{"id":597,"date":"2022-02-13T14:24:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T14:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/?page_id=597"},"modified":"2026-02-15T12:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T12:08:14","slug":"training-band","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/training-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Band (for developing or returning adult brass players)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Did you once play a brass instrument and want to play again? Have you just moved to the St Albans area and want to play brass again? Are you a Grade 2 to Grade 4 standard (ie not an absolute beginner, even if you only played years ago)? <strong>Then we can help! Play with us! <\/strong>Our Community Band, which is thriving <a href=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/02\/28\/introducing-the-new-leader-of-our-adult-training-band\/\">under the leadership of Beth<\/a>, is open to adult musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/09\/15\/contact-us-2\/\"><strong>Send us a message<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who can come?<\/strong><br>The Community Band is open to any adult who wishes to improve their existing playing or to adults who used to play and are keen to return. Approximate standard Grade 2 to Grade 4 (ie not absolute beginners).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How much does it cost?<\/strong><br>Subscription for the Community Band is \u00a312 per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instrument Loan<\/strong><br>Subject to availability, instruments can loaned for those who require them at no additional cost. This instrument can be taken home to practise in between the Community Band sessions. All we ask is that you take good care of it and if it gets damaged, please let us know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What instruments are in a British Brass Band?<\/strong><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/an-introduction-to-british-brass-band-instruments\/\" target=\"_blank\">Check out our handy guide to British Brass Band instruments here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When will it happen?<\/strong><br>Community Band takes place on Tuesday evenings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where does it happen?<\/strong><br>The Community Band takes place at the St Albans City Brass bandroom which is located at Unit 5A, Parkway, Porters Wood, St Albans, AL3 6PA. Our bandroom is upstairs in this unit (accessible with a stairlift) and has plentiful space for teaching and full band rehearsals. There is also ample free parking at both the front and rear of the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New joiners to the Community Band are always welcome, but please do contact us before coming for the first time so we know to expect you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/09\/15\/contact-us-2\/\"><strong>Send us a message<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ELFMiaVdPM?si=XRvu2zhHODkTmMr2\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"441\" height=\"74\" src=\"http:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Stalbanscityband_Tertiary_Logo_Full_Colour_RGB_628px@300ppi-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Stalbanscityband_Tertiary_Logo_Full_Colour_RGB_628px@300ppi-1-1.png 441w, https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Stalbanscityband_Tertiary_Logo_Full_Colour_RGB_628px@300ppi-1-1-300x50.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you once play a brass instrument and want to play again? Have you just moved to the St Albans area and want to play brass again? Are you a Grade 2 to Grade 4 standard (ie not an absolute beginner, even if you only played years ago)? Then we can help! Play with us! &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/training-band\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Community Band (for developing or returning adult brass players)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1308,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inspiro_hide_title":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-597","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2838,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/597\/revisions\/2838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}