Each year, West City’s concert bands participate in the NZ Concert Bands Association’s National Festival.
Festival History
| Year | Location | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cambridge | St Peter’s School |
| 2025 | Wellington | Wellington College |
| 2024 | Hamilton | Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts |
| 2023 | Auckland | Westlake Girls’ High School |
| 2022 | Hamilton | Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts |
| 2021 | Napier | Napier Municipal Theatre |
| 2019 | Auckland | Diocesan School for Girls |
| 2018 | Wellington | Memorial Theatre, Victoria University |
| 2017 | Whangarei | Forum North |
| 2016 | Gisborne | Gisborne War Memorial Theatre |
WCCB Festival History
2026
- Illumination — David Maslanka
- Fantastic Dreams — Frank Ticheli
The Robert Lutt Trophy — Outstanding Performance of a Select Piece
(for Fantastic Dreams)
2025
- Overture in Bb Maj — César Giovannini
- Fugue in G Maj — Bach/Holst
- Songs for Wind Ensemble — Yo Goto
- Urban Light — James M David
Royal New Zealand Navy Band Trophy – Outstanding Performance by a Band
The Robert Lutt Trophy — Outstanding Performance of a Select Piece
(for Songs for Wind Ensemble)
2024
- Engulfed Cathedral — Claude Debussy
- Rivers of Air — Jake Runestad
- La Procession du Rocio — Joaquín Turina
Royal New Zealand Navy Band Trophy – Outstanding Performance by a Band
The Robert Lutt Trophy — Outstanding Performance of a Select Piece
(for Rivers of Air)
2023
- Flying Jewels — James Curnow
- This Cruel Moon — John Mackey
- Symphony No 3 “Slavyanskaya” — Boris Kozhevnikov
Royal New Zealand Navy Band Trophy – Outstanding Performance by a Band
2022
- Bookmarks from Japan — Julie Giroux
Royal New Zealand Navy Band Trophy – Outstanding Performance by a Band
2021
- Commando March — Samuel Barber
- Letter from Home — Copland/Brian Belski
- Auguries of Innocence — William Pitts
Royal New Zealand Navy Band Trophy — Outstanding Performance by a Band
The Robert Lutt Trophy — Best Performance of a Piece by a Band
(for Auguries of Innocence)
2019
- March from Symphonic Metamorphosis — Paul Hindemith
- Riften Wed — Julie Giroux
- Green Bushes — Percy Grainger
- Asphalt Cocktail — John Mackey
Royal New Zealand Navy Band Trophy – Outstanding Performance by a Band
Robert Lutt Trophy – Best Performance of a Piece by a Band (for Riften Wed)
2018
- Baron Cimetieres Mambo — Donald Grantham
- Exultation — Philip Sparke
- Moorside March — Gustav Holst
- One Life Beautiful — Julie Giroux
Royal New Zealand Navy Band Trophy — First in the competitive category
Robert Lutt Shield — Outstanding Overall Festival Band
2017
- Reverberations— Brian Balmages
- The Ringmaster’s March — John Mackey
- City Trees — Michael Markowski
- Divertimento — Ira Hearshen
Royal New Zealand Navy Band Trophy – First in the competitive category
Robert Lutt Shield – Outstanding Overall Festival Band
Robert Lutt Trophy – Outstanding Performance of a Piece by a Band (for City Trees)