Do you play an instrument and are approximately grade 2+? ‘Brush Up Your Playing’ is MfE’s latest online project for all instrumentalists (youth and adult!) looking to get playing again during lockdown while we are not able to hold rehearsals ‘in person’.

Instrument warm up videos

Over the first 4 weeks we will publish 4 ‘getting back into good working order’ videos, one for each of the instrument sections (as listed below) on our YouTube channel with a new one published each Friday. These will last about 8 – 10 mins.

The videos will remain on YouTube over the coming months so you can look at them at a time to suit you.

Instrument sections and tutors:

1) Violins and Violas with Joy Bower

2) Cellos and Double basses with Jenny Merriman

3) Woodwind with Gill Henshaw

4) Brass with Stuart Bower

What’s next?

We then hope to develop the project with interactive sessions, group playing etc and we hope that the whole project will culminate in a summer Blow the Dust course at the Albert Hall – Covid-19 permitting!

How to sign up

To sign up for this free online project, please fill in the registration form via the green ‘Book Tickets’ button at the bottom of this page.

Simply complete your details and press ‘Submit’. You will then be on the mailing list for each new session, sent out on Fridays.