Story: Brass and pipe bands

More links and websites

• The Brass Band Association of New Zealand

  An association of brass bands in New Zealand.

• New Zealand Army Band

  The New Zealand Army Band is a marching band formed in 1964.

• Royal New Zealand Air Force Band

  The RNZAF Band is New Zealand’s largest symphonic band.

• Royal New Zealand Navy Band

  This military band provides music for the various functions of the New Zealand navy.

• Royal New Zealand Pipe Band Association

  The site of the Royal New Zealand Pipe Band Association.

• Woolston Brass

  New Zealand’s most successful competitive brass band was formed in 1891.

More suggestions and sources

• Coleman, Jennie. ‘Ceòl Mór of the south.’ In The heather and the fern: Scottish migration & New Zealand settlement, edited by Tom Brooking and Jennie Coleman. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2003.

• Coleman, Jennie. ‘Transmigration of the Piob Mhór: the Scottish Highland piping tradition in the South Island of New Zealand.’ PhD thesis, University of Otago, 1996.

• Newcomb, Stanley Peter. Challenging brass: 100 years of brass band contests in New Zealand, 1880–1980. Takapuna: Powerbrass Music, 1980.

• Newcomb, Stanley Peter. The music of the people: the story of the band movement in New Zealand, 1845–1963. Christchurch: G. R. Mowat, 1963.

• Thomson, John Mansfield. The Oxford history of New Zealand music. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1991.

• Weir, Tom. ‘From Celtic roots’: a history of the evolution of pipe bands in New Zealand. Christchurch: T. Weir, 2002