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As the return to rehearsals continue, Downshire Brass has also taken time out to enhance its new band room and ancillary spaces.

Thanks to financial support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the band has been able to install acoustic treatment in the rehearsal hall to enhance the quality of sound in the space.

With a hard floor and absorbent ceiling, this creates an ideal mix of ‘lively’ and dry sounds. Over 700 tiles were installed in the ceiling by a dedicated crew from within the band over a number of evenings in June and July. New music stands for rehearsals and a percussion shield were also part of the support kindly provided by the Arts Council.

Other major enhancements have included the fit-out of custom shelving in the band’s new storeroom and music library and the first steps in an overhaul of the entire library.

Those with an artistic flare were even put to work outside preparing the entrance way.