About Us
Middleton youth, training and beginner bands are a community organisation for young people aged 7 upwards from the Middleton and surrounding areas. We offer everything a young person needs to learn to play a brass instrument in a fun and safe environment.
The youth bands have an interesting and varied calendar of events from charity events, summer fairs and formal concerts to competitions and tours further afield – see our calendar.
The youth bands are supported by the ‘senior’ Middleton band who provide tutors and many opportunities for our young musicians to gain experience playing alongside the senior band at a higher level and eventually progress into the senior band full time.
Join our organisation
Beginners Monday 5.15-5.45pm
We welcome complete beginners of any age to come to learn to play with us. We provide tuition and can provide instrument loan too. There are no charges for this service and absolutely no catches.
We are accepting expressions of interest for the next cohort of new beginners to start in September 2019. To register interest, please email our youth band manager Louise middbandwebmaster@gmail.com who will be delighted to provide further information.
Training Band 5.45-6.45pm
Our highly successful Training band has vacancies for any brass players in the early stages / first few years of learning to play, they may have begun to play in school or with private tutors and may be looking for a fun group setting to practice the skills they are learning in their lessons. We can provide instrumental loan and offer all our training band members additional small group tuition from our team of tutors.
Youth & Community band 6.45-7.45pm
Currently, we are recruiting for players of any age who can already play confidently so our vacancies will suit players who have been learning for a couple of years right through to more advanced players. Our members currently range from 7 to 70+!
Unlike most bands in the area, we offer our time, our staff and our instruments for free. There are no fees and no catches, all we ask is that members look after any instruments we loan out and make a solid commitment to attending rehearsals and concerts regularly.
Get in touch!
For more information about joining any of our youth bands, please contact our musical director Louise who will be delighted to assist you O7944396136 (outside of school hours) middbandwebmaster@gmail.com
Information pack
Thinking about joining one of our youth bands? Why not have a look through our information pack for new and existing members for lots of information all about us.
Safeguarding & Risk Assessment
Middleton Youth Band and Middleton Band are committed to upholding high standards of child protection, safeguarding and risk management. Please find below full details of our safe working practices and policies including our safeguarding policy and our risk assessment for all rehearsals and engagements.
