Newbury College, in collaboration with Hogan Music & Academy, is pleased to offer a series music workshops. The first, taking place at Newbury College on Saturday 10 February, features legendary drummer Steve White. Steve has played with stars such as Paul Weller, Ian Dury, and, at seventeen, was the youngest performer on stage at the Live Aid concert in 1985 when he played with The Who.
The workshop, taking place between 3-6pm, promises to be inspiring, educational and fun. Steve will talk through his lengthy career and play some of the songs he performed with Paul Weller and The Style Council. He will demonstrate tips and exercises to help drummers improve their playing and answer question from the floor. Steve is also offering a few one-to-one sessions earlier in the day, these will run from 10am to 2pm.
Matt Foster, Music Technology course leader at Newbury College said: Newbury has a thriving music community and a wealth of talent. Together with Hogan Music and Academy, we are hoping to promote more of these fantastic educational opportunities for musicians to attend. To have someone of Steve's calibre playing at Newbury College is an absolute honour; it promises to be a fantastic afternoon.
The aim of the collaboration and the workshops is to promote the joy of music to a wider audience and make it accessible to all, said Mike Barbour, General Manager at Hogan Music. As a charity, Hogan Academy offers free music lessons to young, disadvantaged people. We'd like to encourage anyone interesting in learning to play the drums to come along to the workshop. With an inspiration like Steve ' who knows where it could lead!"
Newbury College offers Music Technology courses at Level 2 and 3. Hogan Music and Academy offers one-to-one tuition at its music centre on Bartholomew Street.
Tickets can be purchased from Hogan Music at a cost of £10 per person for the workshop and £50 for the one-to-one sessions.