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Minsthorpe
Brass and Percussion Workshop
6th November 2010
Course leader : Stan Lippeat
This event takes place annually in November at Minsthorpe Community College, South Elmsall and is sponsored by Grimethorpe Colliery Band and Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Tuition is usually provided by the principal players from Grimethorpe, and provides players of all ages and abilities with an opportunity to get together, learn new technical skills and to play challenging and new music together. The day is divided into full band and sectional sessions and culminates in a short concert featuring both the pieces on which the full band has been working and a couple of "party pieces" by an ensemble of the tutors. The success of the day can be measured in the fact that some players come back year after year both to hone their skills and meet up with friends from other bands.
Application forms for the 2010 workshop day are now available here - please book early as numbers are limited
Popular
Workshop a Huge Success
Over 90 brass players, ranging in age from 7 to 70,
attended Minsthorpe Community College, South Elmsall for the annual Brass and
Percussion Workshop held on 7th November and run by the Yorkshire and
Humberside Brass Band Association. This
ever popular workshop, which is sponsored by Grimethorpe Colliery Band and
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, benefits from the excellent tutorship
of many of the Grimethorpe Principals plus Ray Sykes from Carlton Main Frickley
Colliery who tutored the bass section.
The course was led by Alan Morrison who chose a varied
programme of music. The students also had the opportunity to accompany Michael
Dodd in the euphonium solo ‘Grandfather's Clock’.
The day is hugely popular and includes full band rehearsal followed by sectionals. During these the tutors: Kevin Crockford and Alan Morrison (cornets), Arfon Owen (horns), Mike Dodd (euphoniums and baritones), Gary MacPhee (trombones) Ray Sykes (basses) and John Watterson (percussion) passed on their enthusiasm and musical expertise to the delegates. The day culminated with a short concert of the music studied during the day for assembled relatives and friends and also included two items by the tutors.
As one of the delegates commented “I have been
every year and this was the best one yet. We have had a great day. Facilities
are excellent and with the help of such good tutors we met the challenge and we
are going home enthused and looking forward to the next workshop”
A vote of thanks was given to Peggy Tomlinson, President of the YHBBA, for organising the course.
Yorkshire & Humberside Brass Band Association
This page was last updated 04/08/2010
