The DHPS Big Band
…was founded in January 2006. The band now consist of 30 members, mostly DHPS students aged 11 - 18, a few ambitious students from other schools and four adults.
The Band covers the whole range of typical Big Band instruments and also integrates a few flutes and clarinets.
Rehearsal times are 2 hours per week plus extra Saturday sessions.
The Big Band has already performed a number of gigs
- and played at official school functions,
- at the German embassy,
- performed a Christmas concert at Christ church
- played for friends outside the school
- played at the warehouse
- played at the Project Lilie Bal
The repertoire ranges from Big Band classics like ‘In the mood’, ‘Fly me to the moon’ or ‘The Muppet Show Theme’ to more modern pieces like Joe Zawinul’s ‘Mercy, Mercy, or Brian Setzers’s ‘Rock this town’.
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