Our Percussion Section

Alun Horgan - Principal

In Preparation

Steve Jones

Steve hails from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire and started playing the drums at the tender age of seven, joining his first band, Bream Silver two years later. After a brief spell at Bream he then moved to local rivals Coleford Town. It wasn't long before his talents were spotted by championship section Flowers Band in 1989.

He spent a very enjoyable and successful twenty one years at Flowers with highlights including winning the West of England area title on five occasions and twice claiming the Grand Shield in 1998 and 2007. Steve left Flowers for a brief period at Tredegar Town Band in October 2010, where he bagged an All England Masters title. In February 2012 he accepted the position of percussionist with the Cory Band.

James Andrews

In Preparation

Jeremy Meadows-Taylor

Jeremy Meddows-Taylor originates from Cornwall where he began Piano and Music Theory lessons at the age of 7. Two years later, he joined the Camborne Youth Band, initially on trombone before taking up percussion at the age of 11. With them, he played in six winning performances at the National Youth Brass Band Championships and won the 'Best Instrumentalist' award there as a xylophone soloist on two consecutive occasions. This lead to Jeremy becoming principal percussionist of the championship section, Camborne Town Band. 

As a percussionist and trombonist, Jeremy also performed with many other ensembles in the County including Helston School Jazz Orchestra, Penzance Youth Wind Band, Cornwall Youth Percussion Ensemble, Cornwall Symphonic Brass, Cornwall Youth Orchestra and the South West Sinfonietta. Jeremy moved to Cardiff in 2009 to study for a BMus degree at Cardiff University where he is now a conductor of Cardiff University Brass Band and Musical Director of Cardiff University Big Band. After a short spell with Tongwynlais Temperance Band, Jeremy joined the world-famous Cory Band in March 2010.