OVERVIEW

The National Youth Brass Band of Wales (NYBBW) was established in 1982 and has a long tradition of providing young brass banders with first-class training and performance opportunities.

NYBBW is a double sized band and numbers approximately 50 players. Members are drawn from across Wales and are auditioned annually in centres across Wales.

As with all NYAW ensembles, we pride ourselves in working with experts in the field of brass banding and our tutorial team are drawn from many of the top ranked bands in Wales and the UK. The Band has worked with well-known conductors who are leaders in their field, including Edward Gregson (founding conductor), Robert Childs and Philip Harper, conductor of the world famous Cory Band.

NYBBW PROGRAMME 2024

After a highly successful return to live residencies and public concerts this summer, we’re looking forward to building on this with another exciting programme of activity and repertoire for the Band in 2024.

We’ll be incorporating our usual mix of established Brass Band repertoire along with some concert pieces that will offer something for everyone.

CONDUCTOR: Erik Janssen

We are thoroughly looking forward to welcoming Erik next summer and we’re in the process of putting together an exciting programme of music that will incorporate our usual mix of established Brass Band repertoire along with some concert pieces that will offer something for everyone. We’ll be confirming the full programme in the new year.

DATES

COST

Cost: £440

Your membership fee includes all tuition costs, accommodation, food and board, travel within the residency and social activities. Thanks to the generous support from our funders and supporters, National Youth Arts Wales subsidises a significant part of the costs of being a member of one of the national youth ensembles.

Our Bursary Fund could help to cover some, or all, of the membership fees, so that no-one is deterred from applying for the NYAW Ensembles for financial reasons. If you have an annual household income of less than £70,000, you could be eligible for financial support.

Additionally, with support from The Leverhulme Trust, we can offer full Fee Waivers and additional support towards travel expenses and other costs associated with NYAW membership for those who need it most.

Visit NYAW BURSARY FUND for full information including how to claim help toward audition costs and membership fees.

Bursary Fund

Our Bursary Fund could help to cover some or all of the membership fees, so that no-one is deterred from applying for the NYAW Ensembles for financial reasons. If you have an annual household income of less than £70,000, you could be eligible for financial support. Visit NYAW BURSARY FUND for full information including how to claim help toward audition costs and membership fees.

Eligibility

Applicants should normally be of grade 8 standard although you do not have to have taken a grade 8 exam at time of audition. You should be aged between 16 and 22, on 31 August 2024. (This means that you may be able to audition aged 15, as long as you will be 16 by this date). We may take younger participants into the ensembles on occasions where extraordinary talent is shown. This will be solely at the discretion of NYAW. You must either have been born in Wales and/or currently living in Wales, or studying full-time in Wales.

NYAW reserves the right to exclude anyone from taking part in its ensembles at its reasonable discretion, to be exercised by senior staff or trustees.

For any questions about our eligibility criteria, please email us at: nyaw@nyaw.org.uk.