by drum.user | Sep 28, 2022 | Blog, Collaborative Projects
Visitors to the platform of Kirkby Stephen East on Saturday 24th September 2022 now know that two pieces of heritage are still very much thriving in modern Cumbia: brass bands and railways. They witnessed the premier of “BRASS DRUMS TRAINS” by local composer Jilly...
by drum.user | Apr 13, 2022 | Blog, Hari Trivedi, Prabandh
Over the past two interviews we have gathered a detailed understanding of Prabandh Gayan and its transformation from the Vedic period (2500BC) to the contemporary styles of today. In this third and final interview with the artists, regarding our research of Prabandh,...
by drum.user | Mar 28, 2022 | Blog, Collaborative Projects, Julie Hoggarth
Children of a Revolution is the product of 2 Black Country-creatives: Eve Biggs and Saffron Hill, who have a clear vision of how the arts aid wellbeing. Drum and Brass has provided 6 months mentoring to Eve and Saffron with the following results. The Journey: Saffron...
by drum.user | Mar 1, 2022 | Blog, D+B Projects, Woodgate
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...
by drum.user | Feb 18, 2022 | Blog, Hari Trivedi, Prabandh
Research and artist interviews conducted by Pritam Singh Artists Kankana Banerjee Malyaban Chatterjee Afzal Hussain The journey to research Prabandh Gayan continued with our second set of interviews with our selected three masters. The theme of this interview...
by drum.user | Feb 8, 2022 | Audio, Blog
Listen to the interview: The project’s called women’s musical leadership online network. And it connects with lots of other pilot projects and a book also entitled women’s musical leadership. We started it out as an online project funded by open...
