Children from Willows Primary School, Lichfield, are busy learning to play the trumpet ahead of a performance with the world famous Grimethorpe Colliery Band in Lichfield Cathedral, at this summer’s Lichfield Festival.

Twenty Year 5 pupils are receiving free tuition and free instruments, thanks to Lichfield Festival’s Aspire! learning and participation programme, which has partnered with Entrust Music Service Staffordshire, Warwick Music Group – manufacturers of the colourful pCornets and pTrumpets – and Grimethorpe Colliery Band.

Classroom sessions are well underway as the young learners prepare for their high profile Lichfield Cathedral concert on Saturday 8 July. They will join the leading brass band for ‘A Grimethorpe Adventure’ in front of an expected audience of 750 people. The children are receiving expert tuition from Entrust Music Service brass tutor Mark Glover who has, himself, recently been appointed as a solo euphonium player with Grimethorpe.

Grimethorpe Colliery Band are one of the UK’s top brass bands having won the National and British Open Championships on numerous occasions and received a BAFTA nomination for their starring role in the global hit movie Brassed Off.

Lichfield Festival takes place between 6-16 July. A Grimethorpe Adventure is at Lichfield Cathedral on Saturday 8 July. Tickets and details from lichfieldfestival.org