Forget the Doom and Gloom: Clockface Band Went from 15 Players to the National Finals
Everyone online says brass banding is dying. Will, MD of Clockface Band, doesn’t buy it.
When he took over in 2023, Clockface had around 15 players and a band room that had lost its spark. Now they’ve got 34 players, a shelf full of trophies, and they’ve just been to the National Finals for the first time since 1971.
In this episode of The Future of Brass, Will talks about how it happened: ditching the yellow music, letting the band choose the programme, playing carols in the street, working with the local youth band, and getting parents involved instead of just kids. He also gets into social…
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