Past Programs

2024

Full of fun and flair, our final concert for 2024 was not one to be missed!

Join us and our special guests as we dance, sing and bring you all the thrills of the Carnivale!

Recorded on 30 November 2024 in the Concert Hall of the Old Museum.

CARNIVALE

You won’t want to miss reliving our second maor concert for 2024, as we reprised one of our most popular and memorable themes – Animation Sensations!

Whether you’re young, or just young at heart, we’re sure you’ll be delighted with this fun frolic through the music from popular and well-known animation features.

Recorded on 28 July 2024 in the Concert Hall of the Old Museum.

ANIMATION SENSATIONS II

Alice in Wonderland | Kelly Benette
A Most Phantastic Journey | Kara Williams ***Premiere Performance***
Disney Festival | arr. Toshio Mashima
Highlights from Beauty and the Beast | Alan Menken, arr. John Moss
Tangled | Alan Menken, arr. Michal Worek
Studio Ghibli’s Anime March Medley | Joe Hisaishi, arr. Yo Goto
Disney Villains Medley | Eiji Suzuki
Animation (Episode I: WABBIT!) | Randall D. Standridge
Grandmas’ Toon Stew | arr. Alisa Jones
How Far I’ll Go (from Moana) | Lin-Manuel Miranda arr. Thom Fletcher

Adventure into worlds and experiences that are, as yet, unknown to us. Whether fact, fiction or folklore, experience the mystery, intrigue, horror, hope and possibility of the unknown.

Recorded on 27 April 2024 in the Concert Hall of the Old Museum.

INTO THE UNKNOWN

Into the Unknown (from Frozen 2) | Anderson-Lopez and Lopez, arr. Thom Flecther
Symphonic Suite from Star Trek | arr. Jay Bocook
The Great Pyramids of Cheops | Erick Debs
Flying Theme (from ET) | John Williams, arr. Thom Fletcher
Incantation and Dance | John Barnes Chance
In the Land of Mystic Egypt | Albert Ketelbey, arr. Johan de Meij
Magellan’s Voyage to Unknown Continent | Masanori Taruya
Ghost Train | Eric Whitacre
Doctor Who: Through Time and Space | Murray Gold, arr. Robert Buckley
Of Sea & Song | Traditional, arr. Patrick Roszell

2023

This joyous celebration marked our final Major Concert for 2023, where we were joined in song by the Hillbrook Chorale.

The concert featured the premiere of Hive Plaza which playfully imagines the chaotic buzzing of activity inside a shopping centre for bees, composed by QWAB member Thom Fletcher

Recorded on 25 November 2023 in the Concert Hall of the Old Museum.

JOY

Hive Plaza | Thom Fletcher ***Premiere Performance***
El Camino Real | Alfred Reed
Joyful Variations | Brian Beck
Joyful Joyful | Ludwig van Beethoven, adapted by Roger Emerson and Alisa Jones
Baba Yetu | Christopher Tin
The Voice | Brendan Graham, arr. Roger Emerson and David Jones
Forest Gump Suite | Alan Silvestri, arr. Henk Ummels
Festival Sanctus | John Leavitt, adapted by Alisa Jones
Mr Blue Sky | arr. Roger Emerson
Life has Loveliness | Greg Gilpin

Recorded on 30 July 2023 in the Concert Hall of the Old Museum.

ARTISTRY

Join Queensland Wind and Brass in our first major concert of the year: Landscapes.

Prepare to swing through the jungle, swim with the Loch Ness Monster, and slide down the Mississippi in an epic collection of mesmerising landscapes.

Recorded on 22 April 2023 in the Concert Hall of the Old Museum.

LANDSCAPES

2022

Recorded on 26 November 2022 in the Concert Hall of the Old Museum.

POMP AND CEREMONY

Silver and Gold — Settle in for what was a sparkling Sunday afternoon session with Queensland Wind and Brass as we bring you a selection of golden oldies, well loved pieces from the stage & silver screen, as well as tributes to friends with hearts of gold.

Recorded on 31 July 2022 in the Concert Hall of the Old Museum.

SILVER & GOLD