Friends of Cwmdu Music

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We are a charity based in Cwmdu, Crickhowell, Mid-Wales. Our aims are:

- the advancement of the arts, in particular the art of music, in Cwmdu and the surrounding area, by providing concerts and exhibitions

- the preservation for the public benefit of the Grade II* listed St Michael and All Angels Church, Cwmdu by providing grant funding for maintenance and support.

Webhttps://info.cwmdumusic.org
Friends of Cwmdu MusicMar 22

Our latest newsletter is out, with news of our upcoming concert—Fibonacci Quartet on Friday 8th May.

https://buttondown.com/cwmdumusic/archive/friends-of-cwmdu-music-fibonacci-quartet/

Friends of Cwmdu Music–Fibonacci Quartet

For our next concert we are thrilled to welcome the Fibonacci Quartet to St Michael & All Angels Church, Cwmdu on Friday, 8th May at 7.30pm. (Note the change...

Friends of Cwmdu Music
Friends of Cwmdu MusicMar 9

Last week’s subject of BBC Radio 3 ‘Composer of the Week’ was Jean Sibelius.

Episodes at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006tnxf

BBC Sounds - Composer of the Week - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of Composer of the Week on BBC Sounds.

BBC
Friends of Cwmdu MusicMar 6

You may, like me not have paid a huge amount of attention to #Eurovision since the early 1970s, but this year the selection of “Look Mum No Computer”aka Sam Battle to represent the UK is a stroke of genius.
The multi-skilled singer, musician and builder of their own instruments* will certainly liven things up.
* including relocating and rebuilding a church pipe organ which had previously been incongruously built into a suburban house in Bristol.

https://lookmumnocomputer.os.fan/einszweidrei

https://toot.wales/@zosho/116181674666678797

LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER

LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER
Friends of Cwmdu MusicMar 2
Our latest newsletter https://buttondown.com/cwmdumusic/archive/friends-of-cwmdu-music-emma-rawicz-trio/
Friends of Cwmdu Music-Emma Rawicz Trio

There are under two weeks until our concert with the jazz Trio: saxophonist Emma Rawicz and Niklas Lukassen (bass) and Jonny Mansfield (vibraphone). Very few...

Friends of Cwmdu Music
Friends of Cwmdu MusicFeb 12

A newsletter reminder of the popularity of tickets for our upcoming Emma Rawicz Trio Jazz concert—get yours soon!

Also an encouragement that other Arts organisations in Wales join tŵt cymru | toot.wales.

https://buttondown.com/cwmdumusic/archive/friends-of-cwmdu-music-emma-rawicz-trio-tickets/

Friends of Cwmdu Music-Emma Rawicz Trio tickets

Tickets for our next concert, just a month away on Saturday March 14th in Cwmdu are in great demand, so we’d recommend purchasing sooner rather than later!...

Friends of Cwmdu Music
Friends of Cwmdu MusicFeb 12

“remarkably few operas
portray visual artists. By taking a piece of art as subject matter, then, Scottish Opera's The Great Wave enters largely uncharted territory”—Michael Downes on composer Dai Fujikura, librettist Harry Ross’ work about painter Hokusai.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/feb/10/masterpiece-fridge-magnet-phone-case-opera-hokusais-great-wave

Masterpiece, fridge magnet, phone case … opera: how Hokusai’s The Great Wave hit the stage

He survived a stroke, a lightening strike, a fire – and created one of the world’s most recognisable images. Now the Japanese artist’s ‘wild, fascinating’ life has inspired an opera

The Guardian
Friends of Cwmdu MusicJan 28

What’s on at the RWCMD?

https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/whats-on

What's On at RWCMD

Visiting Cardiff? Presenting hundreds of events a year, there are plenty of things to see and do at RWCMD. From concerts to drama, opera to jazz, musical…

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Friends of Cwmdu MusicJan 28
Friends of Cwmdu MusicJan 28

New Sinfonia have a workshop in Wrexham, Feb 8th.

“Calling all young musicians! Join us for an informal and relaxed workshop where we will learn music from the Ivor Novello Award-nominated opera Gresford, Up From Underground, playing and conducting alongside musicians from the NEW Sinfonia orchestra.”

https://www.newsinfonia.org.uk/event-details/new-academi-gresford-opera-workshop-5

NEW Academi Gresford Opera Workshop | NEW Sinfonia

Join our NEW Sinfonia musicians for a relaxed play-along workshop of the music from our Ivor Novello Award-nominated Gresford, Up From Underground.

NEW Sinfonia
Friends of Cwmdu MusicJan 28

New Sinfonia have a workshop in Wrexham, Feb 8th.

“Calling all young musicians! Join us for an informal and relaxed workshop where we will learn music from the Ivor Novello Award-nominated opera Gresford, Up From Underground, playing and conducting alongside musicians from the NEW Sinfonia orchestra.”

https://www.newsinfonia.org.uk/event-details/new-academi-gresford-opera-workshop-5

NEW Academi Gresford Opera Workshop | NEW Sinfonia

Join our NEW Sinfonia musicians for a relaxed play-along workshop of the music from our Ivor Novello Award-nominated Gresford, Up From Underground.

NEW Sinfonia
Friends of Cwmdu MusicJan 21

A shortcut to seeing information about our next concert is always available at:

(https://info.cwmdumusic.org/next)