You’ve done fantastically well to get us all together!
The changes we make
Bringing people together to make music builds communities and improves wellbeing
And over nearly a decade, we have brought a lot of music to a lot of places. See a few of our projects and case studies below.
Drum and Brass’ impact goes further though:
We influenced safeguarding in music-making with our online training during lockdown
We have included some 500 people who would otherwise have been excluded from music-making in the last 3 years with our inclsuive approach and ethos.
Our Cumbria Brass Network has brought energy and confidence to Cumbria’s Brass bands and energised a new generation of young players.
Projects and case studies
Not for human consumption
Probation OfficerDIY Theatre at HMP Leicester is a space where prisoners can express themselves through spoken word and narrative, perform to peers and build confidence and skills. Weekly sessions also bring outside performers in to work alongside inmates. DIY Theatre...
The Beat of Time – New Walk Museum
Arts Council England funded this project to explore Leicester’s iconic New Walk Museum (The Dinosaur Museum) in music.
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...
The ways we make change
We share …
…a lot!
Information, feedback, outputs, resources
We put it out there so others can say what they think about it.
They do – and that’s ok, the conversation helps us all.
And of course we want others to the resources if they help.
Drum and Brass builds networks and partnerships…
…that build our musical communities and make our practices stronger.
We develop partnerships that open doors to to music-making for those facing barriers.
Other partnerships support our participants on their musical journeys, such as working with the Royal Northern College of Music
D+B impacts music-making practice …
… at grassroots, regional and national levels. This takes a combination of listening, responding and strategic planning.
Our directors never stop learning and listening. Attending conferences, holding conferences and being part of national conversations is as vital to us as CPD.