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yscolan #27 Summer School, Ysgol Haf. 19-21 July 2024. Now taking bookings. Only 2 places remaining

#traditional music #welsh music #flute #folk music #Summer School

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Can y Ceilog Du and Hen Wr Pencader played on Pibe Cyrn made by John Glennydd at William Kennedy Pipe Festival, Armagh 2023. Film by Jan Thys

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Ceri Rhys Matthews on pastoral pipes and Rick Lines on Uillean pipes play two Welsh tunes; Beau Nash and Ffluwch o Feillion. Two eighteenth century tunes. Filmed by Jan Thys at the farewell concert at the William Kennedy Pipe festival, Armagh. November 2023

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Sharing a couple of tunes with Iwan Coedfadre on Button Accordion, and others at the Eagle in Llanfihangel-ar-arth on Saturday night.

#traditional music #welsh music #flute #Button accordion #celtic music

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Launching a new cassette recording alongside Rowan Coupland at the Parrot in Swansea

#traditional music #flute #Rowan Coupland #Swansea High Street

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Playing the repertory of Mair Richards, a fiddler and flute player from the nineteenth century, with Jess Ward on fiddle and Sam Robinson on bodhran

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Giving a lecture, Nôl a Mlân. Cysylltiad Corc ac Abertawe. Golwg ar symudiadau copr ac alawon rhwng dwy dref yn oes Napoleon.

To-ing and Fro-ing. The Swansea Cork Connection. Investigating the movement of copper and tunes bewteen two towns during the Napoleonic era.

and a Piping recital at the William Kennedy Piping Festival in Armagh. 16-19 November.

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Four tracks now available for download alongside tracks from Rowan Coupland: voice, guitar, harp and Eirini Fountedaki: violin

Available as limited edition cassette. Hurry! Rowan and Eirini side One; Me, side Two.

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Five tracks now available for download alongside tracks from flute players Jean-Michel Veillon from Brittany and Kevin Ryan from Ireland. https://hatao.bandcamp.com/album/blow-the-timber-vol-1

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yscolan #26 Winter School, Ysgol Aeaf. 19-21 January 2024. Now taking bookings.

#traditional music #welsh music #flute #celtic music

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Playing a tune with Neillidh Mulligan and others at the Uillean pipe festival in Glanyfferi

#traditional music #welsh music #uillean pipes #concert flute

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yscolan tune school #25 tremarchog, pembrokshire. july 14-16. taking bookings, 2 places left

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yscolan y porth, llandysul. saturday night session; musicians play 'deildy aberteifi'

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yscolan#24 winter tune school. y porth, llandysul, ceredigion, west wales

y porth, llandysul, ceredigion, west wales.

20 places maximum

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A weekend of learning tunes from Welsh traditions. The emphasis will be on melody & will cover airs as well as the broad range of dance-tune types from jigs, hornpipes & reels; marches and minuets; to other forms including triple time tunes such as hop jigs, slip jigs, 3/2 polkas, 3/2 reels, & 3/2 hornpipes.

Ceri will be teaching a neglected repertoire by ear. No sheet music will be supplied, but students are encouraged to bring their own recording devices, including manuscript.

The weekend is open to any type of melody instrument, and the ability to pick up a tune by ear is a minimum requirement. Players will not be graded into beginners, intermediate etc., and we will learn together at our own different pace. Slow and fast learners will deal with different practical problems together. For example, faster learners will look at phrasing, rhythmic nuance, improvisation etc., while slower learners will deal with landing points in the tunes, and how rhythm and melody coincide. We all learn from each other’s different ways. The aim will be to play together as much as possible and to broaden our tune repertoire. There are ample opportunities for informal tune playing together, swapping tunes or songs, sessions, jamming, chatting, philosophising etc., in the evenings and throughout the day. It’s not all work and participants can use the time as they see fit, including taking advantage of the proximity of the river Teifi, mooching around the town and environs, visiting the nearby woollen mills, or extending their visit to take in the coast at Llangrannog or Cwmtydu, some 25 miles away.

Unlike the annual summer school in Tremarchog, food and camping will not be provided at the winter school in Llandysul. This is reflected in the reduced fee of £100 which covers all tuition.

All activities will take place in Y Porth, Llandysul. We will use the large, private function room, which overlooks the river for all teaching sessions. It is a bright, warm, airy, comfortable space. Evening sessions will take place by the fireside in the bar, or in the function room, as we please.

For further details, please write to [email protected] or call 01559 384962

Daily structure Friday Arrive at 12 Mid-day Teaching sessions 2-6 Informal session in the bar 8-11

Saturday Teaching Session 10-1 Guest Tutor Teaching session 3-6 Informal session in the bar 8-11

Sunday Teaching session 10-12 Guest Tutor

This yscolan#24 will include a guest tutor who will lead the Saturday afternoon session for those interested. The session will explore deeper aspects of these more generally touched on in the regular sessions. To reflect the deep and strong song traditions of Dyffryn Teifi specifically and south Cardiganshire in general, Julie Murphy will look into the repertory of the area, its history and some of the different forms used in the tradition.

For others who don’t wish to attend the specific subject of the guest tutor, I will be taking a tune class as usual.

Location

Llandysul is a small, bustling town on the northern bank of the river Teifi in south Cardiganshire. It is a stronghold of Welsh language and culture, historically and up to the present day. The area is famous for salmon and sewin fishing. Gomer Press (now relocated to the edge of the town) was once situated in the middle of the town and is one of Wales’ most important and influential publishers. The original building is now a cafe. Other literary connections include Unitarian minister and poet Gwilym Marles, great-uncle to Dylan Thomas, who built a library (Myfyrgell) on Rhiw Seion. Dewi Emrys the poet spent his later years in nearby Talgarreg. The riverside church dates to the 12th Century. The woollen industry’s historical importance is reflected in the number of woollen mills abounding locally. The National Wool Museum is located some 10 miles away, in Drefach Felindre. The river Teifi describes an arc around the town in a wide bow edged with water meadows and playing fields on one bank and steep woodland on the other, culminating in a white water tumble downstream of the bridge. There is a riverside walk along the entire length.

Y Porth is a traditional Victorian hotel that has a long standing association with salmon and sewin fishing. It stands on the site of an older tavern, in all likelihood a medieval pilgrim’s Inn called Troed Rhiw’r Clochdy. It is a family owned hotel that has been in the family three generations and is at the heart of the town.

Accommodation and Food

We are unable to offer accommodation as part of the weekend and ask you to make your own arrangements. We will try to help in any way, with recommendations, inquiries and so on. The town and environs are blessed with many different kinds of accommodation to suit any budget, from camping and caravanning, glamping, hostels, through bunkhouses to guesthouses, traditional b&b or holiday lets.

Y Porth has seven en suite rooms available, comprising single, double, twin and family rooms, and early booking is recommended. Should you wish to share a twin room with another attendee, we can liaise between yourselves and Y Porth. For more info on Y Porth: porthhotel.co.uk

Unlike the annual summer school in Tremarchog, we can’t offer food as part of the weekend. However, there are many choices in Llandysul to suit every pocket, including a chip shop, Indian and Chinese takeaway, pub grub, Portuguese tapas; also a tea room, cafes and shops in the daytime. The Spar sells cold snacks and is open till late, and CK’s supermarket sells hot snacks, also open till late. If you choose to stay in a bunkhouse, there are plenty of places to buy food to do your own cooking.

Finally, Y Porth has a restaurant at reasonable prices that reflect the excellent, local, home cooked food on offer.

On Sunday, Y Porth offers two course Cino Dydd Sul / Sunday Lunch for around £17.50, or three courses for £21.50. If there is enough interest, we can arrange a group booking as a kind of farewell meal for those who would like.

Cost

The cost of the Llandysul yscolan tune school is £100 per person to cover all tuition fees.

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a film i made with jacob whittaker, an improvisation around copper connections. part of a monthly series by jake based on signs of the zodiac

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#tune workshop #machynlleth

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