Drum and Brass

Drum and Brass CIC is a social enterprise whose originators Julie Maxwell and Hari Trivedi with UK and South Indian music backgrounds respectively. Seeing the tendency for cultures to live politely side by side but rarely mixing was, for us, a metaphor for what can happen in music. Traditions withdraw and become isolated, stale and begin to dwindle. Merging traditions however leads to conversation, questions, energy and progress. Our vision is to harness this potential to empower communities through music. With a mix of creative and formal music-making approaches we are actively breaking down barriers to and within music-making. Our participatory music model encourages new responses to public spaces while our youth community groups promote leadership, resilience, tolerance and cameraderie. We are looking forward, with our Fund A, to sharing ideas with other forum members with a view to benefitting young people and our communities in the long term.