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, before moving to British Army Band Tidworth. He is now posted to The Band and Bugles of The Rifles.

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.

Born and raised in Gloucester, Nabil discovered his passion for percussion at the age of 14. His brass banding journey began in 2016 with the A.W. Parker (Drybrook) Band, where he quickly progressed to the role of principal percussionist. One of his most memorable moments with the band was performing as a soloist at the Welsh Open Entertainment Championship in 2019.

Later that year, Nabil joined the Flowers Band, achieving top-five finishes at the British Open and National Finals, as well as winning the Butlins Mineworkers Championships.

Nabil took a break from brass banding to focus on his international studies, living in Paris and Tokyo, where he became fluent in French and Japanese. In 2023, he returned to assist at Brass in Concert, and in 2024, he officially rejoined the band, proud to represent his hometown once more.

As part of the percussion section during Flowers Band’s most successful year, Nabil is thrilled to have contributed to winning the National Finals, achieving second place at the British Open, and qualifying for the 2026 European Championships in Austria.

Outside of brass banding and his love for languages, Nabil enjoys record collecting and works in financial services.

Alec started playing the cornet aged 6 with Shipston Training Band, before moving up to join Stour Concert Brass. At aged 10, Alec began learning percussion and moved on to Shipston Town Band, his first contesting band. Alec enjoys a varied range of music making outside of brass bands, and he has been heavily involved with Warwickshire Music since 2019 and also plays for Orchestra of the Swan Youth Orchestra where he is their Principal Percussionist. For the past two years Alec has attended The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s Junior Department.

Like many other members of Flowers Band, Alec has spent several years in the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain organisation. He joined the National Children’s Brass Band in 2018 and completed 4 courses, ending as Principal Percussionist. Alec then joined the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain in 2021 and in 2024 he won the Katie Ogden Solo Contest - Percussion Section. This win qualified Alec to compete in the extremely prestigious Harry Mortimer Solo Competition.

He has been a member of the highly successful Youth Brass 2000 since 2021 and is currently their Principal Percussionist. With Youth Brass 2000, Alec has competed in The National Youth Championships of Great Britain and The European Youth Championships 3 times alongside an appearance at the Brass in Concert Youth Championships.

Prior to joining Flowers, Alec enjoyed two years as a member of the Shirley Band. Alec joined Flowers in the summer of 2024, and made his contest debut at The British Open.