Director of Music, Lewis Merthyr Band www.lewismerthyrband.com

Vice Chair of the Cross Party Group for Music at the Senedd | Welsh Government

Sound Affairs produced recordings, tours, performances and concerts of new music, dance and digital art.For more than twenty years, Sound Affairs staged strikingly innovative concerts and events featuring new music juxtoposed with cinema, theatre, dance and video. Its work was recognised with a BBC Wales Arts Awards which sought "to encourage and reward progressive, bold and enterprising work".The aims of Sound Affairs were:* to make live music accessible to a wide audience, with particular emphasis on new works * to develop collaborative venures between arts practitioners from different media * to encourage young people in their appreciation of the arts as expressive media * to ensure that equality of opportunity shall be pursued regardless of colour, creed, disability, race, religion, gender or sexual orientationAfter a highly successful and productive twenty years of making artistic work of the highest standard, the company was dissolved in February 2023

The Welsh Proms Cymru, Wales' national classical music festival takes place each July at the national concert hall of Wales, St David's Hall, Cardiff. For full information, visit www.welshproms.com

Visit www.cameratawales.weebly.com/anniversaries for details of the Arts Council of Wales supported "Penblwyddi / Anniversaries" recording project of orchestral repertoire by Welsh composers. Information on additional projects with the orchestra, including the Dylan Thomas 100 concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London can also be found within the site

The world's largest annual indoor show, formerly featuring a cast of c.2000 performers and annual audience of 60,000 at the Scotiabank Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

CMW's fundamental aim is to contribute to the empowerment of disadvantaged groups and individuals through enabling them to participate in creativity and learning, initially and primarily through participation in music making.We do this through: Participatory music activities which give people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities the opportunity to make musicProviding accredited training and professional development for Community Music TutorsHelping other organisations through advice and support to ensure Wales has a network of high quality community music delivery Working internationally as an advocate of community music and to share best practice

The centre for Welsh music, based at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay

Regional Trainer, Wales for the @superact_uk First World War centenary project #thelastpost For further information, visit www.thelastpostproject.org.uk

The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain. Artistic Director: Bramwell Tovey. For detailed information, visit www.nybbdevelopment.com

The national support body for UK voluntary music

For full information on the Welsh Brass Arts Festival 2001-2008, visit http://www.croberts100.com/welsh-brass-arts-festival.html

Youth Brass Co-ordinator, the Rhondda Young Brass Scheme. A major youth music initiative in schools and community ensembles across the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales