The test pieces for the 2027 Australian National Band Championships have now been announced! This year’s selection brings together a diverse range of music from Australian and international composers across brass band, concert band and solo events.

Across all categories, 65 works have been selected. 50% of the selected works are Australian (featuring 27 different Australian composers) and 50% are composed by women.

We look forward to hearing these works brought to life by musicians from across Australia in Canberra in 2027.

Explore the full list of 2027 test pieces below.

Open & Junior Brass Band Test Pieces

Grade Test Piece Composer Publisher Where to purchase
Open Premier Brass The Forest for the Trees Wim Bex Principal Edition Link
Open A Brass Radioactive Discoveries Ingebjørg Vilhelmsen Norsk Musikkforlag Link
Open B Brass A Brief Symphony of Time Simon Dobson Self published Link
Open C Brass Omnia Ingebjørg Vilhelmsen Norsk Musikkforlag Link
Open D Brass The Sport of Kings Brenton Broadstock Self published Link
Junior A Brass Romulus & Remus Jared McCunnie Self published Link
Junior B Brass Seal of Unity Thierry Deleruyelle Hal Leonard Available from your local music retailer
Junior C Brass Movie Fantasy Hans Offerdal Norsk Noteservice Link

 

Open & Junior Concert Band Test Pieces

Grade Test Piece Composer Publisher Where to purchase
Open A Concert Traveler David Maslanka Carl Fischer Available from your local music retailer
Open B Concert Catharsis Nicole Piunno Self published Link
Open C Concert The Stone Guest Brian Hogg Brolga Music Link
Open D Concert The Ankh of Eternity Kelly Duggar Carl Fischer Available from your local music retailer
Junior A Concert Resurgence Overture Benjamin Lau Matt Klohs Link
Junior B Concert Terra Australis Jodie Blackshaw Brolga Music Link
Junior C Concert Bush Bound Alex Manton Matt Klohs Link

 

Open Brass Solo Test Pieces

Grade Test Piece Composer Publisher Link
Open Soprano Cornet Luciferous! Steven Booth Self published Link
Open Bb Cornet The Eagle Liz Lane Composers Edition Link
Open Bb Trumpet Trumpet Sonata No 1 (Mvt 1 & 3) Nicole Piunno Self published Link
Open Flugel Horn Flugal Concerto (Mvt 3) Louisa Trewartha Martin Schmid Blechlaesern Link
Open Tenor Horn Across the Ocean Pimpanit Karoonyavanich BVT Music Link
Open French Horn Sonata for Horn and Piano (Mvt 2, 3 & 4) Edith Borrorff American Composers Alliance Link
Open Baritone Anna Karenina Helen Johnston Level Music Publishing Link - work is included in the publication: The music of Helen Johnstone
Open Euphonium Sonatina (Mvt 2 & 3) Brenton Broadstock Reed Music Link
Open Tenor Trombone Servant of Peace (Mvt 2 & 3) Dorothy Gates Self published Link
Open Bass Trombone The Beast (Mvt 1 & 3) Zoe Gougousidis Self published Link
Open High Tuba Fibonacci Gala Flagello Just a Theory Press Link
Open Low Tuba Digression on a Serious Song Matthew Pankhurst Self published Link

 

Junior Brass Solo Test Pieces

Grade Test Piece Composer Publisher Link
Junior Soprano Cornet Onwards and Upwards Jared McCunnie Self published Link
Junior Bb Cornet The Jester Jared McCunnie Self published Link
Junior Bb Trumpet Sonata for Trumpet (Mvt 1) Brendan Collins Australian Music Centre Link
Junior Flugel Horn Elegy for Karyn Dorothy Gates Self published Link
Junior Tenor Horn Arioso and Caprice Ronald Hanmer R Smith & Co Available from your local music retailer
Junior French Horn Instinct Louisa Trewartha Self published Link
Junior Baritone Panache Robin Dewhurst Gramercy Music Publishing Link
Junior Euphonium Child's Play (Mvt 1) Barbara York Cimarron Music Press Available from your local music retailer
Junior Tenor Trombone Sonata for Trombone (Mvt 3) Stuart Greenbaum Wise Music Link
Junior Bass Trombone Toccata Gareth Woods Warwick Music Available from your local music retailer
Junior High Tuba Variations on The Bear Went Over the Mountain Dale Vail Self published Link
Junior Low Tuba 5th Concertino (Mvt 2 & 3) Jean-Baptiste Breval Editions Marc Reift Available from your local music retailer

 

Open Woodwind Solo Test Pieces

Grade Test Piece Composer Publisher Link
Open Piccolo Piccolo Concerto (Mvt 3) Barry McKimm Australian Music Centre Link
Open Flute Demeanours (Mvt 2 & 3) Helena Bidder Forton Music Link
Open Oboe He Sits, Spinning Beverly Lewis Forton Music Link
Open Clarinet Sonatine Valerie Coleman Theodore Presser Available from your local music retailer
Open Bass Clarinet Andante et Allegro Yvonne Desportes Southern Music Available from your local music retailer
Open Tenor Saxophone Jungle Fever Matthew Hindson Faber Music Link
Open Alto Saxophone Under the Blue Catherine Likhuta Self published Link
Open Baritone Saxophone Trois pour Deux (Mvt 1 & 3) Jeanine Rueff Editions Combre Available from your local music retailer
Open Bassoon Circadia (Mvt 2 & 3)  Adrienne Albert Self published Link

 

Junior Woodwind Solo Test Pieces

Grade Test Piece Composer Publisher Link
Junior Piccolo The Cuckoo Cuckoo Clock Andy Firth Self published Link
Junior Flute Valentine Katy Abbott Reed Music Link
Junior Oboe Ballad of the Singleman's' Hut Linda Kouvaras Reed Music Link
Junior Clarinet Poisoned Sketches Taran Carter Reed Music Link
Junior Bass Clarinet Awakening Tony Wheeler Wirripang Link
Junior Tenor Saxophone Autumn Song Katy Abbott Reed Music Link
Junior Alto Saxophone Australian Bush Calls Rosalind Carlson Self published Link
Junior Baritone Saxophone La Cordillera de los Andres Sean Coggan/ Arr. Bryan Hooley Cruxmusic Link
Junior Bassoon Sacred Grove May Howlett Wirripang Link

 

Open & Junior Percussion Solo Test Pieces

Grade Test Piece Composer Publisher Link
Open Mallets Meditations and Hymns Anne Cawrse Australian Music Centre Link
Open Snare Drum Hey! Matthew Hindson Faber Music Available from your local music retailer
Open Timpani Declaration, Song, and Dance (Mvt 1 & 3) Kristen Shiner Ludwig Masters Available from your local music retailer
Open Multi Rebonds B Iannis Xennakis Editions Salabert Available from your local music retailer
Junior Mallets Stings & Wings for Marimba (Mvt 2) Maria Grenfell Australian Music Centre Link
Junior Snare Drum Style Suite Murray Houliff C. Alan Publications Available from your local music retailer
Junior Timpani Sonata for 3 Unaccompanied Kettle Drums (Mvt 1 & 2) Daniel Jones Edition Peters Available from your local music retailer
Junior Multi The Inverted Pyramid John Beck Kendor Music Publishing Available from your local music retailer