Make Music.
Be part of Auckland's Longest Running Concert Band. The AYSB welcomes all intermediate and high school students, plus anyone university-aged or young at heart! |
Live Music.
Experience music as it should be: played by yourself, friends, and others across Auckland who simply love to do it. |
Love Music.
Share music with friends, family, school mates. Perform for the community, in the Auckland Youth Symphonic Band. |
Great GigsSo, AYSB gets heaps of cool gigs. Each year we perform with the Auckland Wind Orchestra in a combined concert.
In 2017, we were asked to play at the #Glenbrook40 celebrations - the Glenbrook Vintage Railway down near Waiuku. This was a really great day (even the rain couldn't put us off!) for everyone. Time to bring out the classic train tunes - Chattanooga Choo Choo was a hit! This year, 2019, our highlights of the year will be heading to the NZCBA Concert Band Festival; performing with our senior band the Auckland Wind Orchestra, a Christmas Concert with a local choir, and performing at the Yorkshire Day celebrations down in Pukekohe - a huge variety of music, and led by our fantastic new conductor, Michael Jamieson! |
Band Calls. Will you join us?
We're always looking for new players to join the whanau.
If you go to intermediate or High School in Auckland, come along, try the band out!
Rehearsals are on Mondays, 7-9pm, at Freeman's Bay - details here.
If you play clarinet, we need you! We're real short on clarinets at the moment :-)
If you go to intermediate or High School in Auckland, come along, try the band out!
Rehearsals are on Mondays, 7-9pm, at Freeman's Bay - details here.
If you play clarinet, we need you! We're real short on clarinets at the moment :-)
WINDSPlay flute, picc, clarinet, sax, oboe or bassoon?
Want to learn an instrument, but school doesn't have one? All good, we've got instruments available for hire! Have a blast at AYSB! |
BRASSMake a racket on trumpet, play a mean trombone, crazy about horn, love eupho, or make rude noises on tuba?
Awesome! Love to see you at rehearsal! |
PERCUSSIONWhack a sweet as drum?
Want to learn heaps more percussion than you'll ever see at school? Try out AYSB - we've got timpani, gongs, your traditional kit, marimbas, and all your usual orchestral percussion. Haven't done much orchestral stuff before? No worries, we're here to help! |
A Lasting Legacy: Remembering Hugh Dixon
In late 2020, Hugh Dixon, the founder of AYSB, passed away at age 93.
High started the band in 1967 and within a few years grew it to over 90 players. Without Hugh there would have been no AYSB, no AWO, and concert band culture in NZ would have taken another 10 to 15 years to kick off. Hugh inspired many many musicians in Auckland and New Zealand through his time as music director. The band he founded continues to inspire musicians all around Auckland; as do the numerous other regional concert bands scattered throughout New Zealand that were founded after people had seen the success of the AYSB.
Click here to go to the NZ Herald article about Hugh and Rae Dixon!
High started the band in 1967 and within a few years grew it to over 90 players. Without Hugh there would have been no AYSB, no AWO, and concert band culture in NZ would have taken another 10 to 15 years to kick off. Hugh inspired many many musicians in Auckland and New Zealand through his time as music director. The band he founded continues to inspire musicians all around Auckland; as do the numerous other regional concert bands scattered throughout New Zealand that were founded after people had seen the success of the AYSB.
Click here to go to the NZ Herald article about Hugh and Rae Dixon!