NEWS! 📰 This year’s @BBCRadio4 show “Love, Spit and Valve Oil” got shortlisted for the @theaibstv Awards: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
I had to make a “best of” for this exciting moment, and reflected on six reasons for you why brass bands REALLY DO matter:
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I had to make a “best of” for this exciting moment, and reflected on six reasons for you why brass bands REALLY DO matter:
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Brass bands are a safe and creative place for many people.
EP1 focuses on how, if you don’t feel secure at home, rehearsals can become a vital space of comfort.
(For a related anecdote, hear Keli’s story — the audio drama we released @lyceumtheatre: )
EP1 focuses on how, if you don’t feel secure at home, rehearsals can become a vital space of comfort.
(For a related anecdote, hear Keli’s story — the audio drama we released @lyceumtheatre: )
The standard of playing is UNFATHOMABLY high.
Many of the top seats of the top orchestras’ (e.g. @londonsymphony) brass sections come from brass banding.
This is one of the few routes that make these orchestras accessible to players from lower-income areas.
Many of the top seats of the top orchestras’ (e.g. @londonsymphony) brass sections come from brass banding.
This is one of the few routes that make these orchestras accessible to players from lower-income areas.
Brass banding has a considerable impact on mental health. #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealth
In the show, we get to hear the first-hand brave and bold description of these positive benefits from one of the world’s premier horn players, @BBCYoungMus winner @sheona_white. 📯
In the show, we get to hear the first-hand brave and bold description of these positive benefits from one of the world’s premier horn players, @BBCYoungMus winner @sheona_white. 📯
There is SO much more to banding than mining but the links brass had to the coal industry are still fascinating.
EP2 delves into the unique connection brass bands have to trade unionism and industrial action.
Though historic, much of what I heard seems increasingly relevant.
EP2 delves into the unique connection brass bands have to trade unionism and industrial action.
Though historic, much of what I heard seems increasingly relevant.
Brass banding is still THRIVING, and creating a LOT of new music. In fact, it's one of the biggest commissioners of large ensemble music.
Contemporary composers such as @gavhiggins are making utterly extraordinary work with it. (Check out his @bbcproms💥)
Contemporary composers such as @gavhiggins are making utterly extraordinary work with it. (Check out his @bbcproms💥)
(Another tangent to check out here is “Split the Air,” a piece I got to work on with the exceptionally talented @NYBBGB and @BWoodgates for @PRSFoundation's New Music Biennial: martingreenmusic.co.uk/nmb Hear it here: )
It’s a truly amazing world in there. I urge you all, if you can, to go and watch a brass band.
If you don’t find it thrilling, I’ll personally send you one of my cassettes of late 80s pop music as a conciliation. Promise.🤚
Listen to the show here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
If you don’t find it thrilling, I’ll personally send you one of my cassettes of late 80s pop music as a conciliation. Promise.🤚
Listen to the show here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
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