Beginners Brass

Want to learn a brass or percussion instrument? Do your children want to learn a musical instrument?

Downton Beginners Brass offers everyone the opportunity to learn brass and percussion with lots of fun along the way. We provide tuition, music and expertise - plus we will even lend you an instrument. Beginners Brass is designed for people who wish to start playing, no musical experience necessary. It it also ideal if you are looking to pick music back up after a break, or want to try a new instrument.

All you need to do is bring yourself and your enthusiasm! We welcome people of any age and particularly encourage families to come along and learn together.

Rehearsals: Tuesdays during Wiltshire term time, 6.15-7.15pm

Standard: Complete beginners upwards!

Cost: £1 per week, which includes tuition, instrument loan and music

If you are interested in joining Beginners Brass, please use the contact form to get in touch.

Why learn music?

Music is a science... it has exact specific demands, read from a musical score which is a chart detailing frequency, intensity, volume and velocity.

Music is mathematical... it is rhythmic and based on subdivisions of fractions which musicians work out instantaneously.

Music is a foreign but universal language... with instructions written in Italian, German or French, music notation itself is unlike any other language because it is understood by musicians all over the world.

Music is physical education... requiring co-ordination of the fingers, hands, lips and cheeks together with excellent control of diaphragm, back and stomach muscles.

Music takes teamwork... all musicians rely on each other to perform together, building bonds, trust and friendship.

Music is art... it allows us to turn technique into emotion and beauty.

That is why everyone should learn music, not so that one day you might become a professional musician but because music makes us more human and enriches our lives.