Our members all learn, practice and perform in one or more of our five concert bands. Instruments played in the band are woodwind, brass and percussion.
Green Band welcomes newcomers with or without previous musical experience, as well as those whose skills are rusty and those who want to try a new instrument. Graduates play in one of our more advanced concert bands.
All bands are led by experienced and paid conductors. Band members also receive bi-weekly group coaching in their specific instruments. Green band practises twice a week in the Fall term, and once a week after Christmas. The other four bands practise once a week on Wednesdays: two in the morning and two in the afternoon.
All five bands perform in two concerts a year: near the beginning of December and June.
PNHB also encourages band members to play in smaller groups outside of the main bands, and provides administrative support for the formation of such groups, known as ensembles. Groups range in size from about 6 to 30 musicians.
Each ensemble consists of a group of musicians with some shared musical interest or instrument. Each ensemble practises once a week, and give several concerts a year in retirement homes, schools and other community organizations.
We encourage new ensembles to form around a particular interest: there is something for everyone.
Concert videos after Christmas 2019 are continued in our smugmug site - see "Photos" in menu above
Allegro - Ghost Riders in the Sky
Allegro - Risk Everything For a Dream
Jubilee - Anubis Egyptian God of the Dead
Odyssey - A gallop to end all gallops
Odyssey - Good Night Dear Heart
Skylark - Christmas Favourites
Skylark - The Beach Boys Greatest Hits
Odyssey - A Tribute to Kurt Weill
Odyssey - The Roaring Twenties
Skylark - Mento from Jamaican Folk Suite
Jubilee - Merry Christmas Darling
Jubilee - Stand up and swing Disco
Odyssey - Looney Tunes Overture
Skylark - A Most Wonderful Christmas
Odyssey - The Last to Fall.mp4
Other - I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.mp4
Skylark - All About That Bass.mp4
Jubilee - The Wild Westerns.mp4
Jubilee - The Masters Take the Airwaves.mp4
Odyssey - Looney Tunes Overture.mp4
Allegro - Ghost Riders in the Sky
Allegro - Risk Everything For a Dream
Jubilee - Anubis Egyptian God of the Dead
Odyssey - A gallop to end all gallops
Odyssey - Good Night Dear Heart
Skylark - Christmas Favourites
Skylark - The Beach Boys Greatest Hits