Brighton & Hove Youth Big Band

Venue: Brighton & Hove Music & Arts

Day/Time: Tuesdays 5.30-7.30pm   Regular Dates/Rehearsals

Tutor: Peter Chivers

The Brighton & Hove Youth Big Band has an exciting programme which includes performance opportunities, projects and international tours.  The band performs some of the most exciting repertoire written for this medium.  Recent charts include numbers by Glen Miller, Charles Mingus and Chick Chorea.

Throughout the year the band perform a range of gigs at venues across the City and further afield, which have recently included The Komedia, The Dome Theatre, The Brighton Centre and the Brighton Bandstand. This year we are pleased to welcome three guest vocalists who will be performing with the band during this season.

A highlight of this season has been a launch of the Brighton based Mercury Prize nominees, The Go! Team's third album, featuring the Big Band. After hearing the Band perform on Brighton seafront, Ian Parton, The Go! Team’s founder, was so impressed with the standard of playing he invited members of the band to record at Brighton Electric!

Applications are invited from secondary age musicians on drum kit, aux, percussion, bass and rhythm guitar, keyboard, saxophone, trombone and trumpet who have reached a minimum standard of grade 6 or above.