by Julie | Jul 31, 2024 | Blog, Cumbria, Julie Hoggarth
Brass at the Castle was an event in which Drum and Brass actively sought to collaborate and bring together brass bands across Cumbria. It took two years to plan and almost failed due to the difficulties in finding a date and location that would work for all bands. On...
by Julie | Jul 23, 2024 | Blog, Cumbria, Raven Taylor
Audiences Love "Brass at the Castle" Over the weekend of the 13th-14th July, bands from across Cumbria gathered at the grounds of historic Lowther Castle for a weekend long festival of brass. The festival, organised by Drum and Brass, has been over a year in the...
by drum.user | Mar 6, 2024 | Blog
Organised by Drum and Brass in partnership with the outreach officer of the Penrith and Eden Refugee Network (PERN), held at Blue Jam Arts and funded by the Frieda Scott Charitable Trust Date:Saturday 17th February. Time: 15:00 – 16:00 Attendees – 20+...
by Julie | Nov 17, 2023 | Blog, Julie Hoggarth
Getting out of the band room Funding from the Frieda Scott Trust has galvanised group of us brass players to get out of the band room and take brass to the people. As always, with community projects, we have learnt a huge amount along this journey. Like the fact that...
by Julie | Jul 8, 2023 | Blog, Downloads
The Gary Young Project – play-along videos for every “Fancy That” part Drum and Brass is working with composer and brass legend Gary Young to make his works for young bands even more accessible. Write/Compose/Arrange Your Own Music...
by Julie | May 8, 2023 | Blog, Julie Hoggarth
EXPLORING THE POWER OF LANGUAGE IN PRISONDIY Theatre – plays written and performed by prisoners No Bars Poetry – works about freedom, time and growing up by prisoners and ex-prisoners No Bars and No Bars II When Covid hit, prisons were completely no-go for...
