Section of the Year: Front Row Cornets (George, Dana, Quentin, Rowan)

Most Improved Player: Alex Garcia Gil (Trombone)

Attendance: Julie Lummus, Anessa Ginever, Sandra Ginever

HAMILTON CITY BRASS AWARDS:

Bands Person: Memorie Brookie

Section of the Year:  Back Row Cornets (Memorie, Mason, Quentin, Elizabeth, Kaperiera, Dana, Robin)

Most Improved Player: Alex Garcia Gil (Percussion)

Attendance: Lisa Marshall

BRASS FACTORY AWARDS

Attendance: Morgan Cowie

Most improved: Kate Stokes

Special award certificates for performance at NZ Brass Band Nationals 2022:

Charlie Garcia Gil - 1st open percussion

Leighton Ginever - 1st Junior Under 19 Basses

Walter Hughes - 2nd Junior Under 19 Euphonium

Quentin Ginever - 3rd Open own choice 

Generally celebrated: Hamilton City Brass 3rd at NZ Nationals A Grade Contest 2022!!  

Senior Band Section of the Year 

Shaun Chalmers MD speech!!

Memorie Brookie - Bands Person for HCB

Mason Elliot - MD for HCB

Alex Garcia-Gil Most improved for Auxiliary and Senior Band

Kate with her award for Most improved

Geoff Ledger speaking

Amanda Longshaw - Bands Person of the Auxiliary Band

Lisa Marshall - Attendance award 2022 HCB

Simon speaking

Hamilton City Brass President Walter Genefaas speaking

Room layout

Someone from the Dark Side 

Waikato Bay of Plenty Youth Day

Under 23 year olds had a great time at the Waikato Bay of Plenty Youth Development Day hosted by Te Awamutu Brass.

MD for a day: David Bremner (Principal Trombone from New Zealand Symphony Orchestra)

People from Hamilton Citizens Band in attendance:

HCB - Simon Winship (Tenor Horn), Walter Hughes (Euphonium), Leighton Ginever (Eb Bass), Alex Garcia-Gil (Percussion), Charlie Garcia-Gil (Tutor) 

Auxiliary - Vonya Cowie (Bass Trombone), Anessa Ginever (Tenor Trombone), Arnav Ram (Percussion),  

Videos of performances: 

Pirates of the Carribbean 

Te Awamutu March

Pixar Movie Favourites

Baybayetu 

We don't talk about Bruno

Regionals 2022

Hamilton Auxiliary Brass 1st place in D Grade at Wai Bop regionals 2022!! Whoop whoop... Thanks to Richard Lummus for these photographs.

Geoff Utuine Campbell 

Trombones: Lynn, Robert, Anessa Alex (absent: Sandra)

Trombones: Vonya, Lynn, Baritones: Daniel, Liz

Torrie

Alex

Campbell

Arnav

Alicia on BBb Bass 

Jane and Julie

Vonya and Lynn

Ethan, Lizzie, Robbie, Katie

Alicia and Amanda, Jane and Julie

Torrie

National Secondary Schools' Brass Band

In the October School holidays Hamilton City Brass Organisation had three members attend the National Secondary Schools' Brass Band Camp. This is a prestigious event which happens every year. Sandra Ginever (Hamilton Auxiliary Brass) is the NSSBB Band Manager.  Walter Hughes (Hamilton City Brass) was selected as principal euphonium for the NSSBB and Vonya Cowie was selected to play Bass Trombone in the NSSBB Development Band. 

Our students had an amazing camp with almost 70 players plus amazing supporters:

The MD's were Andrew Snell (Christchurch) and Rueben Brown Wellington).

The tutors were: Julia Mallard, Kevin McMorran (cornets - both from Christchurch), Mike Ford (Tenor Horn, from Nelson), Kaitlyn Brindley (Baritones and Euphoniums, from Christchurch), Aishah Leitner (Trombones, from Christchurch), Cameron Lee (Percussion, From Christchurch), Guest soloist Ross Gerritsen (from Nelson). 

The band camp was five days long with up to eight hours per day rehearsal time. The audition period happens from February/March with bands selected in June/July and camp in October. This is such a great opportunity for any secondary school aged student. Next year will be in Hamilton, so hopefully many of our students apply.

Full Live Performance of both bands: https://www.facebook.com/nssbbnz/videos/663507085142112 

(must be in facebook to see this)

How Maui Slowed the Sun: This piece was written by Hamilton City Brass Member: Leighton Ginever

Link: https://youtu.be/vyaFsnsg57A

Full Band rehearsal of NSSBB & NSSBB Development Band

Reuben Brown (NSSBB Development Band MD, Sandra Ginever (Band Manager) and Andrew Snell (NSSBB MD)

NSSBB Band with Ross Gerritsen (Guest soloist)

Full Band Photograph - NSSBB & NSSBB Development Band

The Tutors put on a performance to a very attentive audience: Kevin McMorran, Mike Ford, Aishah Leitner, Adrian Dalton, Kaitlyn Brindles, Julia Mallett.

Walter Hughes won an award for best musician

Auxiliary Brass Band photo with MD Reuben Brown

Whole Band Photo YMCA - where we stayed in Christchurch