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Foden's receive Heritage Lottery Funding.
Foden’s are pleased to announce that they have been successful in an application to the Heritage Lottery Fund for £26,400. The total project cost is £29,910 with the Heritage Lottery awarding an 88% grant to this project.
Foden’s Band secures major award from Arts Council England through ‘Grants for the Arts’
Foden’s Band have announced that they have been successful in an application to Arts Council England through ‘Grants for the Arts’ for ‘Foden’s next stepsproject December 2020 to July 2023’
Foden's receive a funding boost
Foden’s Band are pleased to announce that they have been successful in obtaining £33,450 through Arts Council England’s National Lottery funded 'Covid 19' programme.
From Sandbach to Lithuania
On Sunday 12th May Lions Youth Brass, Roberts Bakery Band and Audley Brass held a concert at Ruskin High School, Crewe to help raise funds for Foden's appearance at the European Championships to be held in May '20 in Lithuania.
Lions Youth Brass, Audley Brass and Robert's Bakery Band to help Foden's
In 2018 Foden's were crowned the National Champions of Great Britain at the Royal Albert Hall, London and were subsequently invited to represent England at the European Brass Band Championships to be held in May 2020 in Palanga, Lithuania.
Foden's appoint a 'Strategic Arts Funding Advisor'
Foden's are pleased to announce that Carole Hirst has accepted their offer to become the bands 'Strategic Arts Funding Advisor'
Arts Council England’s National Lottery funded 'Catalyst' programme
Foden’s Band are pleased to announce that they have been successful in obtaining funding through Arts Council England’s National Lottery funded 'Catalyst' programme. The band have been awarded £17,819 towards a total project cost of £20,875.
Foden's Heritage and fire update
Following the band room fire in April '16 all items were subsequently removed to a lock up in Sandbach with the 40 foot lock quickly filling with fire damaged property. Over the past year a considerable amount of time has been spent at the lock up to establish if any items could be recovered,...
How to improvise
In their final video based on 'Improvisation' John Barber and Andy Scott explain about the '12 Bar Blues'
How do I improvise
Foden's look at answering this question in the first of two videos featuring artists John Barber and Andy Scott courtesy of a funding award from Arts Council England through ‘Grants for the Arts’ for a “Three Year Strategic Music and Audience Development Plan 2016-2019”
For any conductor and every audience, Foden’s Band is a musical Magic Carpet. It continually takes the listener to places that few other ensembles rarely even approach
