2024 Test Pieces
All competing bands will be required to play the designated test piece for their grade. The pieces have been chosen carefully to reflect an appropriate National standard.
2024 Brass Band
Grade | Piece | Composer/Arranger | Publisher | Watch |
Open A Grade | The Cosmographic Mystery | Ingebjorg Vilhelmsen | Noteservice | Youtube |
Open B Grade | Three Extraordinary Journeys | Philip Sparke | Anglo Music | Youtube |
Open C Grade | The Lost Village of Imber | Christopher Bond | Christopher Bond Music | Youtube |
Open D Grade | A Bournemouth Suite | Benjamin Tubb-Hearne | Bth Music | Bth Music |
2024 Open Concert Band
Please note concert band test pieces are shorter in 2024 in line with the changes made in 2022.
Bands will be required to play a slow work, a march from the NBCA Prescribed March List or approved by the WABA Music Board and an own choice program which may include several shorter works, or one longer work.
Grade | Piece | Composer /Arranger | Publisher | Watch |
Open A Grade | Overture to Candide | Leonard Bernstein / Grundman | Hal Leonard | Youtube |
Open B Grade | Freedom Rising | Julie Giroux | Musica Propria | Musica Propria |
Open C Grade | The Stone Guest | Brian Hogg | Brolga Music | Brolga Music |
Open D Grade | Adventure to Empress Falls | Alex Manton | Matt Klohs | Matt Klohs |