Wrexham Brass (Glyndwr)

Our Members

Graham Taylor 

Position - Principle Cornet

Likes - Classic Cars

Dislikes - Arrogance

Favourite Test Piece - Life Divine

Least Favourite Test Piece - Prague

 

Leigh Hayward 

Position - Solo Cornet

Likes - Eating Wholenut Chocolate in Bed

Dislikes - Turkish Delight

Favourite Test Pieces - Force of Destiny, Year of the Dragon & Blitz

Least Favourite Test Piece - The Shipbuilders

  

Louise Simons 

Position - Solo Cornet

Likes - Christmas , The Simpsons, Cocktails and my rabbit Bruno

Dislikes - Mess

Favourite Test Pieces - The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,  Paganni Variations, Concerto Grosso & Isiah 40

Least Favourite Test Piece - Music from Kantara

 

Rachael King

Position - Soprano Cornet

Likes - Good Company

Dislikes - Single Minded People

Favourite Test Pieces - Blitz, Variations on an Enigma, Lorenzo

Least Favourite Test Piece -

Neil Evans

Position - Repiano Cornet

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Ruth Wilson

 

Position - 2nd Cornet

Likes - Playing the cornet & Chocolate

Dislikes - Bad Manners

Favourite Test Piece - Resurgam

Least Favourite Test Piece - Connatations

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Jane Goff

Position - 3rd Cornet

Likes - Walking the Dogs, Spending time with her family, Absailing and Canoeing

Dislikes - Empty seats in Band

Favourite Test Piece - Essence of Time & Resurgam 

Least Favourite Test Piece -

Steve Curtis

Position Flugel 

Likes - Eating, drinking and conducting brass bands

Dislikes - Arrogant Musicians

Favourite Test Piece - The Essence of Time

Least Favourite Test Piece - Visions of Gerontius

Alison Ruston

Position - Solo Horn

Likes - Chocolate

Dislikes - Ironing

Favourite Test Pieces - Variations on a Ninth, London Overture & Paganni Variations 

Least Favourite Test Piece -

Bill Perry

Position - 1st Horn

Likes - Red Wine & Watching Football

Dislikes - People who don't turn up to meetings

Favourite Test Pieces - Checkmate, Vienna Nights & Epic Symphony

Least Favourite Test Piece -

Graham Brand

Position - 2nd  Horn

Likes -Bacteria

Dislikes -The TaxMan and The Student Loans Company

Favourite Test Pieces - Spectrun

Least Favourite Test Piece - Anything by Frank Bernants

Michael Amplett

Position - Solo Baritone

Likes-  Walking, History, Fishing

Dislikes - Shopping, Bands that lack ambition

Favourite Test Piece  - Cloudcatcher Fells, Pagentry, Prisms

 Least Favourite Test Piece - Lorenzo, Force of Destiny, Blitz

Jo Evans

Position - Second Baritone

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Phil Copland

Position - Second Euphonium

Likes - Red Wine

Dislikes - People who are late

Favourite Test Piece Pagentry

Least Favourite Test Piece

Chris AUbrey

Position - Solo Euphonium

Likes - EVERTON FC, Minesotta Vikings, Toffee Ice Cream & Full Band rehersals

Dislikes - People who don't park straight in between lines in a car park, clothes too high in sports shops and people who don't indicate at roundabouts

Favourite Test Piece - Albion, On Alderly Edge, Extreme Makeover, Partita, Journey into Freedom, Labour and Love

Least Favourite Test Piece - Cloudcatcher Fells

Aled Davies

Position - Solo Trombone

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Janet Amplett

Position - Second Trombone

Likes - Camping & Mike (who plays baritone)

Dislikes  Unambitious Brass Bands

Favourite Test Piece - Journey into Freedom

Least Favourite Test Piece - A Celtic Suite

Mark Parry

Position - Bass Trombone

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John Thomas

Position - Bass Trombone

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pete smith

Position - EEb Bass

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Scott Lloyd


Position - EEb Bass

Likes - Pina Colada and getting cought in the rain

Dislikes - Pretentious Bandsman

 

Favourite Test Piece - Land of the Long White Cloud

 

Least Favourite - Tristain Encounters


Nigel Spence

Position - Bb Bass

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Chris ruston

Position - Percussion

Likes - Jazz

Dislikes - Bad Driving

Favourite Pieces  - Firestorm, A multitude With One Voice Spoke 

Least Favourite Test Piece - Festival Music

Dave Goff

Position - Assistant Percussion

Likes -Rugby

Dislikes - Bad Manners

Favourite Pieces  - English Heritage, Lang of the Long White Cloud

Least Favourite Test Piece - Les Preludes (the old arrangement)