- North West Wind Ensemble
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The Castle Hill RSL North West Wind Ensemble was established in 2003 to provide musicians with the opportunity to play an advanced repertoire of modern concert band music. The band consists of around 50 amateur and professional musicians from around Sydney. The band has had stunning success at State and National Championships having been named National Champions on more than one occasion and is building a wide repertoire.
2011 Australian National competition
Over the 2011 Easter weekend the band travelled to Adelaide, South Australia for the National Band Championships to perform in the Open A Grade competition. Performing a program of works by Grainger, de Meij, Sparke and Sousa they scored 489 from a total of 500 points[1] to win the championship for the third time in five attempts.
References
- ^ SA Band Association. "Concert Band results". http://sabandassociation.org/nationals/Concert_Results.pdf. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
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