Shunpike Social Club
Brass, reeds & rhythm section on a big scale! Shunpike Social Club is a loose collective of 30-odd players bringing Cumbia, Brazilian and Cuban music alive with big band flair.
Directed by Oi Musica's Marcus Britton, with a growing team of professional tutors including percussion directors Sam Ward-Hardy (Jack Drum Arts) and José Rojas (El Taller) , brass expert Rich Merchant (Brass, Aye?) and Laura McKay (reeds).
They bring celebratory sounds to parties and street festivals across the city, while providing opportunities for players at all stages to get involved in fun, non-formal music making that is seriously joyful to witness!
Filmed and edited by Ruth Barrie, Waltzer Films
Next course details
Booking is now open for our next 6-week course starting on Monday 4 November!
Shunpike Social Club :: Autumn 2024
with Marcus Britton & Sam Ward Hardy
Monday evenings - November 4th - December 9th
7.30-9.30pm at Edinburgh College, Milton Road
As ever, we welcome brass/reeds/guitars of all abilities (must have own instrument) and will provide samba-style percussion instruments for drummers of all abilities.
There's something for everyone in this course, with a combination of:
- learning new arrangements as a group
- re-capping tunes from the existing Shunpike repertoire
- devising original musical ideas as a group
- encouraging development of improvising skills
and do please get in touch if your financial situation might prevent you from paying full price, as we do have a limited number of 'Pay What You Decide' tickets.
To book the band ...
At the OLD LAB, summerhall - 17.6.23
