Hall Village Brass Band

In 1984, four people who played brass instruments and worked in Hall Village got together at the Primary School simply to make some music. This group became The Hall Village Brass Band and today is recognised as the Canberra Region’s premier brass band. Since its inception, the Band has built a proud history of quality brass ensemble performances. In June 1999 the Band toured New Zealand and then achieved national recognition by winning the National Brass Band Championships in 2002. Since 2002 the Band has won the Australian National Eisteddfod four times. The Band has also provided Canberra audiences entertaining and diverse concert performances through their Many Facets of Brass concert series, proudly supported by the ACT Government.

The Band remains unique in the Canberra area, as the only brass band in the ACT. The band plays a vast range of musical arrangements drawn from its library of over 2,000 items. It gives many public open-air concerts around Canberra. It also performs in regional centres including Yass, Queanbeyan, Cooma and Tumut. The Band provides specialised musical performances for diverse artistic and cultural events. It also performs for the Italian and Belgian communities, The Australian War Memorial, Floriade and a variety of private functions.