We are pleased to announce the Band and Solo Test Pieces for the 2025 Australian National Band Championships.
Please make sure you note the correct editions, versions and cuts.
Brass Band Test Pieces
| Brass Grade | Test Piece | Composer | Publisher | Where to purchase |
| Open Premier Grade | King Kong on Rue Igor Stravinsky | Paul McGhee | Self-published | Order via email: |
| Open A Grade | Journey to the Centre of the Earth | Peter Graham | Gramercy Music | Available from your local music retailer |
| Open B Grade | A Journey to the Bermuda Triangle | Pimpanit Karoonyavanich | BVT Music | https://www.bvtmusic.be/en/webshop/product/a-journey-to-the-bermuda-triangle-bra |
| Open C Grade | Inspiration | Jan de Haan | De Haske Publications | Available from your local music retailer |
| Open D Grade | Legend in Brass | James Curnow | De Haske Publications | Available from your local music retailer |
| Junior A Grade | A Summer Rhapsody | Kerry Thomas | Self-published | Order via email: |
| Junior B Grade | A Bournemouth Suite | Benjamin Tubb-Hearne | BTH Music | https://bthmusic.au/store/testpiece/a-bournemouth-suite/ |
| Junior C Grade | Haunted | Adrian Hallam | Thorp Music | https://thorpmusic.com/products/haunted-2 |
Concert Band Test Pieces
| Concert Grade | Test Piece | Publisher | Performance Link | Where to purchase |
| Open Premier (A) Grade | Bury and Rise | Cathy Likhuta | Self-published | Order via email: |
| Open B Grade | Under Loch & Quay | Daniel Dinh | Matt Klos Music | https://mattklohs.com/products/grade-4-5-under-loch-and-quay |
| Open C Grade | Aurora Australis | Martyn Hancock | Brolga | https://brolgamusic.com/catalog/aurora-australis or contact your local music retailer |
| Open D Grade | Policewomen’s Polka | Becky Llewellyn | Self-published | https://beckyllewellyn.com/policewomans-polka-3/ |
| Junior A Grade | Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Randall Standridge | Randall Standridge Music | https://randallstandridge.com/music-catalog/concert_band_music_2/Four%20Horsemen%20of%20the%20Apocalypse |
| Junior B Grade | Choreography | Robert Sheldon | Alfred | Available from your local music retailer |
| Junior C Grade | Adventure to Empress Falls | Alex Manton | Matt Klos Music | https://mattklohs.com/products/grade-2-5-adventure-to-empress-falls |
Open Brass Solos
| Open Solos | Test Piece | Composer | Publisher | Where to purchase |
| Open Soprano Cornet | Concerto (Movement 1 only) | Brendan Collins | Self-published | Contact the composer: https://www.brendancollins.com.au/contact |
| Open Bb Cornet | Klezmeralda | Jean-Francois Michael | Editions BIM | https://www.editions-bim.com/sheet-music/brass/trumpet/trumpet-and-piano/jean-francois-michel-klezmeralda-for-trumpet-and-piano or contact your local music retailer |
| Open Bb Trumpet | Confined | Nicole Piunno | Self-published | https://www.nicolepiunno.com/confined |
| Open Flugel Horn | Psalm (Movement 1 of Two Portraits for Flugelhorn) | Joseph Turrin | Editions BIM | https://www.editions-bim.com/sheet-music/brass/trumpet/trumpet-and-piano/joseph-turrin-2-portraits-for-flugelhorn-and-piano or contact your local music retailer |
| Open Tenor Horn | Concerto for Tenor Horn (Movements 2 & 3 only) | Lucy Pankhurst | Prima Vista Musikk | https://www.primavistamusikk.com/product/concerto-for-tenor-horn-4/ |
| Open French Horn | Vivid Dreams (Movement 3 only) | Cathy Likhuta | Self-published | https://www.catherinelikhuta.com/Brass.htm |
| Open Baritone Horn | Baritone Concerto (Movement 3 only) | Martin Ellerby | Studio Music Company | Available from your local music retailer |
| Open Euphonium | Concert Piece No.1 | Joseph Turrin | Editions BIM | https://www.editions-bim.com/sheet-music/brass/euphonium/euphonium-with-accompaniment/joseph-turrin-concert-piece-no-1-for-euphonium-and-piano or contact your local music retailer |
| Open Tenor Trombone | Servant of Peace: The Road (1st movt) | Dorothy Gates | Self-published | https://dorothygates.com/product/servant-of-peace/ |
| Open Bass Trombone | Cave | Errollyn Wallen | Self-published | https:// |
| Open EEb Tuba | Concert Piece for Tuba | Libby Larsen | Oxford | Available from your local music retailer |
| Open BBb Tuba | Giant's Dance | Matthew Pankhurst | Self-published | https://sites.google.com/view/ordergiantsdance |
Junior Brass Solos
| Junior Solos | Test Piece | Composer | Publisher | Where to purchase |
| Junior Soprano Cornet | Andante et Allegretto | Guillaume Balay Arr. Colette Mourey |
Editions Marc Reift | https://reift.ch/en/emr/21207 |
| Junior Bb Cornet | Thema und Variationen | Albert Lortzing, arr. Theo Molich | AMEB Australia | Available from your local music retailer |
| Junior Bb Trumpet | Taurus the Bull | Garry Wilkinson | Trinity College | Available from your local music retailer |
| Junior Flugel Horn | Framed - Mvt. 1, 2 & 3 | Ceclila McDowall | Brass Wind Publications | Available from your local music retailer |
| Junior Tenor Horn | Sing, Dance, Sing (from 15 Progressive Concert Solos) (Mute Optional) | Lucy Pankhurst | Prima Vista Musikk | https://www.primavistamusikk.com/product/15-progressive-concert-solos-e-flat-version/ |
| Junior French Horn | Come With Me To Crystal Creek : for horn in F and piano | Eve Duncan | Australian Music Centre | https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/workversion/duncan-eve-come-with-me-to-crystal-creek/35501 |
| Junior Baritone Horn | Scherzo Finale (from Super Solos) | Philip Sparke | Anglo Music | Available from your local music retailer |
| Junior Euphonium | African Sky | Andrea Hobson | Andrea Hobson | https://africanaeuphonista.com/en/?sd_product=african-sky |
| Junior Tenor Trombone | Hommage (from Quatre Histories / Four Stories) | Craig Ross | Bilby Music | https://www.bilbymusic.com.au/solos.html or your local music retailer |
| Junior Bass Trombone | Way Down Blues | Dennis Armitage | Editions Marc Reift | https://reift.ch/en/emr/2024 |
| Junior EEb Tuba | Three Gershwin Preludes (Movements 2 & 3 only) | Gershwin (Arranged by Ralph Sauer) | Cherry Classics | https://cherryclassics.com/collections/solos/products/2154 |
| Junior BBb Tuba | A Day In Edinburgh | John Glenesk Montiner | Editions Marc Reift | https://reift.ch/en/emr/emr65535 |
Open Woodwind Solos
| Open Solos | Test Piece | Composer | Publisher | Where to purchase |
| Open Piccolo | Rising Oceans | Herman Beeftink | Self-published | https://hermanbeeftink.com/products/rising-oceans-for-piccolo-and-piano-by-herman-beeftink-score-and-parts-digital-download |
| Open Flute | Ocean Idyll (Movement 2 from ‘Nura’) | Ross Edwards | Australian Music Centre | https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/nura-for-flute-and-piano-escore |
| Open Oboe | Night pieces | Matthew Hindson | Faber | Available from your local music retailer |
| Open Clarinet | Concerto No 2. (Mvt. 1) | Malcom Arnold | Faber | Available from your local music retailer |
| Open Bass Clarinet | Pink City Bazaar | Colleen Athparia | Alea Publishing | https://bassclarinet.ecwid.com/Athparia-Pink-City-Bazaar-PDF-p579800325 |
| Open Tenor Saxophone | Snapshots | Cathy Likhuta | Self-published | https://www.catherinelikhuta.com/Woodwinds.htm |
| Open Alto Saxophone | Strange Times | Lachlan Davidson | Reed Music | https://www.reedmusic.com/2018/saxophone/saxophone-alto/saxophone-alto-piano-level-d/strange-times/ |
| Open Baritone Saxophone | Habour Walk | Lachlan Davidson | Self-published | https://www.lachlandavidson.com.au/product-page/harbour-walk-for-baritone-sax-and-piano |
| Open Bassoon | Flight From Dungannon Castle | John Spence | Australian Music Centre | https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/work/spence-john-flight-from-dungannon-castle |
Junior Woodwind Solos
| Junior Solos | Test Piece | Composer | Publisher | Where to purchase |
| Junior Piccolo | Concerto in C Major for Piccolo and Piano (Movement 3 only) | Antonio Vivaldi | G. Henle Verlag | Available from your local music retailer |
| Junior Flute | Sonatina for Flute and Piano | Peggy Glanville-Hicks | Edition Schott | Available from your local music retailer |
| Junior Oboe | Cantabile and Caprice | Carolyn Morris | Wirripang | https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/products/cantabile-and-caprice |
| Junior Clarinet | Three Short Pieces for Clarinet | Elena Kats-Chernin | Boosey & Hawkes | https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/three-short-pieces-for-clarinet-for-solo-clarinet-in-b-flat |
| Junior Bass Clarinet | Elegy for Bass Clarinet and Piano | Nadia Burgess | Australian Music Centre | https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/workversion/burgess-nadia-elegy-for-bass-clarinet-and-piano/36141 |
| Junior Tenor Saxophone | Three Sundays | Tim Davies | Reed Music | https://www.reedmusic.com/2074/saxophone/saxophone-tenor/saxophone-tenor-piano-level-c/three-sundays/ |
| Junior Alto Saxophone | Tango for Ady | Lachlan Davidson | Self-published | https://www.lachlandavidson.com.au/product-page/tango-fo-ady |
| Junior Baritone Saxophone | August Beguine (2nd movement from Fusion Suite) | Catherine McMichael | C-Alan Publications | https://www.brolgamusic.com/catalog/fusion-suite or contact your local music retailer |
| Junior Bassoon | Sacred Grove | May Howlett | Wirrpang | https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/products/copy-of-sacred-grove-bassoon-piano |
Open Percussion Solos
| Open Percussion | Test Piece | Composer | Publisher | Where to purchase |
| Open Mallets | Flash | Matthew Hindson | Australian Music Centre | https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/work/hindson-matthew-flash |
| Open Snare Drum | Rhema | Zach Paris | C-Alan Publications | https://c-alanpublications.com/rhema/ or contact your local music retailer |
| Open Timpani | Tension/Release | Jessica Flannigan | C-Alan Publications | https://www.brolgamusic.com/catalog/tensionrelease or contact your local music retailer |
| Open Multi | Colour Burst | Ella Macens | Self-published | https://www.ellamacens.com/solo |
Junior Percussion Solos
| Junior Percussion | Test Piece | Composer | Publisher | Where to purchase |
| Junior Mallets | The Cooper Construction | Gordon Hughes | Rhythmscape Publishing | https://www.rhythmscape.com.au/products/the-cooper-construction?srsltid=AfmBOoqW2cR1CQJI8JdCvqa6hgwVTK_sb35O6uEV-1x73UnTxGVCB6FX |
| Junior Snare Drum | The Champion (from 10 Sequential Solos for Rudimental Snare Drum) | Tom Morgan | C-Alan Publications | https://www.brolgamusic.com/catalog/10-sequential-solos-rudimental-snare-drum or contact your local music retailer |
| Junior Timpani | Eight Solos for Two (No 6. Stroll & No.8 Run only) | Patrick Moore | C-Alan Publications | https://www.brolgamusic.com/catalog/eight-solos-two or contact your local music retailer |
| Junior Multi | Thunder Tumbler | Adam Groh | C-Alan Publications | https://brolgamusic.com/catalog/thunder-tumbler or contact your local music retailer |