Sounds of..‪.‬ DrumandBrass

Hello and welcome to Sounds of…  a podcast created by Drum and Brass, with the support of Arts Council England. 
In this episode we hear Julie Hoggarth, one of the directors of Drum and Brass talking about the development of a music project called Brass Inc - which she describes as an alternative style of orchestra.  It is an inclusive music project which Julie runs at the Blue Jam Arts Centre in Penrith, Cumbria.
Julie is joined by Ben who she first met in a project run by 4Eden where he volunteered as a peer mentor supporting people with autism.  Ben is developing his employability skills as a volunteer helper in these organisations.
Julie also tells us about two music events happening in the coming weeks. 

Hello and welcome to Sounds of…  a podcast created by Drum and Brass, with the support of Arts Council England. In today’s episode we hear about plans to set up a new inclusive music project in Penrith, Cumbria, supported by the Royal Mencap Society.
During the 2023 school Summer holiday, Julie Hoggarth of Drum and Brass delivered a music workshop to some of the young people involved in a Holiday and Food project (which they call the HAF project) and Julie’s work inspired Cristina Bowman from a CIC called Diff-Ability to set up an inclusive music project in Penrith with Julie as the tutor.
We hear from Cristina in this episode, and also from Ben and Connor who are peer supporters of people with autism and who are enthusiastic about the new project.
For more information contact Julie Hoggarth (julie@drumandbrass.co.uk) or visit the Brass in Eden + Cumbria page on the Drum and Brass website 

Hello and welcome to Sounds of…  a podcast created by Drum and Brass, with the support of Arts Council England. In today’s episode we hear about the Grasmere Summer Brass School, an event which took place in Grasmere Primary School on two sunny days in August 2023.
We hear from the event organiser, Dave Higson of Burneside Brass who was supported by Liz Watson and Julie Hoggarth of Drum and Brass. Julie speaks to Dave, to youth leader Rory Knowles played lead and delivered a workshop and also to some of the young people involved.  We’ll also hear some of the concert the young people played at the end of their weekend together.
The group gelled so well together that a South Cumbria Youth Band is now in the pipeline. For more information contact Dave (davehigson2001@yahoo.com) or Julie (julie@drumandbrass.co.uk) or visit the Brass in Eden + Cumbria page on the Drum and Brass website 

Hello and welcome to Sounds of…  a podcast created by Drum and Brass, with the support of Arts Council England. In today’s episode we hear John Sinclair talking to Geoff Forse, the coordinator of activities at the Woodgate Resources Centre in inner city Leicester - a building opened in 1898 as a Public Library, and providing the services of a community centre since 1989. In this episode we hear about the wide range of activities taking place at the centre, and learn how it has been supported financially by council ward funding and grants from the National Lottery, the Tudor Trust and Youth Music during the 30 plus years Geoff has worked there ….

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Hello and welcome to Sounds of…  a podcast created by Drum and Brass, with the support of Arts Council England. In today’s episode we hear John Sinclair talking to Julie Hoggarth, founder of Drum and Brass.  In 2019 Julie moved from Leicester to the working class village of Tebay, in Cumbria where she has established a brass band for young people to learn to play cornets, horns and trombones, and to learn the skills needed to be part of a community.  In this episode we hear the progress of the Melody Makers Band over a 5 month period and Julie outlines the ways in which she keeps the children engaged through the difficult first two years of learning to play an instrument.  Her project has been supported financially by Cumbria Community Foundation, Eden Arts and Culture Development fund and Arts Council England.

If you would like to find out more, do take a look around the Drum and Brass website – www.drumandbrass.co.uk  You can also email Julie.  Her email address is julie@drumandbrass.co.uk 

Drum and Brass is a Community Interest Company whose mission is “To Do Music Differently”And one of our strategies is to introduce Children who live in inner city Leicester to the joys of playing instruments from a young age.  Local Children are invited to attend different after school music sessions every day of the week with fees set at a low rate.
The project is financially supported by the Leicestershire music Hub and some Children are able to access reduced fees making the sessions affordable for all.
Having previously created episodes about the orchestra which meets on a Tuesday and the Steampunk project which runs on a Friday.
We asked our podcaster John Sinclair to visit the Woodgate Resources Center and interview the teachers and students at the other three clubs. And in this episode, you'll hear him talking to Mikey Boun who runs the samba drumming sessions on Mondays and teaches musical skills on Wednesdays and Dave Collins who teaches Children to play trumpets and other brass instruments on Thursdays.
John also talks to Sim My who, who coordinates the music sessions at the Woodgate Resources Center in Leicester.