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
Band Identity – Cumbria Brass Band Network discussion
Band Identity and Development: Insights from the Cumbria Brass Band Network meeting of August 17th 2024
Frieda Scott Charitable Trust Brass Engagement Project
Between September 2023 to 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
Brass at the Castle – full report
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...
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.