There’s never been a better time to jump on the band wagon.
Werribee Concert Band is starting up a training band and is calling on beginners –including people who have never played an instrument – to give it a go.
The band is hosting a free come-and-try day this Thursday, where budding band members of all ages can try out a number of instruments before officially starting up the training band the following Thursday.
Corrina Busby said the training band, which will cost $10 per school term plus instrument hire, would teach members how to read music and play basic notes.
“It’s for people who have just started to play an instrument, or are at a very basic level, and it’s a really cheap way to start learning an instrument and get into a band setting,” Ms Busby said.
At 84, John Kessner is the oldest member of the Werribee Concert Band, and says the training band is a great way to get started, or to brush up on your skills.
The trombone player, who has been playing since he was 15, joined one of Werribee’s training bands after a playing hiatus, then moved up the ranks to the performance band.
“It was a refresher for me because over the years they’d changed … trombones were traditionally played in the treble clef, and most of them play in bass clef now.”
The training band come-and-try day will run this Thursday from 5.45-6.45pm at 450 Diggers Road, Werribee South.
