Past Test Pieces
2023 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.
2023 Brass Band
Grade | Piece | Composer | Publisher |
Open A Grade | Metropolis 1927 | Peter Graham | Gramercy |
Open B Grade | Rhapsody on St. Francis | Andrew Wainwright | SA Connects |
Open C Grade | Ravenhill Suite | Dorothy Gates | SA Triumphonic |
Open D Grade | Vengeance | Jared McCunnie | Self-Published |
Junior Grade | Own Choice Test Piece |
2023 Open Concert Band
Please note concert band test pieces are shorter in 2023 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 | Publisher |
Open A Grade | Me Disagrees | Catherine Likhuta | Murphy |
Open B Grade | Cry of the Last Unicorn | Rossano Galante | Schirmer/HL |
Open C Grade | Tirana | Carol Barnett | Boosey/HL |
Open D Grade | The Visionaries | Brian Hogg | Brolga |