Band – 4Adults
The Salvation Army Risca Band, now under the leadership of Bandmaster Adrian Browning, has been providing its music ministry to a diverse audience for over 30 years. Playing a repertoire of religious, classical, popular and secular music, the band is constantly in demand.
Recent venues the band have performed at include the Wales Millennium Centre and the National Eisteddfod, but the band is primarily a corps band and provides music for worship every Sunday.
Previous leadership of the band -
1980- Bandmaster John Gregory
1982 – Bandmaster Norman Cassells
1985 – Songster Leader Ralph Pearce (pro-tem)
1986 – Bandmaster John Gregory
1994 – Bandmaster Ian Browning
2011 – Bandmaster Adrian Browning
The band has the simple, yet demanding, mission of ‘…telling others…’
Bandmaster Adrian Browning is assisted by:
Deputy Bandmaster: Philip Hawkins
Colour Sergeant: Dean Brill
Librarian: Greg Waters
Rehearsals take place on Thursdays at 7.45pm.
