Nicóla Shaw on Faireys, Wingates and playing flugel | episode 32

Nicóla Shaw, the newly-appointed flugel player with The Fairey Band, discusses settling into her new surroundings and the positivity around the stand as Faireys prepares to hit the ground running.

She also looks back on a lengthy spell with Wingates, charting her progress from back row to her treasured flugel seat. Nicóla chooses her Piece of the Podcast and discusses her banding journey, from being too small to play trombone to performing at Symphony Hall, the Royal Albert Hall and taking centre stage in the BrassPass.tv Best of Brass Festival.

But first, how is life in her new musical surroundings?