The Youth Band of Poniec is composed of a group of young people from the city of Poniec. The members range in age from 9 to 25 and come from the city’s elementary, middle and highschools as well as the university.
Each member is engaged in individual activities as well as band practice, repertory preparation, participation in competitions, concerts and trips to measure themselves against other groups.
Beginners receive instruments and begin free lessons. At the end of the course lessons, and after demonstrating mastery of the repertory, the student receives a uniform and becomes an official member of the band. At the moment the band consists of 40 members, 18 of which are still in the preparatory phase. Two members are graduates of the musical high school, several study at the school and the majority of the members are students of the instructors Tadeusz Urbaniak, Borys Kaźmierczak and the director, Wiktor Bąk. Maestro Bąk has been director for less than 3 years. For this reason the group is an amateur group whose members practice and participate because of their passion for music.
The band has played in several national competitions and has received awards and special mentions.
“Music gives us great satisfaction and we hope to convey our passion to our public.”