Canton Basel-Landschaft honors Future Band
The Future Band, a regional up-and-coming brass band, has been awarded a sponsorship prize by the canton of Basel-Landschaft for its promotion of young talent. The canton's culture prize goes to the philosopher and astronomer Roland Buser.
The Future Band is a regional youth formation for wind music, whose sponsors include the Buckten Music Society, the Rünenberg Music Society, the Läufelfingen Wind Ensemble and the Wisen Music Society (SO). The Future Band regularly takes part in cantonal and regional youth music competitions and wins prizes among the best in good succession. It also takes part in concerts organized by its sponsoring associations.
The Future Band is led by conductor Roger Leoni. A committee with management and band representatives ensures and promotes the involvement of young people in the organizational and strategic processes. According to the canton's press release, the band "impresses with its good gender mix, the committed networking work of the management with the involvement of young people and the early and binding integration of young people into the regular clubs".
According to the canton, the Future Band is "a model that points the way to future-oriented work with young talent in the area of voluntary association work, also outside the brass band scene". The Canton Basel-Landschaft prize for the promotion of young talent is endowed with 10,000 Swiss francs.
