End of Year Concert 2025

It wouldn’t be an end-of-year celebration without an opportunity to thank our extraordinary Musical Directors and acknowledge their service to our members, Hyde Street Youth Band and banding in Victoria:

Phillipa Edwards, Hyde Street Youth Band

Andrew Wilson & Fern Gass, Hyde Street Junior Band

Caitlin Taylor, Brass Class

Youth Band Awards:

The Bill O’Shea – Fern Gass

Conductor’s Award – Angus Irvin

Musicianship Award – Otto Meyer-Tinning

Golden Drumsticks -Percussion Section of Alex Wilson, Will Lawrence & Harrison Brink

Junior Band Awards:

MD award- Jordan Doidge

Musicianship award – Sophie Umbach

Encouragement award- Phoebe Coates & Charlie Traill

Encouragement certificate – Jimmy Cumming, Peter Cowell, Lucia Zimmerman & Jacob Teague

Victorian Bands’ League Service Awards:

5 year awards:

– Fern, Harrison, PJ, Thomas, Jasper

4 year awards:

– Matthew, Imogen

3 year awards:

– Victoria, Mia, Charlie