Beaumaris Brass Band at the Royal Albert Hall in the UK in October, is being made to fill recognized as the 20 others will face "one of the principality’s best ensembles" in the Welsh Championships.Nia Wyn, band secretary and tenor horn player said, “It’s the pinnacle for UK brass bands”.
“It doesn’t get any better than going to the Royal Albert Hall.
“We have a core of young players who’ve come up through the youth band, and this will be the first time they’ve played at that level.
“It can be intimidating, but the band has been twice before, so we know what to expect.”
Musical director Gwyn Evans also praised the ensemble’s younger players: “The band prides itself on developing youth talent and the deliberate blend of youth and experience is paramount to the success.”
The group, which was founded in the 1920s more than 150 members, including the senior band, youth band, intermediate band, beginners’ band and adult beginners’ band.
Fred Evans, the father of the current music director is involved with the group for decades.
He said, “I’ve been with the band for 62 years: I joined at the age of 11, as my father played in the band”.
“I started leading the band in 1982. It had stopped in the late 1970s, and I got it going again.
“I lead the youth bands and the LSW, the adult learning band.
“It’s fantastic: I’m here four nights a week and I look forward to it every week.”
Junior musical family, Mr. Evans sister niece, as run, think and daughters are playing in this ensemble.
Members planning to fight anymore and hardly need such a prestigious competition to observe the turn.
Mrs Wyn said, “We’ll get the piece for the competition in June, and there’ll be no time for personal lives after that!”
Mr Evans said: “Being an amateur organisation, band members practice and rehearse around their work commitments and sacrifice hours upon hours of personal and family time to reach the highest possible standards.
“We’ve given some very strong performances and the band has been developing.
“I think we can go to London as confidently as anyone else.
“With such high standards in Welsh banding at the moment, the fact that a local band from an Anglesey town can compete with the best in the world is fantastic news for the region.”
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