The latest Brass Bands England on-line development programme this evening (Thursday 30th April — 7.00pm BST) will see composer Liz Lane give a presentation on the topic "Where do you get your inspiration from?"

Session

Liz will lead an hour long session discussing the rewards and challenges of composing for brass band, including inspiration, creating and developing ideas, writer's block, scoring, arranging and collaborations.

This session is aimed at composers of any level, but also for those wishing to gain an insight into a composer's process.

This week there will also be a workshop element, as attendees are invited to have their instruments ready on the evening to test out their composition skills in small breakout groups.

Sign up

To sign up to the zoom webinare go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1515876573993/WN_37S1vp1gTSqZDpPofQU4sg

Please be aware that there are only 100 spaces.

Liz's session will take place on a Zoom webinar for those who want to get involved and ask questions directly, as well as being available as a Facebook live video on the BBE Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/brassbandsengland

Support

All the workshops are free but BBE is asking participants to consider supporting the Brass Bands Emergency Fund. The fund will use 100% of donations to support bands struggling during the crisis with ongoing freelance costs and other financial commitments, and has so far raised nearly £2,000.

To support it go to https://www.chuffed.org/project/brassbandemergencyfund where you can also grab one of the donated perks! The fund is also able to accept gift aid.

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 starting at about 7.10pm.

This week there will also be a workshop element, as attendees are invited to have their instruments ready on the evening to test out their composition skills in small breakout groupsBBE

Down the pub

After the live broadcast there is the chance to go down to the 'BBE Pub' to discuss the session and other things happening in the banding world. Come and join the conversation and meet some new faces especially if you've been feeling isolated at the moment, plus you might want to have a drink (or a cuppa!) ready for the end of the session!

The BBE Development Programme Online has lined up experts from across the brass band world every Thursday for at least the next few months on subjects covering almost every conceivable element of banding.

Zoom in

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.