Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival

28/09/2026

Attention ASBOF MDs and Parent Committees - spread the word!

🌟 Musical potential shouldn’t be limited by financial circumstances.

20/09/2026

Knox Grammar Prep Concert Strings (Lindsay Irik MD) kick off the afternoon session of the primary strings section for the 9th and final weekend of ASBOF 2026 - Loreta Fin adjudicating

12/09/2026

Crestwood Public (Garry Clark MD) kick off Week 8 of ASBOF with Joan Thorp adjudicating

10/09/2026

ASBOF welcomed 301 ensembles and more than 10,000 students in 2026. Cliff would be proud. We salute you, Cliff.

29/08/2026

Roseville PS (Gerald Steinmann MD) and Willoughby PS (Anthony Marsden MD) lead out Week 7 of ASBOF - Garry Clark adjudicating

23/08/2026

Thanks to ABC for reposting this. If Paul were around today he would have been helping out with the rest of Bondi Brass at the Festival today, before heading off for a well earned birthday ale. He was one of Australia’s greatest musicians, yet he never lost sight of where it all began.

23/08/2026

Manly Campus Big Band, James Power MD, round out the Big Band session for today - and trumpets in neat height order! Well done. John Morrison Adjudicating

23/08/2026

23/08/2026

ASBOF week 6 at the Sydney Conservatorium. String Ensembles (Katrina Papallo), Concert Bands (David Coit) and Big Bands (John Morrison) adjudicators

02/08/2026

Ashbury Public, Jason Isaac MD, and Matthew Pearce Public, Garry Clark MD, round out the Alex Lithgow Premier Event for Primary Concert Bands