ARMADALE CITY CONCERT BAND

ARMADALE CITY CONCERT BAND

The Armadale City Concert Band was founded in 1987. It is a band where musicians can perform together and caters for the musician who is serious about their performance standard.
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Perth, WA, Australia

Armadale City Concert Band aims to perform music which is musically challenging to its members and entertaining for its audience. Members range in age from fifteen to sixty plus.

In the 1998 W A Band Association's State Championships Armadale City Concert Band won the State Champion Award for Division B Bands. Its then Co-principal Clarinet, Tim Neil, won the Ray Larner Cup for most outstanding concert band instrumentalist. In the 2001 State Championships Peter Edwards (piccolo) also won this prestigious award. Previous championship wins had been in 1991, 1992 and 1995. This year (2002) the award was won by Catherine Lane, the bands principle French Horn. In 1991 the band competed in W A Band Association's Band Spectacular, winning Division A.

The band gives about twelve performances a year at places such as Highland Games, Minnawarra Festival, ABC Radio and Heritage FM. It gives its own concerts in a variety of venues including the Don Russell Performing Arts Centre, Fremantle Town Hall, and the Mundaring Weir Hotel Amphitheater, Elizabethan Village, as well as in the Jarrah Hall at Perth Modern School.

Musical Director
Don Cook

Oboe
Rebecca Ream
Donna Torrens

Flute
Yvette Drager
Georgia Lane
Irene Stone
Erin Johnson

Clarinet
Sonya Muhleisen
Chris Phillips
Miranda Pollard
Joe Hutton
Kelli James
Kirsten Foster
Maureen Carlisle
Lauren Edwards
Pamela Hitchcock
Theresa Johnson
Shaun Pollard

Saxophone
Carolyn Madeley
Melissa Ward
Davyd Madeley
Lisa Daunjak

French Horn
Catherine Lane
Alan Hodson
Michael Bickford
Gillian Eatwell

Trumpet
Andrew Hukin
Paul Torrens
David Ironside
Melanie Beaugeard
Michael Glasson

Trombone
Paul Easton
David Steed
Doug Cusens

Bass Trombone
Alphonse Beaugeard
Chris Gray

Euphonium
Kirstie Young

Tuba
Barney Hamid
Scott Langmead

Bass
Peter Massey
Bryce Easton

Percussion
Tanya Topham
Julie Easton
Michael Robinson
Erin Rose
Carolyn Steed

The band is available for hire throughout the year and can perform to a variety of requirements. It is most important that at least three months notice of a performance date is given when booking the band. This is not only to ensure adequate rehearsal time but to allow for delivery of any required sheet music, much of which comes from overseas. In short, the earlier we know about an engagement, the better we can meet the needs of the engaging organisation.

The band is available for for peformances at Festivals, Fetes, Product launches, sporting events, ceremonial occassions, openings of buildings - in fact Armadale City Concert Band is available for any type of performance. Peak times for the band are in March/April (Minnawarra Festival, ANZAC Day), June/July (Mid-year concert) and November/December (End-of-year concert, Christmas performances). When preparing for a performance, the band requires the following information:
  • contact details of appropriate event representative
  • a fairly detailed programme showing details of ACCB involvement, including appropriate times/locations for setup and dismantling, and equipment storage, etc.
  • an official release regarding the event which can be used in the band's quarterly publication, "ACCB News" (click here for deadlines) details of type of music required. The band has an extensive library, but where a performance requires specific music not in our library, that music is at additional cost to the hiring organisation. Music can also be specifically arranged for a perfomance. Where music needs to be purchased or arranged a minimum twelve weeks notice is essential.
  • amplification and lighting requirements (especially whether these are to be provided by the band as an additional fee, or by the event organiser) (The band can provide basic lighting and sound reinforcement)
  • staging, sun protection (if daytime outdoors), wind protection.
 

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