Shunpike Social Club
Brass, reeds & rhythm section on a big scale! Shunpike Social Club is a loose collective of 30-odd players bringing Cumbia, Brazilian and Cuban music alive with big band flair.
Directed by Oi Musica's Marcus Britton, with a growing team of professional tutors including percussion directors Sam Ward-Hardy (Jack Drum Arts) and José Rojas (El Taller) , brass expert Rich Merchant (Brass, Aye?) and Laura McKay (reeds).
They bring celebratory sounds to parties and street festivals across the city, while providing opportunities for players at all stages to get involved in fun, non-formal music making that is seriously joyful to witness!
Filmed and edited by Ruth Barrie, Waltzer Films
Shunpike Incoming Events & Classes!
Shunpike Social Club - Autumn Drumming Course
Six Mondays of pure drumming with one of Edinburgh's liveliest street bands.
Mondays, 31 Aug - 5 Oct, 7.30 - 9.30pm
Edinburgh College, Milton Campus
Drums provided, no experience needed, all abilities welcome. Sam Ward-Hardy takes you through the Samba Bloco kit one instrument at a time, from surdo to snare, then puts it all together with rhythms drawn from West Africa, Cuba and Brazil. Expect Bembe, Afro-Beat, Samba Reggae, Samba de Roda and Cuban Carnaval, plenty of hand technique, and a fair bit of moving about while you play.
Places on our drum section fill up fast, so this is your chance to spend six weeks on nothing else.
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Shunpike Social Club - Autumn Course - tickets on sale soon
Join Edinburgh’s most creative street band this spring for 6 weeks of fun, original music-making.
Mondays, 2 Nov - 14 Dec
Edinburgh College, Milton Campus
Brass, reeds, guitars (bring your own) and samba percussion (provided) - all abilities welcome. Led by Marcus Britton & Sam Ward-Hardy, you’ll learn new arrangements, create original music, and grow confidence through improvisation, rhythm and movement.
Come play, connect, and be part of the Shunpike community!
To book the band ...
At the OLD LAB, summerhall - 17.6.23
