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Prodige Tour hits Newcastle

The Buffet Crampon Prodige Instruments tour is in Newcastle today — so why drop in and enjoy the musical experience.

Prodge
  The tour heads around the UK

Buffet Crampon is currently providing a unique opportunity for people to come along and experience their range of Prodige student wind and brass instruments.

After being in Barnsley yesterday the Prodige Tour drops in at Newcastle today (Wednesday 5th October) from 10.00am until 5.00pm.

People can come along and see just what the instruments are all about and try them out at Grainger Street Square.

Van packed

It's all packaged into a specially equipped van so mobility is no problem as the tour will head up to Scotland as well as down to Amersham over the next couple of weeks, so if you are nearby why not pop in and enjoy the experience.

Launch

The launch coincides with the launch of the Prodige Play App — a brilliant new educational tool to help young players develop their skills

Find out more:

To find out more go to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPyjkzqvtD8

https://prodige-instruments.com/en/

Prodige Play App:
https://prodigeplay.com/en/

Tour dates:

Wednesday 5th October: Newcastle City Centre

Thursday 6th October: Larkhall — South Lanarkshire

Friday 7th October: Cambuslang — South Lanarkshire


Tuesday 11th October: Big Noise — Sistema Scotland — Stirling

Wednesday 12th October: Haddington — East Lothian Council

Thursday 13th October: John Paul Academy — Glasgow


Sunday 16th October: Royal Conservatoire Scotland

Monday 17th October: Love Music Trust Scotland

Tuesday 18th October: Amersham Community Band

Wednesday 19th October: Richmond Music Trust

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