The Scottish Borders Brass Band Association (SBBBA) has secured £2,600 in funding from the Hayward Sanderson Trust to support its long-running Youth Brass and Percussion Workshops, open to young musicians aged 8 to 21 from across the region.

March and September

The funding helped deliver a workshop in March this year and will support another in September.

Led by experienced conductors and musicians, the workshops offer a full day of playing music, developing skills, and meeting others with a shared passion for brass and percussion. Players are grouped by ability: C Band — Beginners; B Band — Intermediate; A Band — Scottish Borders Youth Brass Band.

The Scottish Borders Youth Brass Band has proudly represented the region at the Scottish Youth Brass Band Championships, winning the contest five times, and represented Scotland at the European Youth Championships in 2017.

We are thrilled to have received this funding from the Hayward Sanderson Trust and are incredibly grateful to them for supporting our workshops in March and again in SeptemberSBBBA

Thrilled

Stuart Black, Chairperson of the Scottish Borders Brass Band Association, told 4BR: "We are thrilled to have received this funding from the Hayward Sanderson Trust and are incredibly grateful to them for supporting our workshops in March and again in September.

These are something we love providing for the brass scene in our area and with the benefits they bring not only musically but socially too, we are delighted that we can continue to do so at what we hope will be a high and enjoyable level"

Next event:

The next workshop will take place on Sunday 21st September.

For more information on these events and workshops, please contact: sbbba2020@gmail.com