Following the success of their first on-line initiative with Cory Band MD Philip Harper, Brass Bands England will host a second session of their ongoing online Development Programme.
It takes place this evening (Thursday 2nd April) with Dr Roger Webster (starting at 7.00pm (BST) — and is a free workshop aimed to help with home practice routines during this period of enforced isolation.
Effective home practice
It will introduce some elements from the highly-successful BBE Player Development workshops (hosted by trumpet clinician Paul Cosh), but will give more time to focus on specific elements of effective home practice.
The event will take place on a Zoom Webinar for those who want to get involved and ask Roger questions directly, as well as being available as a Facebook live video on the BBE Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/brassbandsengland).
To sign
To sign go to: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/4915857549861/WN_eqNUDveHT12Xr9IlvPA2jg to register.
Please be aware that there are only 100 spaces available. During the session, Zoom attendees will be able to ask questions sent in via the registration form.
The workshop will begin with a short presentation on how to use the Zoom platform effectively to get the most out of the workshop while participants get used to the set up before Roger gets started at 7.15pm.
BBE pub!
The sessions will finish with participants being able to switch on their webcams and come to the 'BBE Pub' and have a general chat amongst themselves to meet, share ideas and collaborate! So have a drink (or a cuppa!) ready for the end of the session!
The BBE Development Programme Online has lined up experts every Thursday for the next 11 weeks from across the brass band world to lead Webinars straight to your living rooms on subjects covering almost every conceivable element of banding — so keep an eye out for further announcements.
Please be aware that there are only 100 spaces available. During the session, Zoom attendees will be able to ask questions sent in via the registration formBBE
More to come
BBE Relationship & Development Manager, Alex Parker told 4BR: "We were so pleased with the results of last week's workshop, with over 10,000 people having watched either live or on catch up.
We had all 100 spaces registered in 48 hours and lots of great questions submitted, which has shown us there is a desire for these sessions. There are more to come working with some really brilliant people along the way!"
The workshops will be delivered online using the Zoom webinar platform so attendees can interact and ask questions throughout the session directly.
The session will also be available on Facebook live on the BBE facebook page https://www.facebook.com/brassbandsengland and BBE facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrassBandsEngland/ for which users can sign up to for free.
