The cast of 'A Brassmas Carol' panto as part of our wildly successful Christmas Proms concert, featuring John Sullivan as the Ghost of Christmas Past (the Old MD), Jarrah (Scrooge) Dowrick, as the bass player too busy to do Christmas season playouts, conductor Colin Clark in his outrageous Christmas vest, Laine Ratsep channeling Martha Stewart as the Ghost of Christmas Present, narrator Angela Reimer, DJ McQuinn as (Yo!) the rapping Ghost of Christmas Future, and Andrew Leech as Drum Major Marley.

Award recipients at the 2014 AGM: Colin Clark congratulates John Sullivan on winning Player of the Year, Colin congratulates Peter O'Shaughnessy as Most Improved Player, John Sullivan congratulates Laine Ratsep for the Bandsperson of the Year Award, and the back row cornets (from left: Rachel Blunt, Andrew Brown, Danielle McQuinn, Miles Bennett, Dean Shelley and Dominic Cornfield) with their trophy as Section of The Year

North Shore Brass on stage in the Invercargill Contest, image captured from Brassbanned.com's live stream

Bass player Robert Parker participates in Shave for a Cure, raising over $700 in donations and submitting his glorious ginger locks to a scalping at the Invercargill contest. Well done Rob!

North Shore Brass prepares to step off in Takapuna's Anzac Day parade, led by Drum Major Hemi Frires

The cast of Rotunda (photo credit: John McDermott) and the autograph area on the wall next to Q Theatre's Vault

Winners of the Section of the Year award at the 2013 AGM were...the Euphonium/Baritone section! Missing from photo: Peter O

Principal Euphonium Andrew Leech with his trophy for winning the Open Euphonium section at the National Contest in New Plymouth in 2013, and accepting the award for Player of the Year at our AGM in August 2013.

UK euphonium virtuoso David Thornton featured in a solo as part of Contest Prelude, 14 July 2013.   Photo credit: Leo Klein

North Shore Brass presents Anzac Salute, 25 April 2013, to a rapt audience at Takapuna's Bruce Mason Centre - dioramas featuring actors and speakers, screens with images, and fabulous music of the times from 1914 to the present, told a soldier's story effectively.