Hornsby North Public School Band Program

Wind Ensemble, Big Band & Jazz Ensemble will have their first band event of the year, an Intensive Day, on April 6th, 2025. On this day, not only will students participate in rehearsals, but they will also go off with the rest of their section to get more targeted tutalige from one of our professional tutors.

Big Band and Jazz Ensemble will be up first, and will need to arrive at the school hall at 8:30am. Please do not arrive any earlier. Jazz Ensemble students will need to be picked up at 11:00am.

Wind Ensemble students not in Big Band will need to arrive at 1:00pm. Please do not arrive any earlier. All Wind Ensemble students will need to be picked up at 5:00pm.

As part of this Intensive Day, both Big Band and Wind Ensemble will be recording a video to be submitted to The Arts Unit, to audition for their Instrumental Festivals as a featured item, at either the Sydney Opera House or Sydney Town Hall. Both Big Band and Wind Ensemble were successful in this audition in 2023.

Our Intensive Day will cost $100 each for Wind Ensemble and Big Band, and $50 for Jazz Ensemble, to cover the cost of our conductors and expert tutors.

A 2-night, 3-day camp held at CRU Galston Gorge, where students will be in rehearsals and tutorials with professional music tutors. Much of our musical growth and maturing happens at this camp.

A celebration of NSW Education, this is a chance for our band program to perform for the wider school community.

The Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival is one of the largest school band festivals in the country. It is non-competitive, with schools (instead of receiving 1st, 2nd, etc.) receiving Gold, Silver, or Bronze awards based on their ability in their section. This event will be held at Knox Grammar.

Hornsby North frequently are invited to perform at Asquith Girls’ Musicalé, where many local school bands perform for the local school communities.

Hornsby North Public School has been hosting the Hornsby North Band Festival for more than 10 years, and it continues to be an incredibly popular band festival. Bands receive adjudication from two respected band professionals and are graded as either Highly Commended, Credit, Distinction, or High Distinction. A band from each section will be recognized with an award, and a school or band that demonstrated particular excellence over the course of the day will be presented with the Capaldo Award.

Band Party is our end-of-year celebration. All of our ensembles perform, and we recognise the achievements of our students, committee, staff, and conductors.