GCB

The Geelong Concert Band is a community organisation based in Geelong which comprises over 150 playing members. The four bands which make up the Geelong Concert Band perform in a vast variety of styles from jazz to classics of the concert band repertoire and cater to the full gamut of technical abilities. The Geelong Concert Band receives no funding of any kind from Geelong City despite its work in maintaining the largest arts based community group in the region providing opportunity for musicians of all ages to participate in fine music making under expert leadership. The band is greatly supported by its hardworking team of support people, fundraising efforts and proceeds from concerts throughout the year.

The Senior Concert Band

The senior band is the Geelong Concert Band’s premier ensemble. The senior band performs challenging repertoire from classical transcriptions to original concert band works. Members of the band come from a diverse selection of the Geelong community all striving for the goal of creating fine music in a challenging and rewarding program of concerts each year. The Senior Band is conducted by Mark Irwin.

The Youth Concert Band

The Youth Band is made up of students and adults from Geelong and the surrounding region. The band acts as an excellent training ground that works in harmony with a student’s studies in music at school or as a recreational hobby in music. The youth band prepares musicians for membership of the senior band. The Youth Band is conducted by Kate Zampatti.

The Workshop Band

Musicians in the workshop band are just beginning development on their chosen instrument. Learning is enhanced through group tuition of students by expert members of the senior band and the full band rehearsal so that learners can get experience in ensemble playing right from the start. The full compliment of brass, woodwind and percussion instruments are available for tuition in the workshop band program. Generally after two years of learning, members move up into the youth band. The workshop band is a great compliment to any other instruction being received such as at school or in private lessons. The Workshop band is conducted by Michael Wilding who is very experienced in encouraging musicians of all ages.

The GCB Big Band

The GCB Big Band is a sixteen piece jazz band who perform a large repertoire of many different musical styles including swing, latin, bop, blues and rock. It’s members are drawn from the GCB senior band. The GCB Big Band is lead by Dan Zampatti.