July 2008
contents:
from the editor news
review competitions
composers
at work letter to
the editor listings
reference
the committee of composers of wales
As usual at the beginning of July, brochures have begun arriving for the autumn concerts and Festivals. Great plans begin for what we will get to, what we miss because of our holidays, making up for the rather tired, hot, bleak month of July when everyone gradually disappears after the end of term, and there doesn’t seem to be much happening. However, there seems to be one rule that applies to all the coming goodies - you need the car. And this year quite suddenly things begin to look different. The price of petrol has gone up, the price of concert tickets sometimes too, the cost of a meal, - and a trip to a familiar destination is cancelled.
Skirting the thorny subject of driving from South to North Wales, and the tortured course of the A470, I began to count our Music Festivals, and realised how rich we are, particularly now that practically every one of them can be looked up on the internet. Llandudno hosted at the beginning of July two days of events, a terrific mix which included a young rappers project, a young instumentalists’ competition, and a saxophone workshop, all against the backdrop of the sweeping West Front and the sea. Machynlleth in mid August hosts at the Tabernacle Arts Centre an eight-day programme of mainly classical music, with an evening of jazz, a poetry reading, the Hallstadt Lecture, and the Glyndwr Award for an outstanding contribution to the arts in Wales. On Monday August 18th the Festival offers our own concert of our members’ works, given by Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone, Nigel Foster, piano, and Catrin Finch, harp. Get there if you can!
There’s a long list - from the jewel of a week-long classical festival in the little historic church at Lower Machen, north of Newport, at the end of May, through the old-established festival at St Asaph to the wide international sweep of the Vale of Glamorgan Festival out at St Donat’s Castle, overlooking the Bristol Channel, in the first week of September. This year they welcome players from Silesia, Holland and Estonia, playing music from those lands and more, including the music of our member Hilary Tann, currently Professor of composition at a university in New York State in the USA, and launching a new CD of her works.
Suddenly July doesn’t look so dreary any more!
Enid
Luff
The following important matter has come to our notice, courtesy of the
British Academy of Composers and Songwriters:
European licensing of music:
British Academy of Composers and Songwriters Chair
David Ferguson and Academy Fellows Sir Paul McCartney and Robin Gibb were
amongst numerous UK and European artists and creators who have appealed to
the European Commission President José Manuel Barroso to express their deep
concerns about a possible unfavourable decision on pan-European licensing of
music. They were joined by Benny Anderson, Charles Aznavour, Pedro
Almodovar, James Blunt, Miguel Bose, Patrick Doyle, Bryan Ferry, David Gilmour,
Julio Iglesias, Maurice Jarre, Mark Knopfler, Michel Legrand, Paco de Lucia,
Enio Morricone, Nicoal Piovani, Sade, Alejandro Sanz, Caetano Veloso, and
Gabriel Yared.
On 3rd July representatives off the European Composer
and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) and the entire creative community reiterated
their call to the EC President:
“It is here Mr Barroso that we need political
leadership. Hundreds of thousands of small and medium size businesses, both
writers and publishers, are likely to be wiped away without your help. We
believe this will be a lasting disaster for all Europeans, culturally, socially
and economically. We urge you to take a pause at this point and to bring
together parties including […] us, the Authors, to formulate a positive way
forward for the role creativity and music in a digital Europe.”
Creators have been informed that the European
Commission is considering issuing a decision finding an infringement in the
CISAC competition case on multi-territorial licensing of music rights for
online, satellite and cable (2006 Statement of Objections).
“DG Competition perceives competition as the sole
solution to every problem and try to prejudicially brand the authors’
societies as “monopolies”. If, as the DG Competition is appearing to
suggest, the Societies are required to ‘compete’ with one another across
national boundaries on price, the whole system will collapse. Major rights
holders will withdraw their repertoires and either place them with an agency
[…] or they will look towards direct licensing themselves.”
If confirmed by the Commission, a decision adverse
to the interests of creators and their societies would have nothing but negative
consequences from all perspectives and bring no benefit to the development of
the online market:
- For creators: It
would lead to drastic reduction in the income of millions of creators worldwide,
thus preventing most of them from earning a living from their work. Competition
between authors’ societies for users on price would result in a race to the
bottom on copyright royalties’ value (the European repertoire being licensed
by the society offering the cheapest royalty remuneration).
- For users (online service providers,
broadcasters…): It would result in a further fragmentation of the
repertoire and create a confusion and legal uncertainty for users on all present
and future licensing deals for online, cable and satellite use of musical works.
- For the public: It would reduce consumers’
access to music and culture in general, and further increase piracy.
- For authors’ societies: It would weaken their
ability to represent and defend creators and to negotiate fair remuneration for
the use of their works.
- For the European online market: It would do major
damage to European cultural policy and severely reduce the ability for Europe to
produce cultural goods of any value in the international market.
“Authors’ societies, their publisher and creator
members, and music users, with the full encouragement and support of the
European Commission, have been striving over recent years to adapt to the demand
of the online environment for licences covering several countries. This involves
a fundamental change to the territorial basis on which creators’ rights have
been traditionally organised and managed. A number of significant changes have
already taken place and the process of evolution is already well under way. This
should be allowed to continue in as orderly a fashion as possible as those
directly involved in the business of licensing music are best placed to develop
a solid and sustainable foundation for the new online music market” as
British creators explained in their letter to President Barroso.
To read the letter to President Barroso in full, please
visit www.britishacademy.com
Carbon
12
Let me say at once that I am not writing this as the editor of this
Newsletter, but as a member of the public who went to hear Carbon 12, a Choral
Symphony, by Errollyn Wallen, the libretto by John Binias. It was performed by
the orchestra, chorus and soloists of the Welsh National Opera at the Wales
Millennium Centre on June 6th. It featured the (fictional) story of a miner,
John Jones, whom we meet first at his funeral. He rises from his coffin, and
leads the company in a long trek up the mountain, singing of the history of
coal. From the mountain top, they descend in spirit through the layers of the
coal beds, and sing of the damage, as well as the wealth and prosperity, which
coal has brought to Wales. Conceived as a choral symphony, the piece began in
the spirit of a comic opera, and was musically excellent throughout, presented
with great verve by the chief characters, Jason Howard as John Jones and Alwyn
Mellor as his wife. However, the libretto, which began in fine operatic form,
seemed to mutate, after the run up the mountain, into something much closer to
an oratorio, gradually abandoning the human drama to comment on the historical
significance of coal. Although the whole was held together by a masterly score,
it was hard to escape a sense of dislocation in the plot, which was a weakness.
The programme booklet was beautifully presented and contained full and
interesting interviews, conducted by Simon Reeves, with both Errollyn Wallen and
John Binias. From the latter particularly, we get a sense of his involvement
with Wales growing during his time working here. It is obvious that Binias made
a great and sincere effort over some years to get to know South Wales, but he
speaks as someone who has found out about us in Wales, inevitably, from the
outside, and then written a story about part of our history. Errollyn Wallen
came more recently to visit Wales. Her response as a composer was very fine. She
knows her craft as an opera and oratorio composer, the score was inspired beyond
that, and her deliniation of character is excellent. But the question remains,
why were two people from outside Wales, however carefully, brought in, to write
about us?
This just will not do. Without in any way wishing to devalue the achievement of
Carbon 12 - and I hope I will be forgiven for saying this by the two fine
writers, composer and librettist, who made the piece - operas and oratorios
about Wales should come directly out of our Welsh culture, and not be imported
from outside. The whole procedure, excellently though it was accomplished,
smells of the packaging of Wales which goes on insidiously through our tourist
industry, effectively selling an outsider’s idea of our country, while often
by-passing the true cultural life of Wales.
Enid
Luff
The
following information has come to hand:
Walbrook Singers Composition Competition
for choral pieces on the theme of “New Year”.
All pieces must be received by 12 noon (Greenwich Mean Time) on Wednesday 1
October 2008. Results will be communicated to all entrants by 1 December
2008.
The winning piece(s) will be performed in concert by the Walbrook Singers on 31
January 2009, at St Peter’s Church, Mill End (near Watford), Hertfordshire,
England. For further information and rules please contact
walbrook.singers@yahoo.co.uk
or call (+44) (0) 20 8632 1854.
2008 Double Bass Composition Competition
in two categories. Category 1: A work for unaccompanied double bass or
double bass and piano, based on the theme of “St. Kilda - its history,
heritage, language and people”, duration 3-6 minutes.
Category 2: A work for 2 or more double basses, based on the same theme.
(Further information about St Kilda is available at www.kilda.org.uk
)
Deadline: 31st Decem ber 2008.
Note: no internet URL is given for this competition. For further
information, rules and conditions you should contact, by phone, e-mail or postal
address,
The British and International Bass Forum, Vale Cottage, Templecombe, Somerset
BA8 0HJ, Tel: 1963 370051, e-mail: doublebass@tiscali.co.uk
The Second International Uuno Klami Composition Competition (Finland)
Aim: to produce good new repertoire for a small orchestra of sinfonietta
type.
Deadline: 1st December 2008
Further details of the competition are available from the Competition Office:
Tel. +358 50 324 0058
Email: reetaliina.marin@kymisinfonietta.fi
and from the internet at www.klamicompetition.fi
NEW COURSES: Music Technology Courses at The Music Academy.
Following the official launch of The Music Academy, a collaboration
between the University of Glamorgan and Roland UK, in April 2008, the first in
our ongoing programme of one day taster courses will be running at the
University’s brand new ATRiuM campus in Adam Street, Cardiff during July.
These programmes represent an important development in our course portfolio as
they are delivered by leading industry professionals from Roland UK.
Details of the courses can be found below, but if you would like further
information or to reserve a place on either course please contact Dr. Paul Carr
directly at ccirolandacademy@glam.ac.uk
Exploring Synthesisers with Roland Technology
This course provides an examination of how synthesisers such as the
Roland SH201, Fantom G and V-Synth are used as creative tools in composition and
performance. This course will explain how a synthesiser works and will reveal
the true potential for developing a unique and original sound. All course
attendees will receive a certificate of attendance endorsed by The Music Academy
following completion of the day.
Course Start Date: Saturday 19th July 2008
Course Cost: £85 (£50*) - Including refreshments during the day.
Course Duration: 10.00am – 4.00pm (1 day course)
Welcome to the world of V-drums
This exciting course looks at getting to know a set of Roland V-drums
and how to unlock their full creative potential. The day will also look at how
the V-drum kit can be combined with other percussion devices, such as the SPDS
percussion sampler and the Handsonic.
Course Start Date: Saturday 26th July 2008
Course Cost: £85 (£50*) – Including refreshments during the day.
Course Duration: 10.00am – 4.00pm (1 Day course)
For those who are interested in both enjoying music whilst also gaining credits
towards an HE qualification, The Music Academy is now starting its programme of
accredited short courses with the first module in Music Theory starting on the
6th August. A brief outline of the course is below but for further information
and an application form, either e-mail ccirolandacademy@glam.ac.uk
or telephone 0800 716925.
Music Theory
This 10 credit module acts as an introduction to popular music theory, and
is intended to assist the comprehension of related disciplines such as ensemble
based music reading, composition, arrangement, and aural / listening skills. It
therefore provides the theoretical foundation for the FDSC in Creative
Industries (Roland Popular Music Technology), and it is therefore recommended
that it is studied early if pursuing the programme on a modular/part time basis.
The programme is invaluable for students who are simply interested in improving
their music theory, and can therefore be studied successfully as a stand alone
unit.
The course costs £150, will start on the 6th August 2008, and is run over 10
consecutive Wednesdays between 7pm – 9pm at the ATRiuM
Dr Paul Carr, Head of The Music Academy,
Room CA409, Cardiff School of Cultural & Creative Industries
The Atrium, 86 - 88 Adam Street, Cardiff CF24 2FN
Music Academy Web Site: http://cci.glam.ac.uk/themusicacademy/
Mervyn
Burtch had a performance of his children's opera 'Jason and Hanna' by
Manitoba Opera at Winnipeg. June 20th and 21st. His Sonatina for Recorder and
Harpsichord witl be played at Nantwich Parish Church on the 24th July by John
Turner (Recorder) and Ian Thompson (Harpsichord).
Mervyn has also received a commission from WNOMAX to write a choral piece, The
Competition of the Birds and Beasts , for children's Choir and the orchestra
of the Welsh National Opera, with mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists.
Graham Williams’s Seven Preludes for solo piano will be
played on October 6th at the Wigmore Hall in London by Junko Kobayashi.
Dafydd Bullock’s Bossa Nova Galesa was played in Sao
Paulo, Brazil, on the 25th May by Antonio Eduardo Santos. His Sonata Latina
was given its World Premiere in Lorena, Brazil, on the 17th June, also by
Antonio Eduardo Santos.
Dafydd’s commissioned Fanfare for the official opening ceremony of the
new Snowdon Summit complex, Hafod Eryri, will be performed on Snowdon Summit on
September 5th. He also hopes to see a recording in Cardiff of his Chica
Latina, for Brass ,Quintet in Cardiff during the summer, and looks forward
to a possible
world premiere of Cello Sonata No. 4 in Sao Paulo,
Brazil, in September.
The World Premiere of Zlata Reka, written for Virtuosi di Basso,
(the 12 solo cellists of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra), will be played at a
concert in the Dvorak Hall, Rudolphinum, Prague, on October 14th next at 19.30.
He will receive his Investiture as Weinbruder on November 15th of
the Weinbruderschaft Mosel-Saar-Ruwer.
New Works include a new symphonic poem, Caer Engan, Dancing
Light for Clarinet, Marimba and Harp, In Memoriam: April Anniversary for
Clarinet, Marimba and Piano, a cycle of 4 symphonic poems: Die
Mosel-Jahreszeiten, and a new symphonic poem called Talaith.
Also just announced, the Czech Embassy in Luxembourg has commissioned Dafydd
to write a Requiem for Jan Palach, to mark the 40th anniversary of his
suicide/protest in Prague in 1968. It will be performed at the Church of
Limpertsberg, Luxembourg City, on 29th January 2009 at 20.00
Gareth Churchill’s vibraphone solo, Tairllech, was played by
Enrico Bertelli at the University of Madrid, Campo Cristana, Spain, on the 3rd
of July. His Rhapsodi Gwerinol (Folk Rhapsody), for
Orchestra, will be performed by the Llanelli Chamber Players in All Saints
Church, Llanelli, on the 12th of August at 7pm. On the first of August, Llyfr
Du (for 10 players) will be played by the Aurora Orchestra during the
composers’ workshop at the Musicfest in Aberystwyth, in the main hall,
Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
Chris Maxim will be conducting the première of his choral piece The
Seas are Quiet (2007) in a concert given by the Giltspur Singers on Saturday
19th July at 7.30pm at St Margaret’s Church, Lee Terrace, Lee, London SE13.
In the same concert he will be performing the première of his latest organ work
, Prelude & Fugue.
Richard John looks forward to two first performances in the near future.
On the 20th September, at St Mary's Church, Swansea, a piano recital by Michael
Williams will include the first performance of ...l'amor che muove il sole
l'altre stelle. And on the 23rd September, at All Saints Church, Mumbles,
Swansea, a Piano Recital given by the composer will include the first
performance of his Notturno. The programme also includes Fall by Dan
Phelps.
Hilary Tann has been commissioned to write the Female Choir Test piece
for the 2008 Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. Also, the premiere of
"Wellspring" (text by Menna Elfyn) will take place in Llangollen July
12. The launch of a CD of Hilary Tann's chamber music will take place in
the Vale of Glamorgan Festival, September 12, in a concert which includes her
harp trio "From the Song of Amergin" and piano trio "Nothing
Forgotten". The music on the CD ("Songs of the Cotton
Grass" -- Deux Elles 1132) is performed by violist/violinist Matthew Jones
with Alun Darbyshire (oboe), Elizabeth Donovan (soprano), Thomas Carroll
(cello), Lucy Wakeford (harp), Kathryn Thomas (flute), and Michael Hampton
(piano).
Lisa Mears’s Ave Maria is going to be performed by Fiona
Beresford, Celine Forrest, Carrie Thompson and Charlotte Jug on tour at various
venues in Paris in July, and a newly commissioned setting of For the Beauty
of the Earth is going to be premiered by the male voices of the Ariosa
Singers at All Saints Alive! Music Festival, Swansea in September.
Performances of her song cycle, Cinco Canciones Espanolas and a special
arrangement of Ave Maria will be given by tenor Christopher
Waring Davies and the composer in an Autumn concert at St.
Teilo's Church, Bishopston, Swansea, details to be announced.
Dear Editor,
I
am responding to your article - To compare personal experiences for lack of
inspiration is to solicit the response - well messrs abc or xyz s that's how
things are if you are a genuine creative artist - closer to nature and natural
rhythms than we may think we can get away with . . . .
As for inspiration being a dirty word - whatever next?
We should inspire to focus hearts and minds on the reality of composing today,
saying there is no need call up the spurious muse of these dilettante dinosaurs
when we are being buried by them.
As for inspiration not getting a look in, has nobody heard of the ongoing
revolution since the '70's post quantum reality: chaos theory and state of the
art music technology and the enormous future of electronic music, which is, and
will continue to impact the nature of creativity of which inspiration remains
the essential integer.
David Lloyd-Howells
| July 12 08 |
Hilary Tann: Wellspring (text by Menna Elfyn). Llangollen International Festival Concert |
| July 19 08, 7-30pm |
Christopher Maxim: The Seas are Quiet, sung by the Giltspur
Singers, and Christopher Maxim: Prelude & Fugue, for organ, played by the composer, at St Margaret’s Church, Lee Terrace, Lee, London SE13. |
| Aug 12 08, 7pm |
Gareth Churchill: Rhapsodi Gwerinol. Llanelli Chamber Players, at All Saints Church, Llanelli |
| Sept 05 08 |
Dafydd Bullock: Fanfare (opening ceremony of Hafod Eryri), Snowdon summit |
| Sept 12 08 |
Hilary Tann: Nothing Forgotten (vl, vcl, pno), and From the Song of 7pm Amergin (fl, vla, hp), Matthew Jones and Ensemble, Vale of Glamorgan Festival Concert. Bradenstoke Hall, St. Donat’s Castle. At the same concert: John Metcalf: Dolbadarn Castle (vcl, hp), and Rest in Reason, Move in Passion, for piano trio. |
| Sept 20 08, 7pm |
Richard John: ...l'amor che muove il sole l'altre stelle, for piano. Michael Williams, piano. St. Mary’s Church, Swansea |
| Sept 23 08, 8pm |
Richard John: Notturno, for piano, played by the composer. All Saints Church, Mumbles, Swansea. |
| Sept 23 08, 8pm |
Dan Phelps: Fall, for piano. Richard John, piano, All Saints 8pm Church, Mumbles, Swansea. |
| Oct 06 08 | Graham Williams: Seven Preludes for solo piano, Junko Kobayashi. 7-30pm Wigmore Hall, London. |
| Oct 14th 08, 7-30pm |
Dafydd Bullock: Zlata Reka, for 12 cellos. Virtuosi di Basso, cellos, Dvorak Hall, Rudolphinum, Prague, Czechoslovakia. |
IMPORTANT: Our guest editor for the October issue of the
Newsletterwill be Gareth Glyn, please send any news items and contributions of
any kind to him at gareth.glyn@toucansurf.com
THE DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT ISSUE is September 30th. Late information, for the
listings only, will be accepted later at the Editor’s discretion.
PLEASE NOTE: Views expressed in any part of this Newsletter are those of the
writer only, and do not necessarily represent those of Cyfansoddwyr Cymru/
Composers of Wales.
Letters to the editor may be edited or shortened for reasons of space.
Members’ websites
Dafydd Bullock - www.bullockmusic.info/
Max Charles Davies - www.maxcharlesdavies.com
Paul Carr - www.kendormusic.com/composer/carr.htm
Kenneth Gange - www.kenneth.gangecomposersalliance.com
Paula Gardiner - www.paulagardiner.co.uk
Gareth Glyn - http://gglyn.tripod.com
Stephen Goss - www.surrey.ac.uk/Music/Who/Goss.html
and www.cadenza-music.com
John Hardy - www.johnhardymusic.com
Brian Hughes - www.brianhughes.uk.com
Meuryn Hughes - www.aureus.co.uk
Malcolm Jones - www.http://uk.music-jobs.com/cv/maljomusic
Andrew Lewis - www.AndrewLewis.orgl
David Lloyd-Howells - www.david-lloyd-howells.org.uk
Owain Llwyd - www.owainllwyd.com
Enid Luff - www.primaveramusic.com
and www.impulse-music.co.uk/primavera.htm
John Metcalf - www.johnmetcalf.co.uk
Christopher Painter - www.christopherpainter.co.uk/index2.html
Dan Phelps - www.compositiontoday.com/danphelps
Leigh Phillips - www.reel-music.co.uk
Lynne Plowman www.lynneplowman.co.uk
Peter Reynolds - www.musicnow.co.uk/composers/reynolds.html
Michael Robinson - http://www.michaelfrobinson.org.uk/
Rhian Samuel - http://www.stainer.co.uk/samuel.html
and http://www.city.ac.uk/music/staff/rsamuel.html
Gillian Stevens - www.composer.co.uk/composers/stevens.html
Hilary Tann - www.union.edu/PUBLIC/PARTDEPT/TANNH
Ceiri Torjussen - www.ceiri.com/
Jack White - www.whitehillmusic.com/
Alan Edward Williams - www.sibeliusmusic.com
Jack White - www.whitehillmusic.com/
John Williamson - www.impulse-music.co.uk/williamson.htm
Jennifer Wilson - www.jazzwales.co.uk/wja
and www.blackhistorymap.com
Andrew Wilson-Dickson - www.wilson-dickson.co.uk
The Music Publishers’ Association offer a leaflet on copyright for composers
wishing to explain to users the rights of use in their music, from the Music
Publishers Association Ltd, 3rd Floor, Strandgate, 18/20 York Buildings,
London WC2N 8JU. Tel: 020 7839 7779, fax: 020 7839 7776.
Black Cat Music, suppliers of general concert/performance
equipment, staging, acoustics etc. More info at www.blackcatmusic.co.uk
Arts Council of Wales
ACW’s grant schemes are available from its website www.ccc-acw.org.uk
and in other formats. Contact any ACW office for e-mail or paper copies.
Cardiff office: 9 Museum Place Cardiff CFIO 3NX
Tel: 029 2037 6500
Fax:029 2022 1447
Minicom: 029 2039 0027
Colwyn Bay office: 36 Prince’s Drive Colwyn Bay LL29 8LA
Tel: 01492 533440
Fax: 01492 533677
Minicom: 01492 532288
Carmarthen office: 6 Gardd Llydaw Jackson Lane Carmarthen SA3I 1QD
Tel: 01267 234248
Fax: 01267 233084
e-mail: information@ccc-acw.org.uk
Websites of interest
www.welshmusicfoundation.com
www.welshmusic.org.uk
www.crwth.org.uk
www.arts4cardiff.co.uk
www.impulse-music.co.uk
www.composers-uk.com
www.composers21.com (Living
Composers Project on the Internet) database of information on contemporary
composers. E-mail Dan Albertson at dalbertson@nupedia.com
www.britishacademy.com
www.prsf.com
www.musicweb.uk.net
www.jazzuk.com
www.jazzreview.com
www.pynci.tv
www.rhapsoarts.com/iscm/pe.html
www.e-qualitymusic.com
www.spnm.org.uk
www.bmr.org (British Music Rights)
www.visitingarts.org.uk
www.cultural-enterprise.com/news/news.html
www.soundinventors.org.uk
www.tycerdd.org
Useful addresses
Arts Council of Wales (see above)
Ty Cerdd - Music Centre Wales, incorporating:
Ffederasiwn Cerddoriaeth Amatur Cymru/Welsh Amateur Music Federation
Canolfan Hysbysrwydd Cerddoriaeth Cymru/Welsh Music Information Centre
Celfyddydau Cenedlaethol Ieuenctid Cymru/National Youth Arts Wales
Ty Cerdd - Music Centre Wales,
Wales Millennium Centre,
Bute Place,
Cardiff CF10 5AL
T: 029 2063 5640
F: 029 2063 5641
E: enquiries@tycerdd.org
(alternatively, individual officers can be contacted by “firstname@tycerdd.org”, eg: keith@tycerdd.org,
ruth@tycerdd.org. etc)
British Academy of Composers and Songwriters,
British Music House, 26 Berners Street, London W1T 3LR
tel: 020 7636 292
fax: 020 7636 2212
web: www.britishacademy.com
The Performing Right Society, 29-33 Berners Street, London SW1P 4AA
BAFTA Cymru, Chapter Arts Centre, Market Street, Canton, Cardiff CF5 1QE
tel: 029 2022 3898
e-mail post@bafta-cymru.org.uk
Ty Cerdd, Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5AL Tel 029 2063
5640
Keith Griffin, director
keith.griffin@tycerdd.info
WAMF
Chris Sharpe (general enquiries, applications, etc)
chris.sharpe@tycerdd.info
Alexandria James (library, NYAW, brass band foyer performances)
alex.james@tycerdd.info
NYAW (WAMF)
Matthew Thistlewood
matthew.thistlewood@tycerdd.info
WMIC
Ruth Leggett (manager)
ruth.leggett@tycerdd.info
Charlotte Griffin (research, education, WMIC library)
charlotte.griffin@tycerdd.info
RECORDING STUDIO
James Clarke (recording technician)
james.clarke@tycerdd.info
WORKSHOPS & PERFORMANCES
Rhiannon McLean
rhiannon.mclean@tycerdd.info
Welsh Music Information Centre, Ty Cerdd, Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru, Bute Place, Bae Caerdydd, CF10 5AL
Tel 029 2063 5642
Welsh Music Guild/Cymdeithas Cerddoriaeth Cymru, 33, Southminster Road, Penylan, Cardiff CF
Tel: 029 2049 1585
e-mail: guildinfo@ntlworld.com
Incorporated Society of Musicians, 10, Stratford Place, London W1E 3YZ
Sibelius Support Services (The Data Store)
new number: 0208 460 6537
Women in Jazz, Queen’s Buildings, Cambrian Place, Swansea SA1 1TW
Email: enquiries@womeninjazzswansea.org.uk
,
Web: www.womeninjazzswansea.org.uk
Tel: 01792 456666
Recording companies
Cwmni Recordio Fflach, Llys y Coed, Heol Dinbych y Pysgod, Cardigan,
Ceredigion, SA43 3AH,
Tel: (01239) 614691
Fax: (01239) 614680
Cwmni Recordio Sain, Llandwrog, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL54 2YQ,
Tel: (01286) 831111,
gwefan: www.sain.wales.com
Red Kite Records (Martin Levan), Cwmargenau, Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire SA19 8AP
Tel: 01550 722001
gwefan: www.redkiterecords.com
the committee of composers of wales
Chair: Andrew Wilson-Dickson, composer, andrew.wd@cc-cw.org
Secretary: Bill Connor, composer
Administrator:
Jon Petrie, jon@petriepublications.com
Treasurer: Ian Lawson, composer. ian.lawson@cc-cw.org
Eilir Owen-Griffiths, composer, e.griffiths@trinity-cm.ac.uk
Guto Puw, composer, guto.puw@btinternet.com
Peter Reynolds, composer, Director, PM Ensemble, peter.reynolds@pjr.demon.co.uk
Gareth Glyn, composer, gareth.glyn@toucansurf.com
Enid Luff, composer, enid.luff@googlemail.com
Co-opted:
Tim Raymond,
composer on the staff of the Royal Welsh College of Music and
Drama, RaymondTC@rwcmd.ac.uk
Observers:
Ruth Leggett (Manager, Welsh Music Information Centre) ruth@tycerdd.org
Keith Griffin (Director Ty Cerdd-Music Centre Wales, Ty Cerdd), keith@tycerdd.org