ABOUT
Te Awamutu Brass has been active since 1910. We are one of New Zealand's leading C grade bands and actively compete on a Regional and National level each year. We have a wide variety of player ages and abilities and welcome anyone wishing to learn or get back into brass banding.
We run our learner groups on Monday & Wednesday nights from 6pm
Senior contesting Band Thursdays 7-9pm
TEAM
Susan Jenkins
BAND PRESIDENT
Susan joined the band recently after spending most of her career playing Clarinet in the Defence Force. She plays on our Solo Cornet bench and recently took on the role of President offering a fresh viewpoint and really starting to bring the admin team together.
Sarah Carroll
SENIOR BAND MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Sarah first learnt to play brass at the age of 5 with the band, she's since gone on to learn an array of other musical instruments. She works as a local music teacher and has played for the Salvation Army National Youth Band for the last 13 years. Sarah was appointed conductor in April 2017 and has already led the band to an outstanding victory at our regional competitions.
Stephen Derbyshire
TADA Tutor (TA Brass Development Academy)
Derb has been a long time member of the Te Awamutu Brass family happily helping out where needed. He's played Eupho, Trom & more recently Tuba. Teaching players is one of his passions and he's happily jumped on board to run our advanced learner group to help them transition and be ready for our Senior band.
Jean Fisher
LEARNER BAND TUTOR
Jean plays Baritone in our Senior band but also currently facilitates our learner program. She does an outstanding job of teaching beginners and extending those who know some basics already. Each year she enters her students in the local music competitions, this last year being rather successful with placings and ensures they are prepared thoroughly for transition into our TA Brass Development Academy.
Our Current Playing Members
THE CORNET SECTION
Soprano Cornet: Geoff Smith
Solo Cornet:
Solo Cornet:
Solo Cornet: Chris Burrell
Solo Cornet: Joyce Airey
Solo Cornet: Susan Jenkins
Rep Cornet: Ethan Omundsen
Rep Cornet: Hannah Yarndley
2nd Cornet: Lynette Denton
2nd Cornet: Alex Mather
3rd Cornet: Sam Taylor
3rd Cornet: Gaynor Kripner
THE HORN SECTION
Flugel: Stuart Lindsey
Solo Horn: Michelle Lowe
1st Horn: Michelle Robertson
2nd Horn: Denise Wilson
2nd Horn: Theresa Dyer
THE TROMBONE SECTION
1st Trom: Graeme Plenderleith
2nd Trom: Asarina Johnson
2nd Trom: Bronwyn Barrie
2nd Trom: Troy Jeffcoat
Bass Trom: Jeremy Trenwith
THE PERCUSSION TEAM
Sheryll Davies
Damian Baker
DRUM MAJOR
Alan Patterson
THE EUPHO & BARI SECTION
Principal Eupho: Steve Wilson
Eupho: Jenny Yarndley
1st Baritone: Jean Fisher
2nd Baritone: Pauline Allen
THE BASS SECTION
Eb Bass: John Pye
Eb Bass: Cara Denby
Eb Bass: Stephen Derbyshire
Eb Bass: Fraser Robertson
Bb Bass: Colin Robertson
Bb Bass: Daniel Starnes
Bb Bass: Jared Oliver