by Julie | Aug 2, 2024 | Blog, Cumbria, Julie Hoggarth, Projects
Between September 2023 and August 2024 Drum and Brass delivered a series of brass taster sessions with a grant of £3000 from the Frieda Scott Charitable Trust. Here is our report on this project to our partners, stakeholders and funders Project aims The project...
by Julie | Jul 31, 2024 | Blog, Brass at the Castle, Cumbria, Julie Hoggarth, Projects
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, Brass at the Castle, Cumbria, Projects, 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 Julie | Jun 12, 2024 | Cumbria, Projects
Drum & Brass in partnership with Cumbria's Brass Brass Bands Cumbria Brass Cumbria Brass Network – why be a part of it? Bands want more members, the general public want more live band music. Brass bands can teach people to play instruments, they offer affordable...
by Julie | Apr 6, 2024 | Cumbria, D+B learning groups, Organisation
Drop us an email Meets every Thursday 6 – 7 p.m. The Bandroom, Mill Lane (off Mellbecks) Riverside, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4SA No Apologies Brass is a brass band with a difference. Our female only group was established recently in Kirkby Stephen when local...
by Julie | Nov 17, 2023 | Cumbria, Julie Hoggarth, Projects
“Celebration of Grassroots Musical Excellence” Saturday May 17th and Sunday May 18th Brougham Hall, Brougham, Penrith CA10 2DE This year’s Brass at the Castle is set in the beautiful Brougham Hall, just south of Penrith. It will be a...
