State Solo & Ensembles Championship 2026

What an exceptional State Solo & Ensemble Championships Hyde Street Youth Band had yesterday.
Many thanks to the Victorian Bands’ League, the volunteers, adjudicators, accompanists and enthusiastic performers for making the event such a great experience for everyone. Wonderful to see quite a few of our players in particular and parents also volunteering their time and an enormous thanks to Patrick Lawrence for the hours of preparation and for such a busy day accompanying so many of our young players.

Junior (U22) Champions
– Quinn O’Neil – Euphonium
– Atticus Lawson – Flugelhorn
– Angus Irvin – Tenor Horn
– EJ Gass – Baritone

Juvenile U15 Novice Champion
– Dane Stockman – Bb cornet/trumpet

Juvenile Ensemble Champion
– Brasstissimo (Thomas, Lucas & Henry Amado, Lucia Zimmerman & Swapneel) – a Hyde Street & City of Stonnington collaboration

Junior Category
– Fern Gass (2nd Euphonium)
– Jordan Doidge (2nd Baritone)
– Quinn O’Neill (2nd Bass Trom)
– Atticus Lawson (4th trumpet)
– Tuba – Izzi Smith – 2nd in Bass & Contra Bass
– Ben Borg-Cardona (4th Tenor Trom)
– Harrison Brink – 2nd Tuned Perc, 3rd Timpani
– Brassholes (2nd Junior Duet) – Atticus Lawson, Noah Vallence – Hyde Street & Creswick Brass collaboration
– Quintessential Brass (2nd Junior Quintet) – Quinn, Fergus, Angus, James, Atticus
– H.A.I.O.B The Return (4th Junior Quintet) – Harrison, Angus, IJ, Oscar Ben BC

Open Categories:
– Harrison Brink (2nd Open Tuned Percussion
– Angus Irvin (3rd Tenor Horn)
– Quinn O’Neill (5th Open Euphonium)

Juvenile (U15)
– Tenor Horn – Thomas Byard (2nd), Charlie Traill (5th)
– Thomas Byard (2nd Flugel)
– Phoebe Coates (3rd Tuba)

U10 Other Brass
– Ambrose Dawlings 7th

U15 Juvenile Novice
– Dane Stockman 2nd (Flugel)
– Peter Cowell 2nd trumpet/cornet

We’re also very excited to acknowledge the excellent efforts of players from other bands who also play with Hyde Street:
– Juvenile State Champions – Sister Act Juvenile Duet – Annabelle & Evelyn Stephens for Beaufort City Band
– Weapons of Brass Destruction – Junior Quintet (Fern, Will, Izzi with Caleb & Noah) for Auburn Brass
U12- Thomas Amado 1st
U10- Henry Amado 2nd
U15 Duet – Thomas & Lucas Amado 3rd