Author: Evan Thomson

Cooking shows proliferate our TV screens. It’s only fair that the Werribee Concert Band adds our take on the genre. We give you Cooking with the Band!

My name is Rose and I am ten years old. I have been playing clarinet for four years, and this is my second year in the Werribee Concert Band. I chose to play the clarinet as it’s a nice size and is very fun to play. My name is Victor Jnr and I am twelve…

For this year’s annual concert, the Werribee Concert Band Presents: Storytellers – this is my story. [cue Law & Order “Dum Dum!” sound effect] Pulling up to rehearsal, the drizzling rain is adding to the coldness I know is there to greet me outside the car. As I sit waiting for the last vestiges of…

The Werribee Concert Band Presents Storytellers! We will be playing music based on stories such as Moby Dick, The Wizard Of Oz, West Side Story, and many more! It will be an afternoon of adventure, curiosity and excitement – great for the whole family! Where? Iwaki AuditoriumTime? 3PMWhen? 28th July Let us know you\’re attending…

Our annual Trivia Night will this year be held in conjunction with the Federal Election – on Saturday May 18th. Again being held at the Central Park Community Centre on Lonsdale Circuit, our trivia nights have become world locally renowned, with prizes ranging from world tours great gift packs to jars of pickles jars of…

Listen to our Heroes and Villains concert, recorded live at Werribee Secondary College on 11th August 2018               01 – Gonna Fly Now   02 – Superman   03 – Soul Bossa Nova   04 – Cry of the Last Unicorn   05 – Chicken Run   06 –…

This year’s major concert is important because the training band will be performing. This is their first major concert, and I feel personally privileged to be a part of it. I have helped out the training band since its relaunch in June 2017, but at the beginning of this year I was asked to take…

We had the pleasure over the weekend just past to spend time in both Warracknabeal and Stawell. The purpose was two fold: catch-up with some good friends at the Warracknabeal & District Band and also participate in the Wimmera Band Group\’s Annual Celebration. This years Wimmera get-together was hosted in Stawell by the Stawell City…

Listen to our 30th Anniversary concert, recorded live at the Wyndham Cultural Center on 30th July 2016             01 – Grandfather\’s Clock   02 – American Riversongs   03 – The Greatest American Hero   04 – I Dreamed a Dream   05 – Solitaire and Dance   06 –…

With 5 weeks to go, practice is more critical than ever. To show how serious we are, Sunday 19th June we held our first marathon 5 hour rehearsal to help the band step up to the next level. Within this time we managed to play the entire repertoire but also focus on some of the…