Carey Baptist Grammar Stage Band is an audition jazz ensemble at the college. The ensemble is directed by Roger Schmidli.

NSSWE’s Senior Wind Ensemble (SWE) is the organisation's flagship ensemble and is well recognised for its high level of musicianship and its excellence in performance. They play a wide range of professional grade repertoire and challenges its musicians to develop their sound and ensemble techniques. It features over 50 talented musicians from the Northern Sydney region many of whom go on to study music at a tertiary level.

In 2016 NSSWE commissioned The Magic of This Dawn by Christopher Sainsbury, an Australian composer, which premiered at our Spring Festival and was  performed whilst on tour in Japan.

The Senior ensemble is open to students from Years 10 through to 12 and school leavers who are continuing their music studies.

The Chamber Orchestra of Chatswood HS has come a long way - literally and figuratively - to be a featured performer at ANBOC this year. Ever striving toward higher and more ambitious performance outcomes, the ensemble aspires to function like their similarly-named counterparts in the professional world through frequent collaboration with talented instrumentalists across the school. As part of their program, they are delighted to be giving the world premiere of Wade Gregory’s piece for string orchestra ‘The Committee’: the winner of the Australian National Composition Contest 2024, held by ABODA. The Chatswood HS Chamber Orchestra is led by Vicky Zhang and she is proud to be representing the school as one of their ensemble directors.

This orchestra has honoured one of Australia’s greatest composers, Percy Grainger, since it was founded in 1974 with the personal blessing of his widow, Ella Ström. The orchestra continues to be one of the country’s most exciting young orchestras. In Percy Grainger Youth Orchestra, you’ll join young musicians from across Victoria who come together each week, united by a love of music and its performance.

Healesville High School is a small school in the heart of the Yarra Valley with a total of 320 students from Year 7 – 12. Despite its small size the school has a vibrant and dedicated music department coordinated by Ms Amanda Morrison. The department has 3 concert bands, a jazz ensemble, percussion ensemble and VCE ensemble. The ensemble performing at ANBOC is the Senior Concert Band, conducted by Ms Amanda Morrison, and involves 20 students from Year 10 – Year 12. The group rehearses once a week for 90 minutes and performs at numerous school events as well as at local community events such as the Healesville ANZAC Day Dawn Service, Remembrance Day Service and Christmas Carols. Healesville High School has a thriving music program that not only focuses on musical development, but also encourages self- growth and community engagement through performance.

The conductor, Amanda Morrison, completed a Bachelor of Music and Education at Monash University in 2006. After five years of teaching in Nhill Amanda moved to the Yarra Valley to enable her to explore additional conducting opportunities. In 2012 she gained the position of Monash Symphonic Winds Conductor, and she has now held that position for 12 years. Conducting, has been one of Amanda’s passions since her first experience of conducting at university, since then she has held a range of positions conducting orchestras, wind ensembles and directing jazz ensembles. In addition to this Amanda has mentored a number of conductors looking to further develop their skills. In 2019 Amanda completed an Honours degree in Classical Music (Conducting) at the University of Adelaide where she conducted various ensembles including the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Recently she took part in the Louise Crossley Conducting Workshop with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Amanda is very passionate about creating memorable musical performances with other musicians and music education. Currently, in addition to being a conductor, she is the Music Coordinator at Healesville High School where she has been for 8 years, director and technician of Morrison Music Repairs and the Australian Band and Orchestra Directors’ Association (ABODA) Victorian President. 

The Carey Baptist Grammar School Wind Symphony is the most senior of 11 wind bands at the school. It is an auditioned ensemble made up of students from years 9 to 12 and rehearses once per week. The band takes part in a variety of school based and external performances each year.

Conceptualised by Yamaha Education Outreach Clinician Dr. Rob McWilliams, the Yamaha Wind Orchestra affords music educators hands on professional development, providing an opportunity to rehearse and perform in a high-level ensemble with their colleagues. In addition to this, the participants all received invaluable professional development sessions by Dr. McWilliams centred around conducting & rehearsal techniques, score preparation, and more. Australian composer, Edward Fairlie, and Yamaha Percussion Artist, Steve Falk also led eye-opening sessions about the compositional journey, and the role of percussion in a wind band. Four participants also had the opportunity to workshop by conducting their peers and receiving helpful feedback from Dr. McWilliams and the ensemble.