Nicóla Shaw endorses Adams

Born in the UK, Nicóla started her musical journey aged 7 as a Soprano Cornet player with the Golborne Youth Brass Band, inspired by her Granddad an ex-miner. At the age of 16 she joined the Wingates Band on Repiano Cornet for 4 years before she was approached to take up the vacancy of flugelhorn and never looked back. Throughout this time, she has performed at all the major UK venues and contests as a soloist, including The National Brass Band Championships at The Royal Albert Hall London, The British Open Championships - Symphony Hall Birmingham and Brass In Concert at The Sage Gateshead. She now works as an online flugelhorn teacher and brass tutor in the Manchester area, joining the Fairey Band in 2021.  

As the Flugehorn player of the world renowned WFEL Fairey Brass Band, Nicóla is known as a performer who is pushing all the boundaries of what a flugelhorn soloist can achieve. Through new advanced repertoire, she has already made her mark broadening the perception of a flugelhorn. Commenting on her role with Adams  Nicóla  stated, “I truly believe the new Adam’s F3 is the perfect instrument to enhance my journey, whilst blending the need for a rich traditional Brass Band sound.”

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