Darebin City Brass

Preston Band Preston Band, formed in 1934, are one of Australia’s most distinguished A Grade bands.  They have been awarded the Champion Victorian State A-Grade Brass Band title on four occasions in recent years (2013-16).  The band has also featured in the placings at the Australian National Band Championships for three of the past five years.  In 2015, Preston Band performed with the New Zealand […]

Darebin City Brass – Preston Band have released 2 CDs. 2016 – “Ding Dong Darebin on High” Christmas CD.   Track Listing: Coventry Christmas, Christmas Song, Deck the Halls, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Little Drummer Boy, Midnight Sleighride, Carol of the Bells, O Holy Night, Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, White Christmas, Gaudete and O Come All Ye Faithful.     2017 – “Darebin Strikes […]

Andrew Snell was born in Taunton, Somerset,  and after a less than successful spell of piano lessons, started playing trombone at the age of 10. After playing with the local town bands and county youth bands and orchestras he moved to Manchester to study at University College, Salford. After gaining a BA (Hons) in Band Musicianship he moved across the Pennines to take up the […]

Marc Nethercot’s musical career began when he started to play the recorder at the age of six – it got him out of the cold and rain at lunchtime while at school in Leicester, UK. About a year later a trombone was pressed in to his hand and Marc was soon sucked in to a brass band; a lifetime obsession. Marc made his way through […]