NSSBBNZ Success
The National Secondary Schools’ Brass Band of New Zealand took the somewhat controversial decision to run two separate events this year. Owing to the pandemic Conductor, Andrew Snell, directed courses on both the North and South Islands. Commenting on the venture Andrew Stated, “If you take the view that NSSBB is about encouraging and developing as many of the next generation of players as possible, then 2020 has been an undoubted success. Eighty-five players across the two camps show the depth of young talent we have across banding in New Zealand.
“We had 55 players who’d never played in the NSSBB before. Those players represented 36 different bands Each camp band rehearsed for around 14 hours over three days, plus an additional five hours of sectionals. Both concerts saw over 150 people in attendance, plus an online audience through the live stream. At a time when there is little to no banding activity anywhere else in the world, I’m very aware of how lucky I was to get to work with these wonderful young people. Can’t wait for 2021!”
Photo Credit: Richard Lummus
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