The 1998 band near the Chan Centre at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
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  NYB 1998 practised and performed in Vancouver, BC from May 6 to May 14. A performance was held at a local high school followed later in the week by a concert at MusicFest Canada on the evening of May 13 before an audience of over 4000 people. The band's conductor was Mr. Bobby Herriot and the concerts featured Mr. John Griffiths as Yamaha-sponsored guest tuba soloist.
 
Flute
 
Kirsten Banga, Toronto ON
Christiana Bower - Winnipeg MB
Erin Fletcher - Charlottetown PEI
Sara Hahn - Winnipeg MB
David Popoff - Regina SK
 
Oboe
 
Janet Carter - Sarnia ON (3950286 & 19620283)
Jonathan Leung - Scarborough ON
Daniel Waldron - Halifax NS * (22610980)
 
Clarinet
 
Danae Ackles - Kipling SK *
Crystal Anderson- Winnipeg MB
Mark Bass - Sherwood Park AB **+
Stephen Christie - Jasper AB
Sandra Elliott - Maidstone SK
Gillian Hickie - Waldron SK
Sharlene Hoftyzer - Brinston ON
Cheryl Landry - Charlottetown PEI *
Tegan Neal - Victoria BC
Leanne Pekrul - Winnipeg MB
Katherine Pincock - Hubley NS **
Pamela Tretiak - Winnipeg MB
Sara Wiley - Saltcoats SK
 
Bass Clarinet

Jennifer Brandick - Calgary AB
Julia MacDonald - Walkerton ON (13861725)
 
Bassoon

Erin Bodnar - Rocky Mountain House AB
Kristy Tillman - Yorkton SK (8101790)
 
Alto Saxophone

Michael Ibrahim - Melville SK * (3238795)
Michael Kurpjuweit - Medicine Hat AB
Jessica Ng - Winnipeg MB
Brea Sanderson - Port Carling ON *
 
Tenor Saxophone

Christine Dencs - Kanata ON
Jason Rempel - Winnipeg MB

Baritone Saxophone

Annie Morin - Sherbrooke PQ
 
French Horn

Simon Gamache - Charlesbourg PQ
David Haskins - North Bay ON *
Lauren Hill - Winnipeg MB
Irene Sas - Winnipeg MB*
Katy Smallwood - Corner Brook NF
Tracy Wynn - Truro NS
* - Member in 1997
** - Member in 1996 and 1997
**+ - Member in 1995, 1996
*** - Member in 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997
 
ICQ Numbers are in brackets.
Trumpet
 
Pierre-Luc Bernier - Bromptonville PQ
Colin Gilmore - Winnipeg
Amy Horvey - Cabri, SK
Alan Klaus - London, ON
Matthew Lamb - Winnipeg
Isabelle Marois - Rock Forest, PQ *
Matthew Myer - Halifax
Jonathan Toy - Winnipeg **
Eddie Phillips - Lindsay, ON **
 
Trombone
 
David Dick - Moose Jaw
Nick Francis - Willowdale, ON **
Joan Grant - Rocky Mountain House, AB *
Graham Reynolds - Winnipeg

Bass Trombone
 
Matthew Nichols - Sarnia, ON *

Euphonium
 
Tim Schwab - Sarnia, ON
Adam Trider - Bedford, Nova Scotia *

Tuba
 
Bill Bayer - Wilmot, NS * (13065003)
David Drysdale - Golden, BC ** (6311264)
Geoffrey Shoesmith - Sarnia, ON
 
String Bass
 
Alex MacCuaig - Maple Ridge, BC
 
Percussion
 
Jeremy Epp - Winnipeg
Michael Gambacurta - Camlachie, ON
Kristie Ibrahim - Halifax ***
François Morin - Canton de Hatley, PQ
Joshua Priess - Mississauga, ON
Heidi Swanson - Calgary *

 

Rehearsing at the UBC Music Building with conductor Bobby Herriot.
 
Even more rehearsing at the UBC Music Building.
 
The 1998 band rehearsing at UBC's Chan Centre
 
The 1998 band in front of one of the UBC Theology residences.