We are a community brass band organisation. We have a contest band, a community / fun band and a youth band. The youth band has 25 players of all ages and we have around 20 in our brass and percussion learner groups. We wish to buy musical instruments for new youth learners and additional sheet music arrangements.
Description
Irvine and Dreghorn Brass provides opportunities for young people in our community to learn music, play in a group and perform at competitions and concerts. Playing and experiencing music has major health and well-being benefits for participants and audiences alike.
We provide free music lessons and access to brass and percussion instruments for young people to learn. There is a learning pathway and once young people learn the basics of playing they can join our youth band. The youth band has members from various schools in North Ayrshire including Dreghorn, Glebe, Ardeer, and Springside Primaries, Greenwood Academy, Irvine Royal and St. Matthews.
We perform at 5 - 6 concerts each year, also competitions, festivals and some school events. Young people can also play with our other bands at community events e.g. Marymass parades.
Our request is for £400 to be spent as follows.
Musical instruments - £350. Sheet music £50
Project supports health and well-being
Most of the funding would be spent on instruments that enable more people to play. Learner cornets and trombones cost between £150-200 per instrument.
Demand for our services is growing and our membership has growing significantly in the past 2 years.
Location: Irvine and Dreghorn Brass has been in existence for c. 45 years and is a registered charity. As the only brass band organisation in North Ayrshire we provide opportunities to participate in music making and learning. Although based in Dreghorn, Irvine we have members from all over North Ayrshire and also perform all over the local authority area. Our charity aims include delivering benefits to our community including: - Education – provide high quality music education to compliment education authority delivery - Health – participation in music making has health and mental well- being benefits - Youth / Children – music participation improves the well-being and happiness of children - Culture – we are enabling community members to participate in music making and learning. Our youth band has 25 young people. We also provide free lessons and instruments to c. 20 beginners.
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