"Since we introduced the Brass
Band course 10 years ago, the Royal Welsh College Brass Band has grown in strength and ability year on year," said conductor Dr Robert Childs.
I have recently started a grade nine beginner
band course in this fashion, using familiar riffs as a sort of method.
Alternatively, if you already play an instrument why not join the training
band course? The two courses will culminate in a performance on Saturday February 20 in Brighouse Civic Hall where those who have been on the courses will feature alongside Yorkshire Co-op Brass Band in a concert called Show Music.
Melissa, 27, cast a spell over rocker Mark, lead singer with US
band Course Of Nature, when they met in May last year.
"Alternatively, if you already play an instrument why not join in our training
band course?" they said.
The three storeys each have
band courses at .oor levels and distinctive wood mullion and transom windows with keystones and brick arches.
It's a particularly fine example of the "Tudorbethan" designs popular among the well-off at the time - red brick walls interrupted by freestone
band courses with dressed stone surrounds to the windows, a tiled roof and chimneys that reach for the sky.
Schools using 4x4 plans or other models that do away with year-long classes must address other concerns, such as what to do about Advanced Placement and
band courses. Supporters of band programs say they must be offered year-round, but that would result in students taking two credits of band each year.
