David John Roche, from Tredegar creates music that is direct, determined, and loud. Strongly influenced by heavy metal, lush orchestral music, and his working-class Welsh background, David’s work has been praised for its “passages of intense expressive power” (Thomas Ades), described as “exquisite” (Adam Walton, BBC Introducing), and marked out as “bold, exciting, and beautiful” (Sir James Dyson). In tandem with a consistent string of international performances and commissions, his compositions have been broadcast, televised, and written extensively. He has recently completed commissions for the Tanglewood Music Centre, Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation, and the Vale of Glamorgan.
Echdoriad from Merthyr are Arwen on harp, Vi, vocals and guitar, Josh on bass and Gwion on drums. “We like to mix traditional Welsh Culture with new contemporary sounds, combining many different genres. Creating an atmosphere is imporatnt to us and our music aims to reflect that”
C E L A V I are a nu-metal duo that create anthemic music that is influenced by metal, goth, emo,industrial , electro and rock.
Their single ‘NEB ARALL has had Radio 1 airplay and has been included on Amazon Music’s curated playlist ‘Breakthrough Rock’
Organist George Herbert from Manchester was an organ scholar at St John’s College, Cambridge before moving to London where is now an organist at Westminster Abbey and Assistant Director of Music in Hampton Court. Last year he won the Northern Ireland international organ competition and is increasingly in demand as an accompanist, recitalist and teacher.
