Description
Westerly Winds Staple Hill is a 3rd-year adult (18+) community wind band. We are a committed, supportive, hard-working and fairly busy band, which was formed in September 2013 with the aim of teaching adults with little or no previous musical experience to play wind band instruments. Most of us were complete beginners when we started. Since then we have been working hard to improve our musical ability and have developed into a confident performing band.
We play out often in and around Bristol. Future jobs this year include Victoria Park bandstand (Bath), a fundraiser for the Air Ambulance at the Horseshoe pub (Siston Common), and the Avon Valley Railway (Bitton) as well as playing in Staple Hill square on Saturday 23rd July.
Our music is printed and you will need to read it, however because we are a learning band, this may suit someone who can already play drums but is shaky on reading, or alternatively someone who can read music well but is a beginner or recent starter on drums. Perhaps you did some snare drumming years ago?
Rehearsals are Wednesday evenings in Staple Hill. There is more information about us on our website, our Facebook page and the Avon Wind Band Association website, the association of four bands and a registered charity which we are a part of. You can also see and hear us on our Youtube channel. We should be able to lend some bits of kit to get started on if necessary.
(We also welcome enquiries from other wind band instrumentalists – anything you can play in a brass band or the woodwind or brass section of an orchestra plus percussion and electric bass. Grade 3-ish)
Thanks for reading.
Monica, MD