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Free music lessons for all

Free music lessons for all

Author: Davina Vencatasamy Free music for all!  This is the cry that comes across at meetings looking at the issues of diversity within music education.  It sounds like a great idea, right?  Kids who would never normally access one-to-one musical tuition due to the...

‘The moment you realise you never fitted in’… Incivilities

‘The moment you realise you never fitted in’… Incivilities

Author: Davina Vencatasamy I went on a walk with my 9-year-old daughter the other day.  We had walked from Leicester City Centre (where we live) to Bradgate Park.  In lockdown, it has been particularly difficult to get out and go on longer walks, especially in...

No Bars – Hardback Book – Buy Now

No Bars – Hardback Book – Buy Now

  This book is the result of hard work and imaginative thinking on the part of around 40 prison inmates and artists teamed with support from a committed prison staff and funding from the National Lottery and DMU Local. For Drum and Brass it is a solid step along...

Talent Unlocked at HMP Leicester

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...

HMP Music Workshops Leicester

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.

Southfields Concert Brass Training Band

Southfields Concert Brass Training Band

Southfields Concert Brass Band is working with Leicestershire Schools Music Hub and Drum and Brass CIC to develop talented young brass players in the city. Rehearse Thursdays, 7.30 to 8.15 pm St Hughes Church, Sturdee Rd, Eyres Monsell LE2 9BU Coaching and grade...

EMC2 Festival DMU, The Venue

EMC2 Festival DMU, The Venue

Julie Maxwell joined leading experimental performers and composers at DMU for the first Experimental Music Catalogue festival. Featuring original, new and established works from the Experimental Music Catalogue this was an opportunity to take a fresh look at modern...

Stabat Mater The City of Leicester Singers

Stabat Mater The City of Leicester Singers

1st April 2017, 7:30pm, St James the Greater, London RoadKarl Jenkins - Stabat Mater Featuring Hari Trivedi on tabla Karl Jenkins’ work lends itself to artistic adventure and this performance effectively showcased the choir, the organ, the tabla and the contralto...

Regular music-making sessions:

Regular music-making sessions:

Woodgate Orchestra – every Friday 7 pm – 8 pm at Woodgate Resources Centre A music group for players of all levels, ages and instruments. Supportive and fun, £2 per week. More details? Mail us via our Get involved page   Tots, tunes and tall tales at Gorse Hill – from...

Drum & Brass visit Glen Parva Centre

Drum & Brass visit Glen Parva Centre

Drum and Brass visited Glen Parva centre for young offenders just before Christmas to talk about running music workshops there. Glen Parva has a long-running music program run by the chaplaincy and I saw great work being done by the team of volunteers and inmates...