Campaign says brass is the best; YOUNGSTERS URGED TO TRY THEIR HAND AT ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTS.CHILDREN are being urged hit the right note by an organisation dedicated to promoting brass bands and orchestral music in Coventry. The Performing Arts Service (PAS) is worried some musical instruments, like the bassoon bassoon (băs  n`), double-reed woodwind instrument that plays in the bass and tenor registers. Its 8-ft (2.4-m) conical tube is bent double, the instrument thus being about 4 ft (1. and tuba, are an "endangered
species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. " because they are viewed as expensive and unfashionable.
To help youngsters get interested an open day is being held during which children aged from nine to 13 will be able to get a first hand experience of the instruments. Rob Priestley and Sarah Jackson Jackson. 1 City (1990 pop. 37,446), seat of Jackson co., S Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1857. It is an industrial and commercial center in a farm region. of PAS have launched the campaign and are hoping to pass on their love of music. Mr Priestley said: "These instruments are considered unfashionable, too expensive and too big, and the perception has been that brass bands are for boys. "But we can loan children instruments and we believe developing a deep love of music is a life-changing experience. "I taught one lad who was doing badly at his GCSEs, whose teachers were unimpressed with him and who was having trouble with his parents as well. But he was excellent on the tuba, and now plays in the army band and is doing very well indeed." Mrs Jackson added: "People at their first lesson who sit and do nothing in the corner can be transformed in just six weeks into someone playing fantastically well in front of loads of people. It pulls people together and gives them an identity. "Learning an instrument is invaluable. When you are older and go to university or move for a new job, joining the local band will quickly help you to settle in and make friends." PAS has been awarded pounds 14,030 by the Youth Music's Endangered en·dan·ger tr.v. en·dan·gered, en·dan·ger·ing, en·dan·gers 1. To expose to harm or danger; imperil. 2. To threaten with extinction. and Protected Species programme and has bought 33 larger instruments. To try the instruments, youngsters are invited to turn up at the College Theatre, at City College, in the Butts Butts is a surname, and may refer to:
For details call 024 7655 2455. CAPTION(S): D20878_1 SPREADING THE WORD: Rob Priestley and Sarah Jackson, deputy heads of the Performing Arts Service, want more people to take up musical instruments. Picture: RICHARD NELMES |
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