It's been a long time since I've had this much fun! I recorded this with my daughter recently whilst in Cronulla. It reminded me of the...

Kurt Curtis, the Music Director of the famous Disneyland Band, conducting music from the happiest place on earth. I recently enjoyed the...

We’ve all heard the saying, “Where words fail, music speaks” – and now, there’s a study to prove it. New research from Harvard University...

An enduring reminder of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service to the Royal Australian Navy As a former Director of Music Navy it...

Lest it come true! Recent posts and comments on social media about the embarkation of a 'Fleet Band' in HMAS Canberra III for RIMPAC 2022...

PART FOUR OF FOUR The story behind the ‘one band seven detachment’ concept , which gave birth to a unified Royal Australian Navy Band....

PART THREE OF FOUR The story behind the ‘one band seven detachment’ concept , which gave birth to a unified Royal Australian Navy Band....

PART TWO OF FOUR The story behind the ‘one band seven detachment’ concept , which gave birth to a unified Royal Australian Navy Band....

PART ONE OF FOUR The story behind the ‘one band seven detachment’ concept , which gave birth to a unified Royal Australian Navy Band. Who...

In Calm and Storm This incredibly dramatic and programmatic work by Francis McBeth was commissioned by the U.S. Naval Academy Band....

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow On 18 October 2011, the Royal Australian Navy Band deployed to Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi province in...

Thematic material, structure and form, melody and counterpoint, and harmony. There is much to learn about music composition from studying...

Music is organized sound - Edgard Varese In an earlier article I argued that the ability to communicate with an audience was enabled by a...

BUT DOES IT INCITE YOUR SOUL? Music has meaning. For example, a melody can be constructed with a song in mind or maybe a poem or perhaps...

How do you steer a course to manoeuvre your musicians into forming a high performance Flagship ensemble? As the leader of the Royal...

If a conductor cannot incite psychological change in the musicians and audience, then it is wasted expertise. In an earlier article I...

When I first became the Director of the Navy Band in 2002, the band was an entirely different organisation to the one that I left ten...

Tuning, intonation, and balance are the most important elements of a band or orchestra’s sound. I don’t intend to turn this theme into a...

Will you define the environment that you and your team operate in or will you let it define you? James P. Lewis in his book Working...

In my previous articles, I posed two questions: Where Are You Headed and Who Are Your Customers? I stated that if you wanted to succeed...