Conductors
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Below can be found a list of conductors who have worked with Lewis-Merthyr Band from its origins through to present day.
For the biography of present Musical Director, Craig Roberts, click here The history of Lewis-Merthyr Band is currently in research. If you have any information, documents or artefacts related to the history of the band, please contact us here |
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Post-Second World War to Present Day
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2000 to Present 2015 to Present Craig Roberts 2015 to 2020 Guest Conductor: Dr. Haydn James 2017 to 2019 Guest Conductor: Dr. Owain Arwel Hughes CBE 2018 Guest Conductor Alun F Williams 2016 / 2018 Guest Conductor Denis Mahoney 2017 Guest Conductor Rob Burnett 2007 to 2015 Gareth Pritchard 2005 to 2007 Lyndon Price 2003 to 2004 C. Brian Buckley 2003 Mike Faro |
1990 to 2000 1999 to 2003 Laurence Harries 1998 to 1999 Colin Toghill 1996 to 1998 Nigel Seaman 1995 Denis Mahoney 1994 Laurence Harries 1994 Andy Austin 1992 to 1993 Nigel Seaman 1992 Melvyn White 1992 Gareth Key 1990 to 1991 Major A. H. Kenney |
1980 to 1989 1989 Robin Morgan 1985 to 1988 C. Brian Buckley 1984 to 1985 Denzil Stephens 1984 Martin McHale 1983 Lyndon Baglin |
1970 to 1980 1977 to 1983 Nigel Seaman 1976 to 1977 Lt Col George Evans 1976 to 1977 Richard Evans 1976 to 1977 Evan Richards 1974 to 1975 Dave Walton 1974 Dennis Masters 1974 Stanley Williams 1973 to 1976 John Harrison 1972 D. D. Jones 1971 to 1973 P. G. Richards |
1939 to 1970 1967 to 1970 Stanley Williams 1965 to 1967 Oliver Jones 1964 to 1965 Ieuan Morgan 1961 to 1962 H. Morgan 1949 to 1964 Oliver Jones 1942 to 1949 Charles Victor Woosnam |
Pre-Second World War and Merger
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Cymmer Band 1939/40 to 1942 James V. Martyn Cymmer Colliery Military Band 1926 to 1939/40 Percie G. Smith Cymmer Colliery Military Band 1905 to 1926 George F. Martyn Cymmer Military Band 1882 to 1905 Richard Martyn Cymmer Colliery Band 1879(-) to 1882 James Prestwood Cymmer Colliery Brass Band 1870 +/- Samuel Fudge Cymmer Band 1855 Conductor Unknown Cymmer Brass Band |
Lewis-Merthyr Band 1912 to 1913 A. O. Foxhall Lewis-Merthyr Band 1905 to 1906 J. Locker Lewis-Merthyr Band 1901 to 1903 W. R. Dawson Lewis-Merthyr Band 1900 R. Dawson Lewis-Merthyr Temperance |
Trehafod Rechabites 1898 M. Emanuel Trehafod Rechabite Band 1897 D. Williams Trehafod Rechabite Band Founded 1893? Conductor: D. Williams Source: IBEW |
Drum & Fife Band 1897 Mr. J. Boundy Porth Drum & Fife Band 1894 Mr Lewis Davies Cymmer Drum & Fife Band 1877 Mr Oke Temperance Drum & Fife Band |
Porth Brass Band 1899 John Brown Active 1870 Samuel Fudge |
*Links to historical sources containing references to early conductors of the Lewis-Merthyr and related bands can be found in the History section of the website here
