Australian National Band Championships 2025 – Junior A Grade National Champions

Hyde Street Youth Band – Junior A Grade National Champions!

The journey the band has taken to become Australia’s Leading Youth Band at the Australian National Band Championships in 2025 has been long and is the culmination of the hard work and dedication of our players, their Musical Directors and our community over a number of years. Thank you, Andrew Wilson, for your dedication in preparing our Junior A band in 2025, and Fern Gass, our Junior Band mentor. Please enjoy the photos and videos of the big day!

The state of Victorian Youth Banding is strong with congratulations to Box Hill Academy of Brass now Junior B Grade National Champions and Richmond Youth Brass, the Junior C Grade National Champions – what fabulous playing! And there were also young people in most bands and a fabulous performance by youth players from all over the State in the Victorian State Youth Brass Band who kept everyone fed all weekend.

We would like to thank the Victorian Bands’ League and all the volunteers, and sponsors for putting on a fabulous competition and Tim and the team at Brassbanned for the Livestream, that means everyone can share the joy of banding.

Of our values – Community, Mastery, Joy – community lies at the heart of everything that we do and without our committee and parents and players who have spent so many hours supporting our kids and our community, such opportunities would simply not be possible.

And without the City of Maribyrnong that provides our home and supports our program, none of this would be possible.

Photo Credit: Linda Ely