HMP Music Workshops Leicester

From September 2017 Amy and Julie of Drum and Brass will provide weekly performance arts sessions for inmates at HMP Leicester. This is part of a national recognition of the value of the arts in rehabilitation. It follows our successful pilot at HMP Glen Parva.
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The Beat of Time – New Walk Museum

Arts Council England funded this project to explore Leicester’s iconic New Walk Museum (The Dinosaur Museum) in music.

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Talent Unlocked at HMP Leicester

This year’s highlight has been our involvement in  HMP Leicester’s “Talent Unlocked” arts festival. This highly ambitious project involved 2 months of weekly ‘pop up’ performances and a two week festival ‘proper’. Drum and Brass arranged for 9 artists to perform at...
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Summer Music Week 2016

Summer Music Week Monday 15th to Friday 19th August, Gorse Hill City Farm For players of all ages and all instruments, as long as you can read music to a basic level. You will get all the help you need from our experienced assistants and you can expect an exciting and...
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Oakland Special School Fanfare project

1n 2016 D+B director Julie ran a three-day project with 60 children to create a Queen’s Jubilee Fanfare at Oakland Special School

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No Bars Orchestra

It started as a celebration of the 70th birthday of Geoff Forse who has managed the Woodgate Resources Centre for over 30 years, many of them as a volunteer.   He has ensured that people of all ages have had access to music lessons - learning a range of instruments:...
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OUR VISION

Our vision is for every community to have affordable, inclusive access to making music.

OUR MISSION

Drum and Brass co-produces music-making groups with marginalised communities.  We support our players to develop their own musical journeys, as well as to develop as practitioners, leaders and advocates in order to diversify voices in the instrumental music-making sector.

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Cumbria Brass

 In this vast and varied county, Drum and Brass advocates, co-produces and celebrates brass playing with marginalised communities. 

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Music @Woodgate

In the heart of Leicester, our Woodgate music programme has served our vibrant and diverse locality with innovative and inclusive teaching and performance opportunities for over 20 years.

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Advocating for diverse voices in the instrumental music sector

Drum and Brass directors work at national, regional and grassroots levels to centre diverse voices in community music-making.

Let's talk about music

It’s in all our lives, but do we know how to get involved? What it entails? How much it costs? Let’s make time to talk about music…

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