Senior Concert Band
Membership of the ACT Senior Concert Band (SCB) is open to students of ACT government high schools who play wind, brass and percussion instruments and who are in Years 9 to 12 and who successfully audition. Membership of the SCB is for one year only and all places are declared vacant at the end of each school year. The SCB rehearses each Wednesday night of school term (not in the holidays).
Current members may reaudition for membership in next year's band, but will receive no special treatment except where 2 applicants rank equally at audition. In that situation the current member will receive preference if their behaviour has been exemplary and if their attendance record is good.
The SCB is not a teaching band in the way that the younger System Bands are; you will be expected to know the fingering for Z-flat, and you will be expected to learn your part - the conductor's job is to fit your prepared part into the whole. The music that the SCB plays is likely to be a little harder than that which you play at school. For those reasons it is probably a good idea (though not compulsory) if you were to seek a private tutor who is prepared to assist you.
Our Senior Jazz Band rehearses on Wednesday Nights before Senior Concert Band rehearsal from 6.00 - 7.00pm. Instruments include saxes, trumpets, trombones, percussion, keyboard, guitar and bass. Students are auditioned from the Senior Concert Band only.
Performances
Diary Dates
SCB rehearsal from 7.30 - 9.30pm
Senior Concert Band Conductors - Naida Blackley and Lane Moore
Senior Jazz Band Conductor - Rod Harding
Jazz Band trumpet section at Winter Winds
Performance dates for 2013
ANZAC Service - Wednesday April 10 - TBA - during school hours
Public Education Day Civic - Thursday May 23 - during school hours
Winter Winds - Erindale Theatre 7.00pm - Wednesday June 19
Step into the Limelight
Thursday August 29 & Friday August 30 - AIS Arena
Floriade- TBA - September
Bandstravaganza - Tuesday November 19 7.00pm and Wednesday November 20 7.00pm
Band Picnic Sunday December 1 - 2-6pm
Jazz Band
Jazzabout - August? TBA
Moruya Jazz Festival October? TBA
