Coco grew up in a musical household, taking up percussion aged nine after a failed attempt at learning the violin. She played with many Gloucestershire-based ensembles through her teens, including a stint at Cheltenham Youth Brass and three years as principal percussionist of the Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra, before taking up a place to study pharmacology with a vice-chancellor’s music scholarship at the University of Bristol. Here she enjoyed a busy performance schedule with the University’s Symphony Orchestra, New Music Ensemble and Chamber Choir, and participated in her first brass band contest at UniBrass in 2015.

She now works in software development for a group of local councils, fitting in as much music making as she can in her evenings and weekends. Coco made her Flowers debut at the inaugural BrassPass Band of the Year competition in June 2019. In 2022, Coco was awarded the ‘Player’s Player’ Award, as chosen by members of the band.

Jamie began his musical journey in his hometown of Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia. He was introduced to playing in brass bands by his father and they both played percussion for the Toowoomba Municipal Bands. Jamie went on to study music at the University of Southern Queensland and was heavily involved in his local community both in a teaching and performing capacity. Jamie relocated to the UK in September 2014 after being offered a position with The Cory Band. He has since had the privilege of performing in world-class concert venues throughout the UK, Europe and North America. In 2016, Jamie joined the British Army as a regular (full time) Musician and was posted to The Band of The Prince of Wales’ Division.

Born in Edinburgh, Ceri-Ann has always been involved in music. In her younger years she enjoyed dance, theatre, piano and even briefly played the trumpet! After seeing a now close friend play the drums at school, she was inspired to take up percussion and has never looked back - although the tap shoes still come out every once in a while!

After learning throughout high-school and attending the Junior Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for 2 years, Ceri-Ann came to Cardiff to study percussion at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Since joining the RWCMD, Ceri-Ann has had the opportunity to be part of lots of different projects such as the RWCMD Symphony Orchestra/Opera, Christmas on Broadway and frequently performs as a lead singer in Live Music events in the Students Union. Alongside her studies, she also enjoys a busy and varied schedule of freelance work.

Having never explored the world of brass banding before starting at the RWCMD, she was excited to be given the opportunity to play with a variety of bands in various concerts and competitions before being invited to play with Flowers band in Spring 2023. Ceri-Ann made her competition debut with Flowers at the 2023 National Championships at the Royal Albert Hall.