The 37th Ern Keller Memorial “International Soloist of the Year” and the 22nd Ern Keller Memorial “Band of the Year” will take place on Sunday 20 February 2011 at the St Mary's Band Club, Sydney.
The prestigious International Soloist of the Year event includes representatives from Australia, the Federation of Australasian Brass Bands (FABB), Japan, New Zealand and the UK.
Soloists
The Soloists are:
Australian, Bill Barker (Queensland), Euphonium
British Open, Harmen Vanhoorne (Belgium), Cornet
Federation of Australasian Brass Bands, David Boyes (New Zealand), Euphonium
Japan, Shiho Takedo, Cornet
NZ, Riki McDonnell, Euphonium
NSW, Phillip O'Neill, Cornet
QLD, Luke Aaron, Trombone
SA, Karina Filipi, Tuba
TAS, Joe Cook, Tuba
VIC, Jamie Lawson, Cornet
The Adjudicator for the day is Barrie Gott.
"Band of the Year" entrants are Gunnedah Shire Brass (Jason Katsikaris), Holroyd City Brass (Aaron Madden), St Marys Band Club Brass (Ben Crocker), and Warringah Concert Brass (John Saunders).
Doors open at 1pm — admission is $10, programs $1.
