Shunpike Social Club - Spring 2025

The Shunpike Social Club Spring course is here and we're excited! 

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. 

Oi Musica's lead musician Marcus Britton is back to lead the tuned instrument section alongside Sam Ward-Hardy (percussion) and we'll continue to build the confidence of all players in the run up to an exciting (optional) performance on Sunday March 30th in Portobello Town Hall to celebrate Oi Musica's 7th birthday! 

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
• encouraging development of improvising skills

We'll also continue to use movement, singing, rhythm exercises and other elements of community music practice to enhance the street band experience beyond 'just playing music'.

Making music - there's no better way to spend a Monday evening :)

And please spread the word - we love growing our community of Shunpike players!

nb. This is a 4-week course - there will be NO session on Monday March 17th.