Renowned Australian wind band composer, Jodie Blackshaw, is one of several women honoured in the newly formed AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL BAND AND ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL.

The Directors of the NSW School Band Festival and the Australian School Orchestra Festival are proud to announce the two entities have merged to become the AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL BAND AND ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL.

In October 2018 Australia lost one of its national treasures with the passing of Richard Gill.

SBF General Manager responds to a SMH article criticising expenditure on Army musicians.

SBF offering ABODA Membership Discount for schools entering this year's Festival.

"Are you a Band Director looking for some inspiration? Is your school thinking of starting a band? If so, this Conference is a must for you!" (Richard Gill AO, Festival Patron)

Denis DiBlasio, former MD for Maynard Ferguson and jazz legend in his own right, returns to the SBF in 2018.

John Morrison invites all interested big band musicians to sit in on an Open Rehearsal at the AIM Open Day as he prepares the AIM Studio Youth Orchestra for the upcoming Essentially Ellington Festival

The SBF is pleased to announce that we have a FREE Jobs Listing Service available on our website. Each year the SBF gets numerous requests from schools to advertise a vacancy through our contact list. So we thought, lets go one better and provide schools with a one stop shop to assist them in filling [...]

The SBF is pleased to announce that Dr John Lynch will once again be joining us as principal adjudicator for the 2017 Percy Grainger Event (secondary schools) and the Alex Lithgow Event (primary schools). John is a leading international wind band conductor. He is the Director of Bands, Wind Symphony Conductor, and [...]