Training Brass Band

The Training Brass Band was set up in order to bridge a gap within the county ensembles where Brass Band members could get together and learn their trade whilst making new friends in the process.

It is a great way to get into the banding scene and a great way to prepare the young musicians for the push up to our Youth Brass Band.

Learning new music and having fun is the main ethos of this group, whilst developing ensemble skills in the process.

The entry requirements for Training Brass Band are year 6 and above, and Grade 3 and above.

See below for Training Brass Band’s timetable for 2024 to 2025.

The band rehearse every week at Ysgol Gymraeg Glantaf, CF14 2JL.

There are 32 rehearsals and 3 concerts.

Dewi is from North Wales and started to play the Cornet at the age of 7 with the Llanrug Silver Band, quickly rising through the ranks from youth band to Principal Cornet with the senior band. Since then, Dewi has played cornet with several brass bands across Wales and England, including the Menai Bridge band, Beaumaris Band and the Yorkshire Building Society Brass Band. He currently plays Principal Cornet with the Tredegar Town Band.

Dewi has won numerous awards throughout his career so far, including “Best instrumentalist awards” at the Welsh Regional Championships in Swansea, the Grand Shield contest in Blackpool, the British Open Championships and Concert Competition at the Sage, Gateshead. He has also won prizes at various Eisteddfodau throughout Wales, and has travelled all around the world as a brass player.

Dewi has a BMus(hons) degree from the University of Wales in Bangor, where he was awarded the prize for the best “Solo Performance”. He went on to do a PGCE, also at Bangor University, and is now working as a Peripatetic Music Teacher with us.

Dewi is very proud to be a Besson Artist and a developing artist with Mercer & Barker Mouthpieces and proudly plays a Besson Prestige Cornet along with his MB4DG mouthpiece.