Conductor

Andrew’s conducting work with brass bands dates back to the early 90’s and he tasted success early on, taking Tredegar Youth Band to the European Youth crown in 1994. Since then, he has been busy conducting a number of bands throughout Wales and the West of England, including a very successful time as the Resident Conductor of the Tredegar Band. During this time he worked in conjunction with the finest conductors within the brass movement, including Nicholas Childs, James Scott, Garry Cutt, Steve Bastable, Richard Evans and Russell Gray. This was an extremely important phase in Andrew’s musical development and saw him working with the Band on major works from the repertoire, for all the major contests in the banding calendar, including the British Open, National Finals and the European Championships.


Andrew is currently the Musical Director of the Greater Gwent Youth Brass Band, having previously appeared as their Guest Conductor on a very successful 10-day Tour of the United States in 2001. In 2004 he travelled with them to New Zealand and Australia and again to Poland in 2008.


In 2002, Andrew led the Markham Band to a clean sweep of victories at the 3 Welsh Brass Band Contests of the year, which earned them the title of Champion Band of Wales (2nd Section).


Andrew has been very fortunate to have conducted some very fine soloists during his career including...

• Maurice Murphy: Ex Principal Trumpet – London Symphony Orchestra
• Jamie Prophet: Principal Trumpet - BBC Philharmonic
• Tony Fisher: Session Trumpeter
• Russell Gray: Cornet - Yamaha Soloist
• David Childs: Euphonium - Cory Band

....to name but a few.

In September 2009, Andrew renewed his association with the Tongwynlais Band, becoming their Resident Conductor. Later that month, under the direction of Philip Harper, the band went on to become National Champions (1st Section).