Jammin’ and inspirin’ since 2010
Beaminster Youth Club has a thriving and popular youth band - now known as “The Phoenix”.
12 years of young people making music and showing off some incredible talent. The youth band has gone through many guises in its life so far and has currently settled on “The Phoenix”. Striving to empower and inspire young people through the medium of music focussing on aspects such as playing in a group, learning songs of different genres, setting up professional music equipment and playing in front of an audience. The band seeks to encourage and instill the confidence in young people to express themselves through music - whether that is by playing an instrument or singing the words.
Many of the songs learned by the band are requested by the young people and during the shows we play, they take centre stage. We currently play music from Bryan Adams to Ed Sheeran and many others in between spanning genres like pop, dance and rock.
The sessions run on Tuesday evenings at Prout Bridge between 6-8pm (we even open the coffee bar for refreshments in the middle of the session).
The band is run by our two leaders, Lisa and Ollie, who were once in the band as members and are now the team behind it. They arrange the songs, learn the parts and then teach them to the young members.
During the months of April to September (gig season!) the band entertains the masses at local festivals and gig, rounding off the year with some Christmas themed music during the holiday season too. We also run fundraisers in aid of our Beaminster Youth Club which are always popular.
Now back meeting at Prout Bridge
Rehearsal September 2023
In March 2023, we were given the opportunity to record a CD by one of our volunteers who has a small recording studio.
This was an incredible opportunity for our young members of the band and they had a fabulous couple of days experiencing how different it is to perform to record! Learning how each instrument had to be recorded and then recording the vocals, hearing it through headphones on professional equipment all helped them to improve their skills and it was really noticeable how much it had helped them when the next performed live at an event.
The CD will be a 'forever' memory of the time they have spent with the Prout Bridge Phoenix Band and one they can keep forever. We sold some copies at our fundraising event and they are available to anyone who may want to buy a copy.
Guitars on the move.
Practice makes perfect, rehearsal September 2023
First gig of the 2022 season - The Bridport Community Charter Fayre
Parrett and Axe School Fayre 8/7/2023 in the pouring rain!
We’re now on SoundCloud. The CD was so fun to make but to reach more people we have uploaded our' ‘Young and Free EP’ to SoundCloud for more people to listen. Find it here…