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2018 Engagements

Wednesday January 3
Meeting: Lewis-Merthyr Band

Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf
www.lewismerthyrband.com

Thursday January 4
Rehearsal: Treherbert Brass

Treherbert
www.treherbertband.weebly.com


Friday January 5
Meeting: Welsh Proms Cymru

Cardiff
www.welshproms.com

Saturday January 6
Meeting: Welsh Proms Cymru

Cardiff
www.welshproms.com

Sunday January 7
Rehearsal - Crwbin Band

Crwbin, Carmarthenshire
www.crwbinsilverband.com

Monday January 8
Rehearsal - Lewis Merthyr Band
Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf

www.lewismerthyrband.com

January 12 to 14
Private Function

London

Sunday January 14
Rehearsal - Veterans Concert Band Wales
Neath Port Talbot
www.vcbwales.weebly.com

Wednesday January 17
Meeting - Sound Affairs

Cardiff
www.soundaffairs.co.uk


Wednesday January 24
Meeting - Rhondda Heritage Park

Trehafod, Rhondda
www.lewismerthyrband.com 

Thursday January 25
Meeting - NABBSS

www.nabbss.com

Saturday January 27
Lewis-Merthyr Band Social

Pontypridd
www.lewismerthyrband.com/band-dinner

Monday January 29
Meeting - RCT Twinning 50

Pontypridd
www.twintowns.org.uk

Wednesday February 1
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Penarth
www.welshproms.com

February 9 to 11
Mid-Atlantic Brass Band Festival
Glassboro, New Jersey, USA

www.midatlanticbrassbandfestival.com 

Wednesday February 14
Private Function

London

Sunday February 18
Rehearsal - Veterans Concert Band Wales

Neath Port Talbot
www.vcbwales.weebly.com


Tuesday February 20
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Cardiff
www.welshproms.com

Saturday February 24
Meeting - Lewis-Merthyr Band

Insole Court, Llandaff
www.lewismerthyrband.com


Monday February 26
Meeting - Lewis-Merthyr Band

Insole Court, Llandaff
www.lewismerthyrband.com

Wednesday February 26
Meeting - Lewis-Merthyr Band

Cardiff
www.lewismerthyrband.com 

Thursday March 1

*POSTPONED DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER*
Brass & Voices for St David's Day
St John's Church, Cymmer
www.lewismerthyrband.com


Saturday March 3
*POSTPONED DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER*
Allan Lewis VC Memorial Fundraising Dinner
Whitney Court, Whitney-on-Wye, Hereford HR3 6HT
www.vcbwales.weebly.com


Saturday March 3
*POSTPONED DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER*
Gŵyl Dydd Dewi Sant
with Crwbin Band
Neuadd Pontyberem Hall, Carmarthenshire
www.crwbinsilverband.com


March 4 to 11
*POSTPONED DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER*
Festival of International Culture
Moscow & Sevastopol, Russia
www.symphonicbrasswales.com

March 5 to 11
​Barcelona, Spain

​Thursday March 15
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Senedd, Cardiff Bay
www.welshproms.com


Thursday March 15
Open Rehearsal: 
Crwbin Band
Bancffosfelen
www.crwbinsilverband.com


Saturday March 17
Welsh Regional Championships

Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
www.crwbinsilverband.com

www.lewismerthyrband.com

March 18 to 24
Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo Music Production Meetings

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
www.nstattoo.ca 


Friday March 23
Brass & Voices

with the Richard Williams Singers, Gentlemen Songsters & Cowbridge Male Choir
Llantrisant Parish Church
www.lewismerthyrband.com


Saturday March 24
Musical March: 
Lewis-Merthyr Brass
Rhondda Heritage Park
www.lewismerthyrband.com


Sunday March 25
President's Lunch Garden Party: Lewis-Merthyr Brass

Coed, St Hilary, Cowbridge
www.lewismerthyrband.com


March 30 / 31
​Private Function

​Mon April 2nd to Sun 8th
Classic Camp

Ravensburg, Germany
www.musikschule-ravensburg-e-v.de


Saturday April 7th
Private Function

Tumble Hall, Carmarthenshire
www.crwbinsilverband.com


Wednesday April 10th
Man Engine

Cyfartha Castle, Merthyr Tydfil
www.themanengine.co.uk


Thursday April 11th
Man Engine

Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd
www.themanengine.co.uk

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Thurs April 11th to Mon 15th
Origins: Ila Brass

Trondheim, Norway
www.ilabrassband.no


Tuesday April 17th
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Cardiff
www.welshproms.com


Wednesday April 18th
Welsh Proms Cymru 2018 - Media Launch

Hilton, Cardiff
www.welshproms.com


Thursday April 19th
Private Function

Friday April 20th
Meeting - RCT Twinning 50 Celebrations 

Hawthorn Leisure Centre, Pontypridd
www.twintowns.org.uk


Saturday April 28th
Judgement Day

Principality Stadium, Cardiff
www.wru.co.uk

Saturday April 28th
SEWBBA Championships
Willows High School, Cardiff

www.lewismerthyrband.com

Monday April 30th
Meeting - RCT Twinning 50 Celebrations 

Llantrisant & Pontypridd
www.twintowns.org.uk


Tuesday May 1st
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Senedd, Cardiff Bay
www.welshproms.com

Wednesday May 2nd
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Pont Abraham
www.welshproms.com

Thursday May 3rd

Meeting - RCT Twinning 50 Celebrations 
Pontypridd
www.twintowns.org.uk


Thursday May 10th
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru
Cardiff
www.welshproms.com


Thursday May 10th
Brass & Voices
In aid of the Mayor of Rhondda Cynon Taf's Charities

with Cambrian Male Choir
​St John's Church, Cymmer
www.lewismerthyrband.com

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Saturday May 26th
Private Function

Rhondda Heritage Park Hotel
www.lewismerthyrband.com

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Sunday May 27th
Private Function

Merthyr Tydfil
www.lewismerthyrband.com


Wednesday May 30th
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Ystrad Mynach 
www.lewismerthyrband.com 


June 2nd & 3rd
CD Recording: Brass & Voices
with Lewis-Merthyr Band
Y Pant, Pontyclun
www.lewismerthyrband.com


Tuesday June 12th
An Evening of Movies, Musicals & Pop

Tonyrefail School
www.lewismerthyrband.com


June 13th to 19th
Rehearsals - Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
www.nstattoo.ca 

June 20th to 25th
New Glasgow
Nova Scotia, Canada

Tuesday June 26th
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Cardiff
www.welshproms.com

Wednesday June 27th
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Cardiff
www.welshproms.com

Thursday June 28th
Skype Conference - Mid-Atlantic Brass Band Festival

www.midatlanticbrassbandfestival.com 


Sunday July 1st
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Swansea
www.welshproms.com

Monday July 2nd
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Cardiff
​www.welshproms.com


Thursday July 5th
Skype Conference - Big Ideas

www.big-ideas.org

Saturday ​July 7th
Bancffosfelen Show

Carmarthenshire
www.crwbinsilverband.com

Monday July 9th

Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru
Cardiff
​www.welshproms.com


Monday July 16th
Meeting - Strategic Arts & Culture Executive Committee

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
rct-theatres.co.uk

Wednesday July 18th
Meeting - NABBSS

Bassaleg
www.nabbss.com

Wednesday July 18th
Meeting - RAF St Athan Band

Vale of Glamorgan
www.welshproms.com

Thursday July 19th
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Cardiff
www.welshproms.com 

July 21st to 28th
Welsh Proms Cymru

St David's Hall, Cardiff
www.welshproms.com

Saturday July 21st
The Armed Man

Welsh National Opera Orchestra with Shan Cothi, David Adams & the Welsh Proms Festival Chorus
St David's Hall, Cardiff
www.welshproms.com

Tuesday July 24th
Classical Extravaganza!
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra with Robert Court, Organ
St David's Hall, Cardiff
www.welshproms.com

July 25th to 28th
Celebrating Twinning: 50 / 25

Rhondda Cynon Taf
www.twintowns.org.uk

July 25th to 27th
Visit of the Jugendsinfonieorchester Ravensburg

Rhondda Cynon Taf

Wednesday July 25th
Brass & Voices
Massed Male Choir & Brass Bands
Lewis-Merthyr & RAF St Athan Bands with Bridgend, Cwmbach, Morlais & Pontarddulais Male Choirs
St David's Hall, Cardiff
www.welshproms.com


Thursday July 26th
Celebrating Twinning 

St Catherine's, Pontypridd
www.twintowns.org.uk


Friday July 27th
Movies & Musicals Prom
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with John Owen-Jones
St David's Hall, Cardiff
www.welshproms.com


Saturday July 28th
Last Night of the Welsh Proms
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Claire Jones, Harp
St David's Hall, Cardiff
www.welshproms.com


Monday July 30th
Meeting - Awen Cultural Trust

Bryngarw House, Brynmenyn, CF32 8UU
www.awen-wales.com

Tuesday July 31st
Open Rehearsal: 
Crwbin Band
Bancffosfelen
www.crwbinsilverband.com

Wednesday August 1st
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Llandaff
www.welshproms.com


Saturday August 4th
National Eisteddfod of Wales
with Crwbin Band
Cardiff Bay

www.eisteddfod.org.uk

Sunday August 5th
National Eisteddfod of Wales
with Lewis-Merthyr Band
Cardiff Bay

www.eisteddfod.org.uk

Wednesday August 8th
Private Function


August 13th to 24th
Tour: Yalta, Russia

www.symphonicbrasswales.com 

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September 19 to 23
Dusseldorf, Germany
www.musikfestbw.de


Saturday September 22
Open Doors: The Hetty Pit Engine House
Gyfeillion Road, Hopkinstown, Pontypridd, CF37 2PP

www.thevalleys.co.uk

Saturday September 22
Rhondda Tunnel Society Benefit Concert

Park & Dare Theatre, Treorchy
www.lewismerthyrband.com


Saturday September 22
Musikfest der Bundeswehr

ISS Dome, Dusseldorf
www.musikfestbw.de

September 27 to October 2
Rehearsals: Atlantic Brass Band

Rowan University, NJ, USA
www.atlanticbrassband.org

Wednesday October 3
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

County Hall, Cardiff
www.welshproms.com

Wednesday October 3
Private Function


Friday & Saturday October 5 & 6
International Taptoe België

Versluys Dôme, Oostende, Belgium
www.i-t-b.be


Sunday October 7
Rehearsal - RAF St Athan Band

MOD St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan
www.rafstathanvoluntaryband.co.uk


Wednesday October 10
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

www.welshproms.com

Thursday October 11
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff

www.welshproms.com

Saturday October 13
WWBBA Championships

with Seindorf Arian Crwbin
Haverfordwest, West Wales
www.wwbba.org.uk


Monday October 15
Private Function

Tuesday October 16
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

www.welshproms.com

Wednesday October 17
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Penarth

www.welshproms.com

Friday October 19
Meeting - RAFT Festival
Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf
www.raft.cymru


​October 19 to 21
Symphonic Brass Weekend: The Planets

High Wycombe

Saturday October 20
Parade and Statue Unveiling Ceremony

with Seindorf Arian Crwbin
Llanarthne
www.crwbinsilverband.com

Tuesday October 23
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Swansea

www.welshproms.com

October 25 to 28
Hamburg Polizei Show

Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany
www.polizeishow-hamburg.de 

Friday November 2
Meeting - RAFT Festival
Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taf

www.raft.cymru

Monday November 5
Meeting - RAFT Festival

Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taf
www.raft.cymru

Monday November 5
Meeting - Arwel Hughes Trust

Cardiff
www.arwelhughes.com


Wednesday November 7
Meeting - Belfast Tattoo

London

www.belfastinternationaltattoo.com

Friday November 9

Service of Remembrance & Concert
G2 Blaengwynfi
Remembrance Concert with Treherbert & District Band


Saturday November 10
Private Function

with Seindorf Arian Crwbin
www.crwbinsilverband.com


Sunday November 11, 10:30
March & Service of Remembrance

Tonyrefail

Parade and Service of Remembrance with Lewis-Merthyr Band

Sunday November 11, 10:30
March & Service of Remembrance

Bridgend

Parade and Service of Remembrance with Lewis-Merthyr Band

Wednesday November 14
Meeting - Welsh Proms

Penarth
www.welshproms.com

Thursday November 15
Adjudicator: Rotary Club Young Musician of the Year

Aberdare

Friday November 16
Private Function

Caerphilly

Saturday November 17
Rehearsal - Brass In Concert Championships

with Atlantic Brass Band
Crewe, Cheshire

www.brassinconcert.com

Sunday November 18
GBBA Championships

with Lewis-Merthyr Band
All Saints’ Academy, Blaisdon Way, Cheltenham, GL51 0HW

www.gbba-online.org.uk

Sunday November 18
Brass In Concert Championships

with Atlantic Brass Band
The Sage, Gateshead

www.brassinconcert.com


Tuesday November 20 - 9:30
Meeting - Welsh Proms

Cardiff Airport
www.welshproms.com

Tuesday November 20 - 16:30
Meeting - Welsh Proms

Swansea
www.welshproms.com

Tuesday November 20 - 19:00
Open Rehearsal

with Seindorf Arian Crwbin
Bancffosfelen Hall
www.crwbinsilverband.com


Wednesday November 21 - 14:00
Meeting - RAFT Festival
Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taf
www.raft.cymru


Wednesday November 21 - 16:00
Meeting - Welsh Proms

Cardiff
www.welshproms.com

Thursday November 22
20:00 to 21:00
Pre-Christmas Function

St Matthew's Church Hall, Treorchy
www.treherbertband.weebly.com

Saturday November 24
SEWBBA Championships

with Seindorf Arian Crwbin
Willows High School, Cardiff

www.crwbinsilverband.com

Tuesday November 27
Meeting - RAFT Festival
Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf
www.raft.cymru


Tuesday November 27
Meeting - RAFT Festival
Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taf
www.raft.cymru


Thursday November 29
Public Meeting - RAFT Festival
Park & Dare Theatre, Treorchy
www.raft.cymru


Thursday November 29
Meeting - RCT Twinning Association
Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf
www.twintowns.org.uk

​Saturday December 1
The Christmas Event

with Lewis Merthyr Brass
Tonyrefail Leisure Centre
12:00 to 14:30
www.lewismerthyrband.com


​Sunday December 2
Christmas Carols

with Lewis Merthyr Brass
Tonypandy
10:00 to 16:00
www.lewismerthyrband.com


Monday December 3
Meeting - Welsh Proms Cymru

Hilton Cardiff
www.welshproms.com


Monday December 3
Christmas Lights

Treherbert Brass
www.treherbertband.weebly.com

Wednesday December 5
Christmas Carols

with Lewis Merthyr Brass
Talbot Green
18:00 to 21:00
www.lewismerthyrband.com


Friday December 7
Christmas Carols

In partnership with Clic Sargent
with Lewis Merthyr Brass
Newport Road, Cardiff
18:00 to 21:00
www.lewismerthyrband.com


​Sunday December 9
Christmas Carols

with Lewis Merthyr Brass
Culverhouse Cross
10:00 to 16:00
www.lewismerthyrband.com


Sunday December 9
Private Function


​Monday December 10
Meeting - The Wonder of Christmas

St Catherine's Church
Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf
www.lewismerthyrband.com/news

​Monday December 10
Christmas Carols

with Lewis Merthyr Brass
Ty Porth, Rhondda 
18:30 to 19:30
www.lewismerthyrband.com


Wednesday December 12 - 11:00
Meeting - RAFT Festival
Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf
www.raft.cymru

Wednesday December 12
The Wonder of Christmas

with Lewis-Merthyr Band
All Saints Church, Penarth
www.lewismerthyrband.com


Thursday December 13
The Wonder of Christmas

with Lewis-Merthyr Band, The Richard Williams Singers & Cor YGG Llwyncelyn
St Catherine's Church, Pontypridd
www.lewismerthyrband.com


Friday December 14
Cyngerdd Nadolig

with Seindorf Arian Crwbin
Pontyberem Hall, Carmarthenshire
www.crwbinsilverband.com


Saturday December 15
Christmas Carols

with Lewis Merthyr Brass
Pontypridd
10:00 to 16:00
www.lewismerthyrband.com


​Sunday December 16
Christmas Carols

with Lewis Merthyr Brass
Talbot Green
10:00 to 16:00
www.lewismerthyrband.com


Monday December 17
Christmas Carols

with Treherbert Brass

National Museum of History, St Fagans
www.treherbertband.weebly.com

Tuesday December 18 - 12:00

Meeting - RAFT Festival
Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf
www.raft.cymru


​Wednesday December 19
Christmas Carols

with Lewis Merthyr Brass
Merthyr Tydfil
18:00 to 21:00
www.lewismerthyrband.com


Thursday December 20
Meeting - RCTCBC

Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taf

​Friday December 21
Christmas Concert

with RAF St Athan Band
Sain Tathan Church, St Athan
19:30

​Sunday December 23
Christmas Carols

with Lewis Merthyr Brass
Talbot Green
10:00 to 16:00
www.lewismerthyrband.com


Monday December 24
Christmas Carols - Treherbert Band

The Lion, Treorchy
www.treherbertband.weebly.com 


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