Stinging South East London with sweet sounds

Who are we?

We at Beehive Big Band are a group of dedicated young musicians from 10-16 years old, developing our diverse skills in a fun environment. We play a variety of popular music from the last fifty years, tailoring a significant portion of our repertoire to the musical interests of our band members. We encourage freedom of expression, pride of preference and peer-based learning.

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When and where?

We rehearse for an hour and a half at 5:00pm every Wednesday during term time at Amott Road Baptist Church, Peckham. Street parking is available.

Band members are expected to arrive promptly to set up and tune their instruments.

What’s the cost?

Termly payments of £180, which is amended each term in accordance with the rehearsal schedule. This comes to £15 per session. We always endeavour to deliver twelve sessions per term, but this may vary on occasion. Payment to be made via BACS, or Stripe Online ahead of the first rehearsal.

Our Director

Peckham-born Rowan McKinnon has been teaching and performing a wide variety of musical genres since 2008, teaching hundreds of students in both one to one and group settings.

From rock schools to choirs and all things in-between, Rowan helped run the Goldsmiths Big Band during his studies, and has experience performing with bands all over the UK, including The Royal Albert Hall, The Barbican, The Royal Festival Hall and Reading & Leeds Festival.

He is currently the Musical Director of the hugely popular Live Band Karaoke, which delivers raucous shows to keen wannabe singers at weddings and venues across the country each month, and features a gigantic setlist of over 350 songs.

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Fancy joining?

If you’re a committed instrumentalist of Grade 4 standard or more and you love music, please consider signing up via the Google Form below. We are not currently accepting submissions from singers, though this may change at some point in the future.

Rowan is happy to answer any questions you may have so feel free to drop him an email. We are always accepting submissions. Please register your interest below.

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