Bands
Senior Concert Band
Students more proficient on their instruments will be invited to join the Concert Band, which holds an important place in the school, performing at school functions and in other public events. Comprising 50 – 60 students this is the cornerstone of our department.
- Gold awards North Island Concert Band
Festival
- Gold awards –Feilding Festival of Bands
- Silver awards – Hawkes Bay Festival of
Bands
- School Anzac Service
- Community Service performances
- School Concert
- Prizegiving
Rehearsals - Wednesday and Friday, 8.30am – 9.15am
Stage Band
The PNBHS Stage Band has a growing reputation, and develops skills through more challenging Big Band based charts, under the directorship of Mr Neville Lauridsen the band regularly plays at community events, retirement villages, formal balls and conferences as well as performing at their own public concerts,
The Band also tours to events in Australia and NZ and has played at the Old Boys’ Dinner Auckland, Tauranga Jazz Festival, NZSM Jazz Festival Wellington, Manly Jazz Festival, Darling Harbour Sydney, Federation Square Melbourne, Monash University Jazz School Melbourne, James Morrison Jazz Academy Mt Gambier
- Best Manawatu School Jazz Band for last
6 years
- Best Big band at NZ School of Music
Jazz Festival
- Australian Tour Sydney/Melbourne 2013
- Australian Tour Adelaide/Mt Gambier
2015
- Stage Band Annual Concert
- School Concert
- Prizegiving
Auditioned group – rehearses Thursday 8am -9.15am
PNBHS Pipeband
There has been a Pipe Band at PNBHS for thirty years.
The recent resurgence in popularity has seen the current group perform well in Grade 4 competition. All new and experienced pipers and drummers welcome.
- Community Service performances
- School Concert
- School Anzac Service
- Prizegiving
Practices – Wednesday 1.20pm -2.00pm
