Clubs and groups

Brass band gift: one book for the band and the choir

Looking for brass band gifts that everyone plays a part in? In the Flashbook for your music society (Musikverein), every musician and every voice in the choir gets their own double-page spread with two photos and their own answers. One book costs €24.90 including design, printing and shipping, €22.90 with 3 or more groups in one order and €19.90 with 5 or more.

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The book, the questionnaire and our WhatsApp support are in German. Other languages and shipping to other countries on request.

Left half of a sample double-page spread for a choir, in German: drawn portrait of a bearded tenor, answers about his best concert, his earworm and rehearsals, four choir awards, his first solo and his wish for the choir Right half of the sample spread, in German: second drawn portrait in a jumper, favourite things, a thank-you to the choir director, the signature, name and details such as voice part and favourite song
Sample page. The names and answers are made up; the background and the icons are design examples.

What goes into the book for the music society?

Every member gets a double-page spread with two photos, for example from their first performance and from today in traditional costume or concert dress. Then come their name, signature and four short details with icons. We adapt the title and questions to your group, and the band gets different questions from the choir.

Brass band gifts: questions about instruments, rehearsals and performances

In the band, everyone sits in their own section, from the clarinets and flugelhorns to the percussion. Typical questions:

If your youth band takes part, the parents fill in the questionnaire for children, while teenagers do it themselves. Photos and answers are only used for the book. Find out more under children's photos and data protection.

Gifts for choir members and the whole choir

In a choir, the voice part matters: soprano, alto, tenor or bass. If you are the choir director looking for a gift for your singers, every singer gets a book with the whole choir in it. Typical questions:

These pages belong to the whole society

For the cover, all the photos are cut out and arranged into one shared cover image. You choose the background, for example your rehearsal room. Inside, you also get:

The book is a landscape A5 hardcover on 170 g/m² paper that you can write on with a ballpoint pen. On the cover you can put “Musikverein” (music society), “Chor” (choir), “Freundebuch” (the German word for a book in which friends each fill in a page) or a title of your own.

How the book for the music society comes together

Only one person needs to organise it, for example the secretary. Every member does the rest on their own phone.

  1. Enquiring takes 2 minutes. You then get the link via WhatsApp.
  2. You share the link in the WhatsApp group of the band or the choir. Every member answers the questions on their phone in about 5 minutes and uploads two photos. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays you get a WhatsApp update showing who is still missing.
  3. Once all the answers are in and all the books are paid for, we design and print. The books reach you 5 to 7 working days later.

Flashbooks has already made over 5,000 books.

A gift for the anniversary and a thank-you to the conductor or choir director

The book is a shared book: everyone in it can get a copy, the minimum order is 10 books, and for anything else just ask in your enquiry.

Gift for the music society's anniversary. For the anniversary year, the book shows everyone who plays and sings today. Ideas for the ceremony, the concert and the commemorative booklet are in our club anniversary ideas.

A thank-you to the conductor. If your conductor or bandmaster hands over the baton after many years, every member fills in the questionnaire for their double-page spread. One of the long questions then becomes “What I would like to say to our musical director”.

Gifts for choir directors. The same works for the choir director, as a leaving gift, for a milestone birthday or after the big concert. Simply leave out the double-page spread for the person receiving the gift.

Moving up from the youth band. When young musicians move up to the main band, the youth band gets a book that keeps their years together in mind.

How much does the book for the music society cost?

The price is per book and depends on how many groups take part in one order. Design, printing and shipping to Germany and Austria are always included.

1 to 2 groups
€24.90
from 3 groups
€22.90
from 5 groups
€19.90

The book holds 8 to 42 people, with the musical director included if they get a double-page spread. The minimum order is 10 books, but not every member has to buy one. Everyone pays for themselves via a payment link, or one person pays for all by invoice within 14 days. Because every book is designed individually, orders cannot be cancelled once placed.

Frequently asked questions about the gift for your music society

Our music society has more than 42 members. Is that still possible?

Yes, as a special book, which you arrange through the enquiry form. Or you split up, for example into band, youth band and choir, and each group gets its own book.

Can the band and the choir get different questions?

Yes. Each group gets its own book with its own questions: in the band, for example, they are about your first instrument and the rehearsal break, in the choir about your current earworm and your best moment in the choir.

Can honorary members and former members take part?

Yes, as long as the book ends up with 8 to 42 people. Anyone who does not want a double-page spread of their own can write something on the blank spreads.

Does the book also work for a church choir?

Yes. We adapt the title and questions, for example with the favourite hymn from church services.

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