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Royal Welsh students to bring festive cheer in Cardiff

The Royal Welsh College Brass Band will round off 2024 with a special lunchtime concert at the Hoddinott Hall in the heart of the Welsh capitol.

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  The cocnert takes place in the Hoddinott Hall, part of the Wales Millennium Centre

The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Brass Band will host its annual 'Festive Brass' Concert at Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff later this month.

Directed by Dr Robert Childs, it will be the culmination of a year of regular lunchtime concerts that have brought a wide variety of brass band music to an ever growing audience.

Time and place

The concert on Friday 13th December at 1.00pm at the Hoddinott Hall (part of the Wales Millennium Centre), will feature familiar fayre with an audience family friendly selection of carols, band selections, festive songs and features.

The event is being supported by Kapitol Festivals his promises to be a concert to remember!

Tickets:

Tickets are available from: https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/royal-welsh-college-of-music-and-drama-brass-band-christmas-concert

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