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Cardiff welcomes new flugel appointment

Cerys Hughes has joined the City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) Band on flugel horn as the band looks to build for the future.

Cardiff
  Cerys is looking forward to returning to the band

City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) Band has announced the signing of Cerys Hughes as their new flugel player.

The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama student re-joins the south Wales band after gaining experience playing with the National Youth Brass Band of Wales and more recently Tongwynlais Temperance.

Busy

Cerys has also been keeping busy over the last few months with a number of well received solo and group videos on social media.

She will take over the role from the experienced Rob Nesbitt, who now moves onto the back row cornet section.

Working hard

The band is currently working on their socially isolated submission for the Cory online competition where they hope to make an impression after enjoying an encouraging start to the truncated year with a runner-up finish at the Welsh Open and fourth place in the Welsh Area, which propelled them to their highest ever 4BR world ranking.

I'm delighted to accept the role with a band that has some really exciting projects lined upCerys Hughes

Pleased

Speaking about the appointment, Musical Director Christopher Bond told 4BR: "I'm really pleased that Cerys will be joining us and look forward to working with her both online and back in the bandroom on our return.

She has a growing reputation as a top class player, and it is great to welcome her back."

In response, Cerys added: "I'm delighted to accept the role with a band that has some really exciting projects lined up. I'm really looking forward to working with Chris and the team."

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