Dalewool Auckland Brass

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Dalewool Auckland Brass is one of New Zealand’s most successful brass bands. Over the past 10 years the band has won 8 Championship titles in either New Zealand or Australia, making it the most successful Southern Hemisphere brass ensemble of the past decade.

In 2001 the Band launched the Regency Duty Free Subscription Concert Series with immediate success. Believed to be the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere for a brass band, the Subscription Concert Series is now in its sixth year and is an integral part of Auckland's musical calendar.

In recent history Dalewool Auckland Brass were crowned Champion Band of New Zealand in 2003 and 2004 and in 2005 won the prestigious “Band of the Year” title. In September of 2004 the band travelled to the United Kingdom to compete in the prestigious British Open competition, placing in the top ten at the world’s premier Brass Band Competition. In 2007 Dalewool Auckland Brass were the top placed New Zealand Band at the National Brass Band Championships, held on Auckland’s North Shore in July.