Todd Smith is a brass musician and composer hailing from the Manawatu region, now based in the Waikato. Todd began his career learning tenor horn as part of Palmerston North City Brass before moving to Blenheim to join Marlborough District Brass Band as a euphonium player. Todd has won multiple national and regional junior solo titles on euphonium, as well as being a member of the National Youth and National Secondary Schools Brass Band on both euphonium and bass trombone. In 2018, Todd moved to the Waikato and joined Hamilton City Brass on cornet. In 2022 Todd won the award for Outstanding Principal Cornet in the A Grade Own Choice. Todd’s compositions have been performed all over New Zealand, Australia and Europe. He has received commissions from the National Australian Brass, Footscray-Yarraville City Band in Melbourne, as well as two major commissions from BBANZ for the New Zealand National Championships. Outside of brass banding, Todd works as an IT Systems Engineer at Hill Labs in Hamilton.  

Mike is a long time member of our organisation, since his brass career began at the age of 10. Like most of us, he started on the cornet. At the age of 15 Mike moved onto Euphonium and progressed into the senior band. Fast forward four years, Mike finally settled on, as he puts it, 'gods instrument', the B flat tuba at  the age of 19. There was a short time where Mike took a break from banding to support his whaanau , but returned in his early 30's and has continued to be a dedicated member of Hamilton City Brass since. Mike really enjoys the challenge of  playing difficult music and the high expectation that comes with playing in an A grade brass band. He is always keen to keep learning and improving, and It's a real buzz for him when the product of lots of hard mahi comes together.  Mike is a hugely valued member of Hamilton City Brass, always providing positivity, passion, laughs and good times. He is proud to be our Band President and is grateful to contribute back to a community that he has dedicated a lot of his life to. 

Malcolm Barr has dedicated nearly 30 years to our organisation. He has played various instruments in that time, including Cornet, Tuba, Euphonium, and Trombone. Malcolm has also been involved in numerous youth and representative bands in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty region. In addition to playing brass, he is also a talented pianist and vocalist, having formed and led ‘The Malcolm Barr Big Band’. Malcolm was the inaugural recipient of the Colin and Barbara Smith Award for his outstanding work as the visionary and Chairperson for the 2019 National Brass Band Championships held in Hamilton.