Youth Brass Band is our senior brass band, aimed at pupils who are grade 5 and above. The award winning band is one of the longest established youth bands in Wales and it currently has 33 members. They rehearse on Wednesday evenings at Ysgol Glantaf.
The band has toured extensively over Europe and was awarded a gold medal at the 2016 European Youth Brass Band Festival held in Lille, France. More recent competition successes include those in the annual Youth Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, held at various locations across the UK. The band has a busy schedule and often performs in multiple prestigious venues across Wales and England. It has appeared on TV several times, most recently a broadcast from the Senedd in Cardiff. The band are touring North Wales in the Spring of 2025.
Please see below for their full timetable for 2024-25.
The band rehearse every Wednesday in Ysgol Gymraeg Glantaf.
There are 32 rehearsals and 3 concerts, plus a small tour.
| Proposed Date | Times (from – to) |
| Wednesday 18 September | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 25 September | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 2 October | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 9 October | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 16 October | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 23 October | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 6 November | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 13 November | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 20 November | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 27 November | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 4 December | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 8 January | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 15 January | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 22 January | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 29 January | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 5 February | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 12 February | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 19 February | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 5 March | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 12 March | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 19 March | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 26 March | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 2 April | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 9 April | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 7 May | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 14 May | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 21 May | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 4 June | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 11 June | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 18 June | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 25 June | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Wednesday 2 July | 6.30 – 8.30pm |
| Concert Date | Time | Location |
| Saturday 7 December 2024 | 10:30am | WHS Dutch Barn |
| TBC | TBC | Spring Festival Concert |
| Wednesday 2 July 2025 | 6:30pm | Barry Memo Summer Festival Concert |
| Tour – April 12 to 15 2025 | n/a | Mini Concert Tour in North Wales |
Conductor Biography
Charles Maynard is the conductor of Youth Brass Band. Originally from Manchester, he was awarded a scholarship in sixth form to study trombone at the Royal Northern College of Music, followed by a graduate course at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in composition, then a postgraduate year at the Royal Academy of Music. Charles studied conducting with Malcolm Binney and Sir Simon Rattle as well as postgraduate composition with Dr Paul Patterson and Sir Michael Tippett.
Charles has worked for the music service since 1992 and is now Head of Brass and a creative lead tutor. He has been the conductor of YBB since 2011.
