The Sheffield Brass Network has arranged another free networking event at The Foundry Studio with very experienced speakers to present information to provide better contact with the media and your audience.
There will be open networking until 7:30pm when, after brief information about the Sheffield Youth Brass Collective and current links with the local Sheffield City Region Music Hubs, the initial presentation will be made by Brass Bands England who will present general information updates and news and reference their upcoming annual conference in Manchester.
Joy Newbold, who has played in brass bands since she was 9 years old, and is currently a tenor horn player with Championship Section Thoresby Colliery Band as well as a professional photographer, will provide ‘photography tips for brass bands.’
Alex Burns, a University of Sheffield BMus (hons) and MA Musicology graduate who works alongside several local music organisations and currently holds a trumpet residency with the Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as playing solo cornet with the Yorkshire Championship section band Old Silkstone Band, and administrates the award-winning Classicalexburns classical music blog, will present information about ‘blogging and social media’.
Dr Sarah Price, an audience researcher and member of the Sheffield Performer and Audience Research Centre (SPARC) is a Research Associate for ‘Understanding Audiences for the Contemporary Arts’ and has just reached the culmination of a 2½ year study working with arts organisations in Birmingham, London, Liverpool, Bristol and Sheffield to explore how people engage with contemporary dance, theatre, music, visual art and everything in between to develop strategies for recruiting and retaining new audiences, will present an overview of some of her findings on ‘audience engagement’.
