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5 tips to make your bid writing pay off
5 tips to make your bid writing pay off (whether you get the funding or not!)Writing a bid for your community project does take time. However, I’m going to argue that it is time well-spent, whether you submit the bid or not. In fact ofttimes I’ve written a bid and...
Play Brass in Eden
In this project, Drum and Brass director Julie Hoggarth worked with brass bands and players to promote the offer of brass bands in Eden in Cumbria In the “Brass in Eden” project, Drum and Brass promotes the amazing opportunities offered by brass...
BRASS DRUMS TRAINS
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...
STEAMPunk
OUR AIMSThe aim of the project is to encourage learners to take a fresh approach to making. With such a global focus on sustainability and the 6 R’s, it seems like the perfect opportunity for a new approach to music and music making to emerge. We aim to take broken...
Prabandh – Synopsis of Interview 3
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,...
Children of a Revolution: Drum and Brass support for partners
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...
Doing Music Differently 2022 – Davina Vencatasamy on BBC Radio Leicester
Davina's Interview on BBC Radio Leicester - March 2022 https://www.youtube.com/embed/W0tE3k93VS4 Jimmy: Friday morning Jimmy here with your breakfast. Now this is really exciting. I don't know whether you've actually done this yourself, decided to learn something...
Prabandh – Synopsis of interview 2
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...
Sounds of… Helen Minors
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 which is where...
Doing music differently
About this event “As it currently exists, the classical music world is … suffering from a perennial and pervasive diversity crisis” Chi-Chi Nwanoku Music plays a huge role in our modern world and it all starts with people like you. Whether you play or teach an...