FROME band, The FrontRunners, have been selected to play in the Rural Music Network Tour for five months, playing in venues across Somerset.
The four-piece band, Solo, Sky, Joseph and Cole who are all students at Frome College have been playing together for just over a year with their first performance being in Summer of 2017. They have since then played the Frome Festival along with various pubs and clubs around Somerset.
Over the past five years Young Somerset (formerly Somerset Rural Youth Project), funded by Youth Music, has been delivering a music project called the Rural Music Network.
The aims of the project are to increase young people’s access to the music industry, as well as their skills and confidence through three music pathway strands: • Music Performance – playing solo or in a band, DJ, MC or singer/songwriter • Music Production – sound and lighting engineering, live music events, stage management, and studio and recording • Music Promotion – artist and music promotion, music events management and artist management.
The project will enable young people to select a pathway they wish to develop through engaging with the Rural Music Network Tour Programme.
The tour is focused in Somerset, enabling young musicians to gain experience playing in a wide range of venues. It also aims to increase the profile of new and up-and-coming music acts, as well as encouraging new audiences to support live music in their communities.
Frome College said, “Congratulations to our musicians The FrontRunners who have been chosen to go on tour in the West of England. Band members Solo, Sky, Joseph and Cole are all Frome College students, and we wish them every success for the future.”
Their next performance is at The Cross Keys Inn in Lydford on Fosse on Friday 5th April.
