British and American Band Masterworks

Come one and come all as the Queensland Conservatorium Wind Orchestra presents a program featuring the most celebrated and admired works of the wind band repertoire.

From the British pageantry and tradition of Holst and Vaughan Williams to the exuberance of American circus music, military marches and Broadway medleys, this concert will uplift the spirits and have you tapping your toes, snapping your fingers and whistling along.

Join conductor Peter Morris and the students of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University in the beautiful Brisbane City hall as we Strike up the Band!

Let us enjoy a free concert inside the beautiful Lord Mayor's City Council's heritage-listed, built in Brisbane, between Protected content 1930. A fine example of neo-classical architecture, with its sweeping marbles, vaulted ceilings, chandeliers and mosaic-tiled floor.

The concert is held inside the Main Auditorium, the larger space in the building, which circular design is based on the Pantheon of Rome.

The stage has a superb organ, originally built by in Protected content Father Henry Willis, the greatest British organ builder of the late nineteenth century. It has more than Protected content , the longest one reaches 9.75 metres