Welcome!
Goodwick Brass Band
rehearse twice a week at their bandroom overlooking the harbour of
Fishguard and Goodwick. We meet on Sundays from 18-30hrs to
20-30hrs and Fridays from 19-30hrs to 21-30. We also have a junior
band and a youth band, the junior band are taught from 5:00-6:00 on
Wednesdays and the youth band follows between 6:00 and 7:30.
The band's musical
director is Matthew Jenkins. Matthew , our former
principal euphonium player has been with us from his early
years, and it's nice to say that even in the short space of time
that he has been the band's musical director he has made an
astounding difference to the standard of the band. Matthew also
plays euphonium for the infamous Cory band alongside David
Childs.
There's a friendly
atmosphere that exists within the Band. We have over forty five
members whose ages range from 9 to 77, a real community spirit. The
average age is somewhere around 23. This allows for the numerous
teenagers we have, which is great for any band, as having so many
youngsters enables the band to continue building.
We are proud of our
achievements over the past few years, setting up a band involves
introducing music to young people as well as public
entertainment. We have a policy of offering free tuition to
anyone who would like to join us regardless of whether they have
any musical knowledge or not. Our oldest "beginner" is 63. We
provide instruments to Band members and the young ones are able to
take them to school for lessons (which also helps a stretched
Education Authority). This policy is reflected in the high standard
of playing of our young members - have you heard the Quartet? -
Some of our players are hoping to study music as a career. Three of
our members have been selected to play with the National
Youth Brass Band of Wales.
If any bandperson is
visiting the area and wishes to have a blow with the
band, come along and join us either on Friday or Sunday nights
at the bandroom, Quay Road, Goodwick.
In
addition to the concerts, carnivals, fetes and competitions that we
perform at, there's also a great social side to the
Band.