IMPACT PLUS 2023:
The Melbourne Staff Band’s Impact Plus weekend brought together close to 120 young, and some not so young, musicians from across Australia for an intense weekend of music-making. The delegates formed three bands, named after long-serving MSB bandmasters – Norman McLeod, Colin Woods, and Ken Waterworth.
Each band’s repertoire included SA ‘classics’ exposing the delegates to the richness of SA band music, as well as more contemporary works. Here is the concert program presented.
COLIN WOODS BAND (BM Mark Hamilton)
Ma-(cha-cha)-jesty (Gary Rose)
Great is Thy Faithfulness (James Curnow)
Play, Pray and Praise (William Himes)
My Redeemer Lives (Marcus Venables)
Kearny Youth (Stephen Bulla)
NORMAN MCLEOD BAND (BM Craig Downes)
Faithful in Every Way (Simon Gash)
I Need Thee (arr Michael Kenyon)
A Fanfare of Praise (Robert Redhead)
Rosehill (Albert Jakeway)
KEN WATERWORTH BAND (BM Ken Waterworth)
Glorifico Aeternum (Dean Jones)
His Way Is Best (arr Sam Creamer)
Praise (Wilfred Heaton)
We are grateful to the members of the MSB for their commitment and support to Impact Plus and for the financial support received from Territorial Headquarters to assist with the overall cost of this significant event which helps the development of Salvation Army brass musicians from around Australia.
