Record

1922

Founding

1964

Promotion to 2nd provincial division

1965

Promotion to 1st provincial division

1966

Promotion to division of excellence

1967

Promotion to honorary division + laureate

1969

Promotion to superior division
Laureate in National Competition of the City of Antwerp

1979

Preservation of superior division

1985

Preservation of superior division + laureate
Laureate WMC Kerkrade - 1st division (NL)

1987

Laureate Certamen lnternacional - Valencia - Sección Primera (ES)

1988

Preservation of superior division + Laureate Provincial Tournament of the City of Menin
3rd laureate Certamen lnternacional - Valencia - Sección Especial B (ES)

1989

3rd laureate WMC Kerkrade - Concert division (NL)

1990

Concert tour at Nantes (FR)
1st prize at Certamen lnternacional - Valencia - Sección Especial A (ES)

1991

Guest orchestra at the biennial conference WASBE at Manchester (GB)
3rd laureate WMC Kerkrade - Concert division (NL)

1992

Invited by Prof. Werner Brüggemann to make a CD recording of his compositions for symphonic wind band (AT)

1993

1st prize WMC Kerkrade - Concert division (NL)
Brass section, conducted by Geert Verschaeve, delegated to the Summer Brass School - Oxford University (GB)

1994

International music festival "COUP DE VENTS" Le Havre, laureate as executor of international composition competition with work by A. WAIGNEIN (FR)
Multiple musicians of Vooruit are laureate at the international competition at KATOWICE (PL)

1995

Concert tour with four concerts and performance on tv (AT)
Double concert with BUDAPEST conservatory's orchestra
Double concerts in Harelbeke and The Netherlands with "Sophia's Vereeniging" wind band from Loon op Zand (NL)

1996

Concert in Paris (FR)
Invited as guest orchestra at the international music competition in Valencia, with extra concerts in Betéra en Bunol (ES)

1997

1ste Prize WMC Kerkrade - Concert division (NL)

1998

1ste Prize Certamen Internacional - Valencia (ES)

1999

Participation in the Open Dutch Championship (NL)

2000

1st Laureate at the Strasbourg International Competition (FR)

2001

1ste Prize WMC Kerkrade - Concert division (NL)

2002

International concert tour with concerts at the International Alpine Music Festival at Saas-Fee & the Jungfrau Music Festival in Interlaken (CH)

2004

1st laureate at the Jungfrau Music Festival (92%) (CH)

2005

1st laureate WMC Kerkrade - World Champion in Concert Division (NL)

2006

Concert tour Austria (AT)

2007

Nominated ensemble of the Province of West-Flanders
Invited to a gala concert at the WASBE conference in Killarney (IR)
Nominated for the Culture Prizes 2006 by the Flemish Community, Music section

2008

1ste Prize at the Provicial Music Festival

2009

Vice World Champion of the Concert Division at WMC Kerkrade (NL)

2010

3rd laureate Certamen Internacional Bandas de Música, Valencia (ES)

2011

Nominated ensemble of the Province of West-Flanders
Attendance at the Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival (KR)

2012

Laureate at the Provicial Music Festival

2013

Participation in the Concert division at WMC Kerkrade (93,42%) (NL)

2015

Concert tour with concerts in Innsbruck en Seefeld (AT)

2017

Concert tour in Tuscany (IT)

2019

1st Prize at the Certamen International de Bandas de Música Ciutat de Valencia, primera división (ES)

2022

3rd Prize at the World Music Contest in Kerkrade, Concert Division (NL)