NYBBGB Ambassador Band to reach out in Bradford
The NYBBGB Ambassador Band will once again be embarking on a schools’ outreach tour the week of 7th to 11th July in Bradford, this year’s UK City of Culture, when the Band will deliver music education concerts in local primary schools.
During the group’s week-long stay in Bradford, the Ambassador Band is expecting to play for over 3,000 school children across twelve primary schools. The hope is that the concerts will inspire the primary school children to go on and learn to play an instrument themselves and eventually go on to play in a band.
During the same week, on Wednesday 9th July, the Ambassador Band will participate in the West Yorkshire Youth Brass Band Kickstart Workshop. Players from across the five local authorities in the West Yorkshire Music Hub will come together in the hope of starting a new youth band for West Yorkshire.
At the end of the week, on Friday 11th July, The NYBBGB Ambassador Band and Bradford and District Arts Trust (BDAT) Brass Band will perform a joint concert with over 100 young people who play brass brass across the arts trust.
A spokesperson from the NYBB explained, “Outreach is an important part of The NYBBGB’s charitable mission. We hope the Ambassadors Band tour will allow us to help spread our ambition of giving young brass and percussion musicians the opportunity to develop their musicianship, play together and inspire others.”
