About Us
Meet the Committee
President - Kerren Crosthwaite
Instrument:
Eb Tuba
Joined CB Inc.:
2024 - when I started playing again for the first time in 24 years!
Favourite thing about being part of a brass band organisation:
Brass bands are made up of people who just want to make great music. We play everything from raucously loud bangers, technically challenging epics, to beautiful delicate sacred music, and our people are just as diverse.
Vice President - Lyn Foster
Instrument:
All Cornets
Joined CB Inc.:
1990
Favourite thing about being part of a brass band organisation:
Musicians are creative, resilient and have a shared but strange sense of humour.
Secretary - Natalie White
Instrument:
Tenor Horn
Joined CB Inc.:
2022
Favourite thing about being part of a brass band organisation:
The welcoming "all-ages, all-skills" community and the thrill of gifting (mostly) joyous music to others
Treasurer - Stewart Dawes
Instrument:
Bb Tuba, Drum Major
Joined CB Inc.:
2023
Favourite thing about being part of a brass band organisation:
Working with a great group of like-minded people to bring the joy of music to the world
Musical Director - Veronica Boulton
Instrument:
Baton, Tenor Horn, Principal 3rd Cornet!
Joined CB Inc.:
2020
Favourite thing about being part of a brass band organisation:
Too many things, but perhaps the quirky people and a sense of belonging!
Property Officer&General Member - Albert Niyonsenga
Instrument:
Trombone and Baritone
Joined CB Inc.:
2017
Favourite thing about being part of a brass band organisation:
Playing music with my little brother
Band Manager&General Member - Leigh Wilmington
Instrument:
Euphonium
Joined CB Inc.:
1987
Favourite thing about being part of a brass band organisation:
Working as a community to produce a whole greater than the sum of each individual part
Band Leader&Miracle Maker
Gypsy Cook
Instrument:
Tenor Horn
Joined CB Inc.:
2020
Favourite thing about being part of a brass band organisation:
Competitions & community!!
General Member&Awesome Person
Sam Johnst
Instrument:
Cornet
Joined CB Inc.:
2023
Favourite thing about being part of a brass band organisation:
The places you get to bring music to - from concert halls at interstate and international competitions to casual gigs at cheese factories or Oktoberfest
... And the Broader Team
Social Media Officer - James Harding
Instrument:
Euphonium
Joined CB Inc.:
1987
Favourite thing about being part of a brass band organisation:
Working as a community to produce a whole greater than the sum of each individual part
Librarian - Matthew Radisich
Instrument:
Cornet
Joined CB Inc.:
1990
Favourite thing about being part of a brass band organisation:
Sharing the joy of music with others
Percussion Academy Tutor - Tim Hurd
Instrument:
Percussion
Joined CB Inc.:
2019
Favourite thing about being part of a brass band organisation:
The variety - you can go from playing jazz and pop charts one day to difficult test pieces the next - and the sense of accomplishment from working on, improving and performing pieces
Public Officer - Mike Lee
Instrument:
Tuba
Joined CB Inc.:
Lifetime
Favourite thing about being part of a brass band organisation:
TBC
Assistant Librarian - Andrew Terracini
Instrument:
All Cornets
Joined CB Inc.:
TBC
Favourite thing about being part of a brass band organisation:
TBC
Percussion Academy Tutor - Jack Holmes
Instrument:
Percussion
Joined CB Inc.:
2023
Favourite thing about being part of a brass band organisation:
Getting to practice and work on my skills playing all the fun and tricky test pieces for brass band, and the sense of community and belonging shared by everyone