Keith Griffin awarded the OBE

Radyr resident Keith Griffin has been awarded the OBE in the 2013 New Year’s Honours List in recognition of his services to music in Wales.

One of the leading musical administrators in the UK, he spent a 40 year career providing invaluable support, advice, practical help and planning to a host of musical organisations – from community brass bands to the visit of Pope John Paul II to Wales in 1982. He founded the Welsh Amateur Music Federation (later to become Ty Cerdd) as well as the National Youth Brass Band in 1982, followed soon after by the
National Choir, National Jazz and National Youth Wind Band
organisations.

A gifted musician in his own right, he conducted the Cardiff County
Youth Band for over 20 years and composed numerous works for the
Salvation Army.

We congratulate him on this magnificent achievement