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New home for Drogheda

Drogheda Brass get ready to take up residence in their new home.

 

Drogheda Brass Band’s new €500,000 state of the art bandroom will be officially opened this coming Sunday.

Premiere

Led by conductor Michael Maher, the current 4-in-a-row Irish Champion will present a free celebration concert before the event, which will include the premiere of the aptly titled new work ‘Dawn of a New Age’ — a fanfare and theme specially composed for the occasion by ex-member Richard Rock, who is currently playing with Hammonds Saltaire Band.

Extensive

Designed by local architects, the new premises comprises 4,400 sq,ft. of floor space encompassing a spacious main rehearsal room, 2 classrooms, and extensive music library, storage and meeting facilities.

...the culmination of over 10 years work gives us superb rehearsal and teaching facilities to enable the band and School of Music to develop and secure our future for many years to comeDrogheda Brass

Huge wrench

"It was a huge wrench to leave our old bandroom where we were based since the early 1900s," said Band Secretary and BBb bass player Michael Plunkett.

"However, we have to look to the future, and this new bandroom, the culmination of over 10 years work gives us superb rehearsal and teaching facilities to enable the band and School of Music to develop and secure our future for many years to come."

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