Band Factory

Location: Red Tape Central
Day: Monday
Time:  6.45pm-7.45pm 
Price: Category B
Age: Year 7 - Year 13

This session is for musicians who have experience of playing in a band already. Please email musichubprojects@sheffield.gov.uk for further information.

Directors: Emma Smith, Tariq Megrisi, Logan MacDonald and Conor Morton 

Calling all:

• Singers
• Guitarists
• Bassists
• Keyboard players
• Drummers

Have you ever wanted to play in a band? Well now you can! We are a friendly and welcoming collective of young musicians; singers, guitarists, bassists, keyboard players and drummmers. If you are in Y7 or above, and have already started learning your instrument, then Band Factory is a great way to play music with others, and work towards a performance. 

Our experienced tutors, Emma, Tariq, Logan and Conor will help to lead your groups, and get you started on learning new songs, old songs, covers, or your own creations!

In Band Factory we meet together to learn more in-depth technical skills before splitting off into our bands to work on music in our own studio space. 

The bands are developing all the time, often choosing their own material and musical direction, and swapping roles within the group. Tutors facilitate when needed. Bands are regularly mixed up, to create more opportunities for music-making and the chance to play in a different setting. 

There are many opportunities to perform; some recent venues have been Crookes Social Club, Sidney and Matilda, the Octagon, SUFC Fanzone and outside the Crucible Theatre as part of World Snooker Championship celebrations. 

What to expect at your first rehearsal

If you think it might help, please share the Young Person’s Rehearsal Timeline with your young musician. This will give them an idea of what to expect when they arrive, the rehearsal and what to do at the end. Hopefully it will help calm some nerves :)

Fees: Membership for our groups is TOTALLY FREE if you are in receipt of free school meals or fit our bursary criteria. We don’t want cost to be an issue, the friends of Sheffield Music Hub support with bursaries, please email musichubprojects@sheffield.gov.uk if you need help with the cost of fees, whatever your circumstances.

Price Band B: £90 per term or £255 per year (September – July) If attending 2 or more Price Band A/B groups: £105 per term or £300 per year (September – July)

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