Northern Composure is the largest and longest-running youth band competition in the area and offers musicians local exposure as well as invaluable stage experience. Bands compete in heats, semi finals and the grand final to battle it out for huge prizes and their chance to perform in front of a panel of industry experts.
Over the past 20 years we have had many success stories and now is your chance to join bands such as:
- Ocean Alley
- Lime Cordiale
- Dear Seattle
- The Rions
- Crocodylus
- C.O.F.F.I.N
- Edgecliff
- A Triple J announcer plus a wide range of industry professionals
Astrovan wins Northern Composure 2024
This year, 4 bands battled it out at the Semi Finals, with Astrovan the successor. The judges selected the winning band through 5 criteria: musicianship, originality, stage presence, youth audience appeal and overall conduct.
- Platinum winner: Astrovan
- Gold winner: Bangalley
- Silver winner: Melaluka
- Overnight Lows: Emerging artist of the year.
Astrovan took home $1,000 cash from Northern Beaches Council and a marketing and publicity package from Perfect Pitch valued at $1,100. Mall Music and BOSS provided a consultation with Rowland Product Specialist and a $400 retail Rowland equipment voucher.
The band also won a full music production package from Jaminajar where they will record a single with renowned music producer Paul Najar at the Jaminajar studios with stereo and Dolby Atmos mixes.
2024's Headliner
This year our grand finalists supported THE GROGANS!.
The Grogans are an Australian garage rock band from Melbourne. The trio consists of Quin Grunden, Angus Vasic and Jordan Lewis. Since forming in 2016, they have released four studio albums – most recently, Find Me A Cloud in 2023
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For more information contact Youth Development at youth@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au or call 8495 5104.
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