Schools workshops with Benedict Hoffnung

	Paul Archibald (left) & Benedict Hoffnung

Paul Archibald and Ben Hoffnung undertake educational tours, giving concerts and workshops for trumpet and percussion at schools and music groups throughout Britain.

Both Ben and Paul are experienced performers and teachers, and their presentation is relaxed and informal with the emphasis on participation by students and children of all ages. The music is carefully chosen to appeal to the younger generation, and spans many different styles and cultures including Classical, Popular, Jazz and World music. The programmes are designed to encourage young people to take part in the art of musical performance, supplementing the classroom and instrumental tuition already undertaken in schools. Each programme is devised in conjunction with the music staff of the school concerned, and is presented in a way that is informative and educational but also entertaining and inspiring! Different types and sizes of trumpet are demonstrated, together with a large array of percussion instruments including vibraphone, glockenspiel, timpani, Kit, assorted hand-held instruments and drums of all shapes and sizes!

Critical features & benefits
•	Informal concert and/or workshop tailored to the requirements of your school.
•	Demonstration of complete family of trumpets including piccolo trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn.
•	Demonstration of different families of percussion instruments - tuned and non-tuned percussion
•	African, Latin American, Indian, Kit and Timpani.
•	Performance of pieces written and arranged specifically for trumpet and percussion.
•	Pieces to include participation by students of any age.
•	Specific help and advice to students who are learning brass or percussion instruments.
•	Integrates with and complements instrumental tuition currently undertaken at your school.
•	Consistent with guidelines as set out in the National Curriculum.

The programmes also feature the various groupings of percussion instruments - tuned, latin American, percussive and timpani and the repertoire even includes a work for steel-pans!
The nature of these instruments allows a concert atmosphere that is relaxed and informal and are presented in a manner that is both accessible and informative.

Ben Hoffnung studied at the Royal Academy of Music and enjoys a diverse career as a percussionist. He regularly performs as timpanist with orchestras in London, and is currently Principal Timpanist with the London Mozart Players. He is involved with several early music groups including the Hanover Band and The Sixteen, and owns several antique instruments as well as designing and building his own Baroque timpani. He also enjoys composing and performing popular music, and has produced two successful CDs with Mike Howlett.

As a recording artist he has worked with many well-known names, including Frank Zappa, Eric Clapton, Mike Oldfield, and Peter Gabriel. He conducts and co-produces The Hoffnung Concert devised originally by his father Gerard, the well-known cartoonist. His work with Paul Archibald includes community work and concerts and workshops for children and young people.