Cory, the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Band in Residence recently retained their European title with a fair degree of help and assistance from the fraternity of the college's students.

Several students

Several Royal Welsh College students performed with the band on the weekend, including Nicholas Brill, Chris Avison, Mike Franey, Jo Hirst, Oliver Brown, Matthew Jenkins, Mark Haliday and Simon Brittlebank.

I was immensely proud of the band and especially the students who all performed wonderfully wellRobert Childs

Proud

Robert Childs, Cory's conductor and Director of Brass Band Studies at Royal Welsh College told 4BR: "I was immensely proud of the band and especially the students who all performed wonderfully well."

Masterclass

Cory are now looking forward to their 125th Anniversary Concert in St David's Hall in June where they will be working with American jazz trombonist Wycliffe Gordon. Wycliffe will also be giving a master class at Royal Welsh College in the week leading up to the concert.