Band on a Building Site - Royal Welsh College new Concert Hall
has its debut performance!
Royal Welsh College brass band quintet Castle Brass became the
first performers to play in what will be the College’s new Concert
Hall.
The quirky lunch-time concert entertained Willmott Dixon
builders while they worked to ensure the building is completed for
early 2011.
‘Being the first ensemble to play on the Royal Welsh College's
new concert hall stage was a privilege for us as a brass quintet,’
said band member Gareth Robinson. ‘Castle Brass has been together
for 18 months and this has been one of our most exciting gigs yet.
Playing in front of a group of builders in the outdoors was a very
different but enjoyable experience for us too! We were proud to
represent the college by performing at this new venue and hope we
get the chance to do so again soon,’ he continued.
Fellow Castle Brass player Sion Tansley adds, ’It was great to
play at the heart of the building and even at this early stage we
can imagine what it will be like to perform there when it's
finished.’
‘It was fantastic for the construction team on site to have a
taste of the work that goes on within the college and we all
enjoyed the performance,’ said Alan Pitman, Operations Manager for
Willmott Dixon.
He goes on, ‘Work has been developing well on site
and we have already made significant progress on the concert hall.
The groundwork is finished and we have completed the exterior drum
of the concert hall and theatre. We are now progressing with
internal works where the acting and movement studios will be
located. The College is in a fantastic location and once completed
will raise the already high quality of the college’s reputation
both at home and internationally.’
Castle Brass are winners of the RWCMD Brass
Wind Publications Chamber Music Prize 2009
www.castlebrass.weebly.com