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A MUSICAL VOYAGE - Royal Australian Navy

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RAN BAND NEWS EDITION NUMBER 3<br />

19 JANUARY 2004<br />

RAN BAND DETACHMENT AT CAMP VICTORY, BAGHDAD, CHRISTMAS 2003<br />

WELCOME FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK<br />

Much as happened since our last edition. I am pleased to report that our effort to enhance<br />

the band’s support to Fleet activities has continued during the July to December period.<br />

For a short while we had two elements of the band deployed at the same time with eight<br />

musicians embarked in HMAS Warramunga (in the Pacific) and seven in HMAS Tobruk during<br />

its North East Asian deployment. The article Good Morning Vietnam by Able Seaman Sharon<br />

Jarvis and Missiles and Musicians by Petty Officer Matt Jessop are excellent commentaries<br />

on the importance of these deployments; both in terms of how they add value to our image<br />

within <strong>Navy</strong> and to the individuals who were fortunate enough to accept the opportunity for<br />

sea deployment.<br />

I am also pleased to report that during this period that the band completed 51 more tasks<br />

than for the same period last year. We have released two more recordings and funded a<br />

number of benchmark activities to achieve very impressive results. The first of these two<br />

recordings was a double compact disc which marked the 90 th anniversary of the band. The<br />

music was taken from two Flagship Recitals held in the Eugene Goossens Hall at the ABC<br />

Ultimo on 1 August and 3 October. This double compact disc is an important milestone:<br />

� As an organisation we had not previously recorded a major symphonic work; we<br />

have now released a double CD, A Flagship Recital, which contains two complete<br />

symphonies. Disc one is the Third Symphony Opus 89 by James Barnes and disc two<br />

is Lord of the Rings by Johan Meij.<br />

� Each of our seven detachments is represented on the second recording, Cruising<br />

Stations. This CD also showcases some of our very talented soloists.<br />

Another benchmark activity was the Commissioning Ceremony for HMAS Parramatta. There<br />

can be no doubt that the contribution given by the band to ship commissioning ceremonies<br />

is nothing less than first class.<br />

<strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Australian</strong> <strong>Navy</strong> Band: A Musical Voyage

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