A MUSIC school has crowned its best band for 2023 after holding a Battle of the Bands competition among its students.
The Marshall’s School of Music in Queensbury opened four years ago within Black Dyke Mills.
They offer a variety of one-to-one music lessons, choirs and courses, as well as their popular Little Rock, Big Rock and Adult Rock band programmes, which are for ages four to six, seven to 12, and adults respectively.
The Battle of the Bands competition was held for the first time last year and was such a success, they vowed to hold one every year.
Nichola and Will Marshall, who run the music school, crowned Code Red the winner.
They are a group of teenagers whose winning performance included songs by the Artic Monkeys and Fleetwood Mac.
Nichola said: “Ten bands and 90 students took part in this year's competition for the crown of the school's ‘best’ band!
“This was won by Code Red, an amazing bunch of young and energetic teenagers who all take part in The Marshalls' weekly rockstar training sessions.
“They won performing the songs ‘Snap Out Of It’ by the Arctic Monkeys and ‘The Chain’ by Fleetwood Mac.”
Held on Saturday, November 11, the event marked the second-ever Battle of the Bands at the school of music.
This year’s competition was judged by Mobeen Hussain of We Are Queensbury Foodbank and Community Hub and GDPR Tuition, Hardy Ansell of Skate it Yourself based at The Orangebox in Halifax and musician Sam Wood from Wayward Sons and Blackstar Riders.
The Marshalls School of Music opened in the September before lockdown, in 2020.
So the pair used their lockdown time to create an online music community and renovate their derelict premises in Black Dyke Mill into a welcoming space, equipped with an open gig space and numerous teaching rooms.
Since 2020, The Marshalls now welcome more than 500 students into the school every week aiming to instil “positivity, confidence and the skills to become an awesome musician” into each student.
They hope to expand the school and their ethos of supporting and developing people into confident and successful musicians who can spread positivity and bring the music community together.
Will, whose background is as a vocal coach, alongside other tutors, can offer lessons in guitar and drums, keyboard and singing.
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