You’re never too old to start.
That’s what adult beginner concert band Brass, Wind and Wire conductor Brenda Khoo says.
“I think what really makes this fun is there’s no judgment. This is not an auditioned group,” she says.
The band, which got started about five years ago and has members from Delta, other areas of Metro Vancouver and Point Roberts, meets in Ladner weekly to practice.
“We just want you to come,” Khoo says. “We want you to play and have fun.”
Rick Plumley, who had a cornet when the Optimist dropped by at a practice earlier this month, is in his first year with the band.
“It’s great,” he says, adding he gets to be with other beginners. He comes all the way from Vancouver to take part.
There are two groups, beginner, for those who have never played or are starting a new instrument, and intermediate.
The intermediate group is always taking new members while the beginner group does an intake every September until the first week of October.
The groups practice once a week in the evening at Delta Secondary.
For more information, contact Khoo at [email protected].
