Trips & Workshops
Royal Albert Hall – BBC Proms
An impromptu visit to a Prom, off the back of Aggie asking "can we go and see the Royal Albert Hall" - if we'd known, we'd have worn something smarter!
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Peggy goes to NSSO
My tuba Tony and I spent a week at the National School Symphony Orchestra at Malvern College. This is what I thought about the experience. Spoiler alert: I loved it, and can't wait to go again next year.
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Remembrance 2022 events
With living in Saddleworth, it was only a matter of time before brass banding started to take over our lives. Peggy joined Dobcros Youth Band in 2018 playing the cornet. Agatha wasn’t too far behind on tenor horn. Peggy has since moved onto the tuba – a half-size version which we have christened “Tony”. The ... Read more
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RNCM Brass workshops
For a few months now, I have been going to the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester for middle and lower brass workshops. A lot of my friends from Dobcross Band go too, so we have a lot of fun. We pick a piece to do together and work on it for a ... Read more
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Brass Band concerts and competitions
The end of Easter term is always a busy time in the Brass Band calendar. The girls went down to Corby to take part in the National Youth Brass Band Championships where their band, Dobcross Training Band, came second in their category. It was a fair trek down there but the girls loved spending more ... Read more
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Bass Clef Flashcards
Peggy has been struggling with reading the bass clef lately since starting the piano. She’s very confident with the treble clef as she uses that for her cornet which she’s been playing for a couple of years now. I found these handy cards on Twinkl (like flashcards with the answers on the back) which she ... Read more
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