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Goldies Cymru – Live (Online)
- Thursday 12th May 2022
- Tuesday 17th May 2022
- Thursday 19th May 2022
- Tuesday 24th May 2022
- Thursday 26th May 2022
- Tuesday 31st May 2022
- Online
Type of Event: Music Workshop
(English) In March 2020 The Golden-Oldies Charity had to close temporarily its 220 daytime FUN ‘Goldies’ singing sessions across England and Wales.
The sessions are recorded and go ‘live’ on YouTube so you can watch as many times as you like. The SONG WORDS are on the screen so you can join in and Sing&Smile in your own homes.
Type of Event: Music Workshop
(English) We’re Forget-me-not Chorus, a charity bringing the joy of singing to people living with dementia, and those who support them.
For over 10 years, Forget-me-not Chorus has been organising joy-filled singing sessions for people with all forms of dementia, as well as the families, friends and professional staff looking after them. Today, over 1000 people – from millennials to centenarians – participate in our singing sessions every week, pan Wales and now further afield too.
Calling all care homes - join a live singing session via Zoom. We run interactive Zoom sessions for care-home residents and staff. The sessions last 30 minutes, and are supported by a team member of Forget-me-not Chorus, who will guide you through the process so that everything runs smoothly. We also encourage family members to join in from their homes.
Also at 11.15am.
Type of Event: Music Workshop
(English) We’re Forget-me-not Chorus, a charity bringing the joy of singing to people living with dementia, and those who support them.
For over 10 years, Forget-me-not Chorus has been organising joy-filled singing sessions for people with all forms of dementia, as well as the families, friends and professional staff looking after them. Today, over 1000 people – from millennials to centenarians – participate in our singing sessions every week, pan Wales and now further afield too.
For all who wish to join us from the comfort of your own home, we meet online and sing together via Zoom. The sessions last 45 minutes, and are guaranteed to get you energised (don’t worry, the leader mutes everyone’s microphones before we start!) Join our community of people from all over the country, Wales and beyond.
Type of Event: Music Workshop
(English) We’re Forget-me-not Chorus, a charity bringing the joy of singing to people living with dementia, and those who support them.
For over 10 years, Forget-me-not Chorus has been organising joy-filled singing sessions for people with all forms of dementia, as well as the families, friends and professional staff looking after them. Today, over 1000 people – from millennials to centenarians – participate in our singing sessions every week, pan Wales and now further afield too.
Our pre-recorded singing sessions are a great way of joining in Forget-me-not Chorus – and they’re completely free!
You can view the sessions in three ways:
- You can stream them directly from our YouTube library (the easiest way, if you have good internet access)
- We can send you a link for you to download the .mp4 files
- We can send you a DVD in the post.
https://www.forgetmenotchorus.com/pre-recorded-singing-sessions/
Butetown Elders – Dust off your Djembes & African Song Workshops
- Sunday 16th May 2021
- Sunday 16th May 2021
- Wales Millennium Centre
Type of Event: Music Workshop
(English)
| A long-awaited opportunity to bring people (50+) together in the Butetown area to rediscover old skills, develop new ones, and to re-establish groups and face-to-face contact.
The Successors of the Mandingue will be facilitating two workshops: 1) “Dust off your Djembes” an African drumming/percussion workshop 3-4.30pm and 2) “African Song’ a singing workshop 5-6.30pm.
There will also be an opportunity for both groups to come together to do an informal pop-up busk outdoors to perform what they have learned at the end the day. Refreshments will be provided for those staying the course!
The two workshops will be indoors and limited to 13 participants in line with statutory guidance, the WMC’s own risk assessment, and to ensure safe social distancing. Masks will be required while moving within the building. Participants are encouraged to bring their own percussion instruments if they have them.
Advance booking is essential to avoid disappointment.
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Type of Event: Multi Art Workshop
(English) The events will celebrate diversity among Black Minority Ethnic over 50s in Newport through arts performance involving storytelling and drumming workshops.
Older people will share their life experiences through storytelling and the stories will be recorded.
In addition, the events will feature drumming workshops including dance and singing.
The event will promote community cohesion, active citizenship and healthier communities. The events will work in partnership with theatre companies, artists and other agencies with interest in arts and older age social welfare.
Outside the Box
- Tuesday 29th May 2018
- Wednesday 30th May 2018
- Thursday 31st May 2018
- Newydd Housing Association schemes
Type of Event: Music Workshop
(English) This Live Music Now (LMN) Wales project will see a series of performances and a song writing workshop delivered with residents at Newydd Housing Association schemes.
LMN duo String Beats, comprising Angharad Jenkins on the fiddle and beat boxer Dean Yhnell, accompanied by LMN solo singer John Nicholas on guitar.
The musicians will teach participants basic song writing skills, beat box techniques and how to use a loop pedal and use percussion.
During the workshop, the musicians will record samples of participants singing, rapping, beat boxing and playing percussion.
The aim of the project is to produce a final piece of music, using the samples collected, that challenges preconceived ideas of ageing and older people.
PLEASE NOTE This project is closed to the general public - for Newydd Housing Association residents/staff and family only.
Additional funding to carry out the project was received from Newydd Community Regeneration.
Type of Event: Music Workshop
(English) An opportunity to bring together participants of ‘Music Memories’ from 4 locations – Bala, Gellilydan, Bethesda and Deiniolen, to sing and reminisce with musician Nia Davies Williams. Young children from the ‘Steps in Music’ programme will also join in the session.
There will also be an opportunity to socialise. Refreshments available.
Type of Event: Music
(English) A day of singing together, particularly aimed at people over 50.
Three experienced choir leaders will help us learn a range of songs by ear, without printed music. We expect to make a lot of mistakes!
The emphasis will be on enjoying our singing, as well as socialising over lunch and throughout the day.
At the end of the day friends and families will be invited to a short free concert of the songs we have learnt.
No experience is necessary to take part in the day - beginners and confident singers are welcome.
This will be a dementia-friendly event - people with dementia and their companions are welcome.
Relaxed Cinema Screening with interval sing-a-long
- Wednesday 23rd May 2018
- Cinema and Foyer, Pontio Arts and Innovation Centre
Type of Event: Film Broadcast
(English) An afternoon of entertainment and singing at Pontio Cinema.
The afternoon will begin with a special screening of a classic film, chosen by members of the local community, with live music entertainment in the break at 3pm by tenor Huw Llywelyn accompanied on the piano by Annette Bryn Parri.
There'll be a chance to take part in a fun sing-a-long session whilst enjoying a cup of tea and some cake before returning to the cinema to enjoy the final half of the film.
Aimed at 60+
The event is also supported by Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd (CCG). CCG residents will be given a selection of films to chose from: The Greatest Showman, Jersey Boys, Carousel or Grease.
Type of Event: Art Exhibition
(English) The Forget-me-not Chorus is an inspirational charity using the power of song to bring joy to people with dementia and their families.
Each week, choirs in Cardiff North, South & Vale and Newport, and at two Cardiff care homes, meet to sing, rehearse and have fun. Now this groundbreaking charity is holding an exhibition of their work, as part Age Cymru’s Gwanwyn Festival.
Working with writer Patrick Jones, over 120 choristers have explored their special song and the story behind it. With powerful images accompanying emotive poetry, this exhibition celebrates the unique ability of song to enhance and enrich all our lives.
The exhibition also features a free lunchtime and early evening concerts with baritone Dyfed Wyn Evans.
Opening concert to launch the exhibition at 3:30pm Saturday 19 May
Arts on Prescription
- Wednesday 9th May 2018
- Wednesday 16th May 2018
- Wednesday 23rd May 2018
- Wednesday 30th May 2018
- Friday 1st June 2018
- Llanfyllin Youth and Community Centre
Type of Event: Music Workshop
(English) Weekly drumming sessions for older people in the community and those living with dementia / long term health conditions and their carers.
It is hoped that the 4 week taster sessions will lead onto regular drumming sessions for older members of the community.
Friday 1 June - 2pm - 4pm
Gwanwyn Tea Party with old time singing for local residents and older members of the community. This event will be the start of regular tea parties hosted by local people for older residents in the community facing social isolation.
There will also be storytelling session at Llwyn Teg residential home with school children.
Type of Event: Multi Art Workshop
(English) This event will deliver a people centred day long singing and photography experience by professionals to adults of 50+.
It will consist of singing with Welsh National Opera / CãnSing vocal animator Sioned Foulkes and WNO pianist Annette, followed by a colourful pixel stick photography workshop.
It will enable local residents aged 50+ to experience and enjoy new arts activities.
People will learn and sing songs from the well loved musicals and opera such as the Toreador aria and the Humming chorus from Madame Butterfly, enabling participants to find their own voice and help demystify opera and encourage a joy of singing.
Paul Samson is a professional photographer who explores new ways of using a pixel stick to capture exciting images. These innovative workshops will enable you to understand how to play around with timing and lighting to produce captivating colourful images.
This is a dementia-friendly event specifically aimed at adults over 50+ living with dementia.
Improve your Singing
- Friday 27th April 2018
- Friday 4th May 2018
- Friday 11th May 2018
- St Mary's Church Hall
Type of Event: Music Workshop
(English) Three ABBA themed singing workshops with the aim to improve singing skills, working within a choir.
Please join us, we are not 'high powered' and regard enthusiasm as essential, singing ability a bonus! Please come along and enjoy going back to the 70s/80s!
There is an ABBA tribute night on Saturday 9th June at 7pm. £4. Nibbles provided, bring your own drink and money for a raffle!
Type of Event: Multi Art Workshop
(English) The events will celebrate diversity among Black Minority Ethnic over 50s in Newport through arts performance involving storytelling and drumming workshops.
Older people will share their life experiences through storytelling and the stories will be recorded.
In addition, the events will feature drumming workshops including dance and singing.
The event will promote community cohesion, active citizenship and healthier communities. The events will work in partnership with theatre companies, artists and other agencies with interest in arts and older age social welfare.
Myths and Music
- Friday 20th April 2018
- Friday 27th April 2018
- Friday 4th May 2018
- Friday 11th May 2018
- Friday 18th May 2018
- The Hollies care home
Type of Event: Music Workshop
(English) Come and join harpist and singer songwriter Bethan Nia as we create a new piece of music together over 5 weeks based on residents stories and memories.
Final recording and performance on 18 May.
All the community are welcome!
Learn new skills, meet others and create music together!
The Appletree Project
- Tuesday 30th May 2017
- Thursday 1st June 2017
- Touch Trust, Wales Millennium Centre
Type of Event: Multi Art
(English) This is a creative movement and art workshops for older people from Cardiff and the Vale Of Glamorgan who have dementia.
The project will be based on the song Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree by Lew Brown.
At the end of the project there will be a short performance.
This project is suitable for people over the age of 50 who have dementia. All participants should be accompanied by a carer/family member.
There will be various sessions over three days, which will last for one hour.
Please phone in advance to check times and to book a place.
A Celebration of Something New - Arts Care Gofal Celf
- Tuesday 30th May 2017
- Torch Theatre. Milford Haven
Type of Event: Multi Art Workshop
(English) Participants will get the chance to try something new, including Rock n Roll dance and vintage crafts followed by an afternoon tea.
Type of Event: Multi Art
(English) This is an Arts Workshop for people living with Parkinson's to include dance, singing and Arts workshops.
Places need to be booked in advance.
Creative Community Fun Day - Cathays Youth and Community Centre
- Wednesday 10th May 2017
- Cathays Community Centre
Type of Event: Multi Art
(English) This event is for the People of the Cathays area of Cardiff to enjoy and will integrate the coffee morning for older people and the Seren Fach Toddler Group
The event will be lead by artists, students and volunteers and will feature art, dance, poetry and drumming workshops and performances.
Type of Event: Music Performance
(English) The 50+ Forum is putting on a show in Pontypridd, with dancing, poems, monologues and songs from their members. The audience is invited to join in with community singing, and the male voice chorus Hims and Arias, will be singing in English and Welsh about the time of year and the local area. There will also be an exhibtion of arts and crafts made by the members.
Type of Event: Multi Art Workshop
(English) 
Taster Sessions in art, dancing, singing, and therapies including massage and reflexology for people living with Parkinson's and their carers.
Places are limited, so booking is essential. For more information or to book your place please email Elaine Evans: elainekember@btinternet.com
The Story Weavers - an evening of storytelling and celtic harp
- Friday 21st October 2016
- Pontardawe Arts Centre
Type of Event: Storytelling Performance
(English) Delyth Jenkins, Deborah Winter and Prue Thimbleby bring you a special show commissioned by the 2016 Gwanwyn Festival.
The Silver Wheel
A story of love, loss and transformation. Join Deborah, Delyth and Prue on a magical journey to the stars.
Threads of Fate
The ancient goddesses of destiny have been spinning and weaving the threads of our lives for century after century. but new hands take hold of the thread - with strange consequences.....
The Secret of Contentment
by Prue Thimbleby
Two stories woven together with autobiography and an interactive demonstration of rope making.
Type of Event: Multi Art Festival
(English) 
Following on from our prize-winning Pimp My Uke project Age Cymru and Men's Sheds present EiSHEDfod.
This shed-showcase is a celebration of all things creative from sheds across Wales. Meet the shedders and learn new skills!
Taking place at the National Museum of Wales on October 17, the workshops and demonstrations will include chainsaw sculptures, willow sculptures and Welsh basket making + a FREE lunch!
Please RSVP to: gwanwyn@agecymru.org.uk
Join us on social media #eiSHEDfod
For more information about the Men's sheds movement or to find a Men's Shed near you, visit their website: http://www.mensshedscymru.co.uk/
Forget-me-Not Chorus present Demenstoria at Penarth Pier Pavilion
- Thursday 21st July 2016
- Tuesday 2nd August 2016
- Penarth Pier Pavilion
Type of Event: Multi Art Exhibition
(English) 
Penarth Pier Pavilion hosts Demenstoria, July 21 - August 2. Presented by the Forget-me-Not Chorus, the exhibition documents and reflects on the experience of living with dementia through photography by Dan Green, with poetry by Louise Osborn, music by David George Harrington and spoken word recorded by actor Tom Cullen.
There will be a series of free concerts as part of the exhibition.
21st July 7pm, String Quartet. Join Emma Waller, Louise Broderick, Marilyn Shewring and Ali Robinson, members of the orchestra of Welsh National Opera for an evening concert.
23rd July 1pm, ‘Love and loss through divinity and nature’ A lunchtime concert with soprano Anna Moelwyn-Williams.
24th July 2.30pm, Open Forget-me-Not Chorus Session. Suitable for people with dementia and their families - taster for new people interested in joining the choir.
26th July 1pm, Musical Delights with David George Harrington. A lunchtime of light musical delights with Forget-me-Not Chorus Composer in Residence, David George Harrington.
28th July 1pm, ‘Mezzo piano’, A lunchtime concert with Forget-me-Not Chorus charity director and mezzo soprano Kate Woolveridge, with accompanist, Rhiannon Pritchard.
29th July 1pm, Enigma Duo. A lunchtime concert with Katherine Thomas (harp) and Laurence Kepton (violin), musicians from the Orchestra of Welsh Natonal Opera.
29th July 7pm, Sarah Pope, Mezzosoprano and George Newton Fitzgerald, Bass. An evening of song from two members of the WNO Chorus
30th July 10am, Exhibition Q&A. Q&A with charity directors, Kate Woolveridge and Sarah Teagle and photographer Dan Green.
Type of Event: Multi Art Festival
Bydd gweithgareddau Gwyl Gwanwyn Galeri yn dechrau gyda Estyneto gyda Cai Tomos yn cynnal sesiwn symud a dawns i bobl dros 50 oed.
Bydd cyfle wedyn i unrhyw un o unrhyw oedran gyd-fwynhau wrth bicio i Stiwdio 2 i drio Sgiliau Syrcas Cimera. Dyma gyfle i weithio ar sgiliau fydd yn cynnwys jyglo, hwla hwp, diabolo, troelli plat, cerdded ar stiltiau a reidio beic un olwyn. Wedyn gellir cael hoe bach dros ginio yng nghaffi newydd Galeri cyn mynd i’r theatr i weld prif atyniad y diwrnod. Mae’r cynhyrchiad cynhyrfus Belonging/Perthyn yn dilyn bywydau dau deulu wrth iddynt ddarganfod nad yw cariad a chwerthin yn dod i ben oherwydd cychwyniad dementia.
Ar unrhyw adeg yn ystod y dydd gellir ymweld â’r Safle Celf i fwynhau gwaith yr artist David Jones sydd wedi bod yn cynhyrchu gwaith diddorol ers yr 1960au.
African Drumming Performance
- Saturday 28th May 2016
- Monday 30th May 2016
- Powerhouse Open-mic night (28th May) and Min-y-Mor, Aberaeron (30th May)
Type of Event: Music Performance
(English) 
Performances by participants of Rachel Hargrave's Gwanwyn African Drumming Workshops.
The workshops will take place on Mondays 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd of May.
The performances will be on the 28th of May at the Powerhouse Open-mic night with another performance at Min-y-Mor, Aberaeron on 30th May.
Gwanwyn 10th birthday celebration at Park and Dare Theatre Treorchy
- Friday 27th May 2016
- Park and Dare Theatre Treorchy
Type of Event: Multi Art Festival
(English) 
A full day of activities include a screening of Eddie the Eagle staring Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackson, and an afternoon of live music from the 50s and 60s with Owen Money and the Travelling Wrinklies.
There will also be demonstrations and have-a-go sessions from local arts and craft groups from 11am - 1pm. Come along and try out something new!
Only Men Aloud at Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare for Gwanwyn 10th Birthday
- Sunday 22nd May 2016
- Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare
Type of Event: Music Performance
(English) 
We’re delighted that Only Men Aloud will perform their very first matinee at the Coliseum in Aberdare, especially for Gwanwyn's 10th birthday celebrations.
Tickets are available from the Box Office on 08000 147 111 also in person from the Aberdare Coliseum and Treorchy Park and Dare Theatre.
Saxophone Workshops and Jazz Jam with Sax For Fun!
- Sunday 22nd May 2016
- Wyndham Conservative Club, Harbour Rd, Barry CF62 5RZ (2 - 4 pm) / Coffee Cove, Friars Road, Barry Island (6 - 8 pm)
Type of Event: Music Workshop
(English) 
Sax For Fun! Saxophone workshop #1 (2-4pm) - offering people an opportunity to try playing a saxophone.
Sax workshop #2 for beginners (6-8pm) – playing basic tunes to perform at our Jazz Jam event in the evening.
Jazz Jam – performance opportunities for all jazz and blues fans to sit and listen or join in with the band! A chance to perform centre stage with a live band. Open to all instruments and vocalists.
Dementia Day at Cardiff Central Library
- Friday 20th May 2016
- Cardiff Central Library, The Hayes, Cardiff
Type of Event: Music Workshop
(English) 
A musical celebration and open day at Squirrels Nest Men’s Shed in Bridgend.
The Epic Award winning shedders will be showing off dulcimer and ukulele instruments made at the shed. A chance for the community to come together and share the fun. Food and refreshments will be available.
'We will be inviting other men’s shed members from across South and West Wales, along with our neighbours and supporters from Bridgend and the surrounding areas. Please let us know if you would like to come along.'
You can follow Squirrel's Nest on Twitter: @SquirrelsNestMS
Type of Event: Music Performance
Cyfle i’r oedolion sy’n derbyn gwersi yng Nghanolfan Gerdd William Mathias i rannu llwyfan mewn cyngerdd anffurfiol.
Bydd perfformiadau gan unawdwyr, Côr Hamdden Mathias (sef Côr ar gyfer oedolion sy’n cyfarfod yn wythnosol ar brynhawn Iau) ac ensemble cellos oedolion newydd sydd wedi ei ffurfio yn arbennig ar gyfer yr achlysur.
Mae croeso cynnes i’r rhai sy’n derbyn gwersi ond ddim yn dymuno perfformio yn gyhoeddus ddod i wrando ynghyd â chyfeillion a theulu wedi eu gwahodd gan y perfformwyr a phreswylwyr o gartrefi gofal lleol.
Ross Leadbeater’s Great British Songbook - Dementia Friendly Performance
- Wednesday 18th May 2016
- Blackwood Miners’ Institute
Type of Event: Music Performance
(English) 
Following his critically acclaimed West End concerts, Ross Leadbeater, the award winning Welsh singer-pianist and musical director, celebrates his musical favourites from The Great British Songbook.
This will be a Dementia Friendly performance. There will be informal cabaret-style seating, and the houselights won’t be completely down. Audience members will be able to come and go as they need.
From Ivor Novello to Andrew Lloyd Webber, with The Beatles, Take That, Coldplay and Gilbert & Sullivan - there is something for everyone!
Aging Creatively at Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, part of Gwanwyn's 10th birthday celebrations
- Tuesday 17th May 2016
- Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon
Type of Event: Multi Art Festival
(English) Join the party at Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon for a full day of both free and ticketed arts events. Develop an existing skill or try something new.
For full details contact the box office.
Generation Movers
- Thursday 12th May 2016
- Thursday 19th May 2016
- Thursday 26th May 2016
- Tir-y-Berth Community Centre 10-11.30am / Ynysddu Sardis Church Hall 1.30-3pm
Type of Event: Dance Workshop
(English) An intergenerational workshop (led by community arts practitioner Gina Roberts) where older members of the community join mothers and toddlers in a creative play session combining movement, dance, songs, music and puppets.
This session brings together groups and individuals who would not normally have the opportunity to enjoy themselves and each others company in a shared activity.
Tir-y-Berth Community centre 10-11.30am
Ynysddu Sardis Church Hall 1.30-3pm
Type of Event: Music Workshop
(English) 
Span Arts’ Singing Tea Party will take place in Narberth on May the 10th 2016. There will be Lyons Tea House style refreshments and local choir leaders will lead songs from a bygone era.
The tea party will be open to anybody who wants a trip down memory lane with tea, cakes and a vintage sing-a-long.
Gwanwyn 10th Birthday Week at Pontardawe Arts Centre
- Monday 9th May 2016
- Tuesday 10th May 2016
- Wednesday 11th May 2016
- Thursday 12th May 2016
- Friday 13th May 2016
- Saturday 14th May 2016
- Pontardawe Arts Centre, Pontardawe
Type of Event: Multi Art Festival
(English) 
The party extends over a week at the Pontardawe Arts Centre, and includes drop in arts and craft sessions, films and a performance from the Siren Sisters (13th May, 2pm).
Films include:
May 10th, 10.30, Ping Pong Breakfast Movie. In this documentary the competitors at an over 80's table tennis championship in Mongolia prove that you're never too old for gold. Followed by table tennis in the studio room.
May 11th, 2pm, Last Vegas starring Robert DeNiro and Morgan Freeman.
May 12th, 10.30, The Hundred Foot Journey Breakfast Movie starring Helen Mirren and Manish Dayal.
Gwanwyn 10th Birthday Party, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
- Saturday 7th May 2016
- Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Type of Event: Multi Art Festival
(English) As part of Gwanwyn's official 10th birthday celebrations, Wales Millennium Centre will be hosting a day of free performances, drop in sessions and workshops from resident organizations, and a variety of craft and information stalls.
Parkour, singing, craft and music workshops will take place throughout the day.
Live Music and Dance on the Glanfa Stage:
12pm Ukulele Nights
1pm Only Menopause Allowed
2pm Heavy Quartet
3pm Renè Griffiths
4pm Tystion
5pm Kitty's Little Big Band
All events on the Glanfa Stage are free, just turn up on the day.
Drop-in Pottery Workshop:
Join an exclusive workshop with Maker's Guild in Wales’ artists to perfect your pottery skills. There will be air drying clay available for you to create an individual piece of work and take your masterpiece home with you at the end of the session. This workshop will begin at 11.30am, with lunch-break at 1pm and will then re-start at 2pm.
Parkour Workshops for older people:
These workshops fuse parkour/free-running with dance and yoga for well-being, fitness and performance purposes. Here’s a way for the participants to explore and reconnect to the environment in a free, safe and structured weekly class led by qualified professionals.
The workshops will start at 11.30am – 12.30pm with an interval and will then start back again at 2pm.
Please contact the Ticket and Information Office on 029 2063 6464 to register your name for a space on the free taster session. There are 20 spaces available on this session.
Yoga with Tori:
This is a general practice for people who are reasonably mobile with a moderate level of fitness. Suitable for both beginners and those who have done yoga before. This event forms part of Gwanwyn Festival.
45 minute session. Starts at 3pm.
http://www.yogawithtori.co.uk/
Please contact the Ticket and Information Office on 029 2063 6464 to register your name for a space on the free taster session. There are 25 spaces available on this session.
Fun and Wellbeing Through Yoga with Rachel Jones:
Limber your body with harmonising sequences. Stretch and strengthen through standing postures. Gain confidence and have fun with balances. Reap the rewards of relaxation of body and mind. This event is part of Gwanwyn Festival.
45 minute session
http://www.penarthyogastudio.co.uk/
Please contact the Ticket and Information Office on 029 2063 6464 to register your name for a space on the free taster session. There are 25 spaces available on this session.
Type of Event: Multi Art Workshop
Gweithdy am ddim i unrhyw un dros 50 oed
Canu, dawnsio, creu a thynnu lluniau. Cinio a lluniaeth am ddim
African Drumming Workshop with Rachel Hargrave
- Monday 2nd May 2016
- Monday 9th May 2016
- Monday 16th May 2016
- Monday 23rd May 2016
- Powerhouse Arts and Community Centre, Pont-Tyweli, LLandysul
Type of Event: Music Workshop
(English)
Be welcomed to this short series of hand and heart warming African drum workshops with Rachel Hargrave. We will start with gentle warm-up exercises and go on to introduce the African drums and percussion instruments that we will use in these sessions. In a friendly and supportive atmosphere, we will learn how to easily produce the sounds on these instruments and how to combine them into exciting and mesmerizing rhythms.
There will be an opportunity for members of the workshops to take part a public performance at one of monthly Pwerdy Open Mic night events at the end of the month.
Type of Event: Music Festival
(English) Start off the festive season at Festive-All! in Cardiff Bay.
Type of Event: Music Performance
(English) 
Featuring Boy George and Kim Wilde
With The Welsh Pops Orchestra
A celebration of one of the most iconic figures in British Pop.
From unlikely beginnings in a London nightclub to a music and fashion revolution that spread world-wide, Steve Strange was one of the guiding lights of the New Romantic movement that sprang to technicolor life in the early ’80s.
Synths were king, lavish make-up was a must and androgyny was ‘in’. Eye-liner was taken to a whole new level and changed the face of Top of the Pops - from punk-based austerity to a vivid palette of glamour and modern art.
Steve and his nightclub partner Rusty Egan joined with Midge Ure and Billy Currie to form Visage. And the rest is history…
Now, following the untimely death of Wales’ own New Romantic icon earlier this year, some of Steve’s friends are coming together to help support a cause close to his heart, the care of the elderly.
Performing hits of their own alongside music from Visage, they’ll be accompanied by the Welsh Pops Orchestra in a night celebrating the sights and sounds of the eighties.
Join us to remember a remarkable life through the music which defined a generation.
Proceeds from fundraising activity around this concert will support the partnership between Wales Millennium Centre and Age Cymru; working together to increase access to the arts for older people.
Type of Event: Multi Art Performance
(English) Exhibition / performance featuring TAN Dance, Musical Memories Choir and more. It will be a celebratory event raising awareness for the creativity of people living with dementia and for the support that is available for them. Interactive activities throughout the day will including art, music and ballroom dancing.
We hope to produce a collective piece of art through out the day that expresses something about life with dementia.
Type of Event: Music Performance
(English) Jobina Tinnemans is a Pembrokeshire-based composer. Her contemporary compositions are inspired by the majestic Welsh landscape that surrounds her. In 2013 the MATA festival for young composers, co-founded by Philip Glass, commissioned her to write a new work, which premiered in Brooklyn, NYC. The work is called 'Killing Time' and Tinnemans uses prepared knitting needles as part of the performing ensemble. Knitting stitches with these needles trigger the mercurial sounds of nature and wildlife she recorded and composed in her computer. The title is a wink to the craft of knitting, because it's more to do with the timelessness of the Pwll Deri coastal landscape. Jobina got approached by Vogue Knitting NYC and will stage this Pembrokeshire piece at their Live Event gala dinner in January of next year.
"Known for her work with musique concrète, Dutch-Welsh composer Jobina Tinnemans follows the lead of the late Cornelius Cardew, incorporating nonmusicians into a new music context. Her MATA commission, "Killing Time", is a concerto grosso for solo knitters, instrumental ensemble, and a ripieno orchestra of knitters, visualizing the passage of time through its trace in fibre." (MATA NYC)
Type of Event: Music Workshop
(English) Participants will gather for a fun singing session led by three of SE Wales experienced facilitators, Helen Vincent, Maxine Bennett and Celia Webb. You can find out more, join in, and experience first-hand the laughter and power generated by everyone and witness the uplifting and wonderful atmosphere created by having fun with songs both new and familiar.
Type of Event: Music Workshop
(English) Take part in beatboxing sessions with Matthew Hann, whether you’re younger or older, this is a great opportunity for you try something new and different.
Type of Event: Music Workshop
(English) Jobina Tinnemans is a Pembrokeshire-based composer. Her contemporary compositions are inspired by the majestic Welsh landscape that surrounds her. For MATA festival NYC she composed a work using prepared knitting needles as part of the performing ensemble. Knitting stitches with these needles trigger the mercurial sounds of nature and wildlife she recorded and composed in her computer.
In this workshop Jobina will talk about how this idea came about and her experiences of working with local knitting communities in Wales and New York in preparation for the concert. There are 8-10 places available for knitters of any ability to work with the prepared needles and with the timing certain stitches generate whilst knitting. This timing is important for Tinnemans' knitted music. You will hear how your knitting will trigger the sound of either wind or sea, be a single voice in a flock of squawking gannets, rustling of leaves. As a group together an entire natural soundscape will appear.
Strumble Head is a coastal natural gem situated in South West Wales, defined by its majestic cliffs. This soundscape music will feature undulating rhythms of waves dramatically crashing against cliffs smashing into foaming peaks, the sub-aquatic melodies of porpoise song carrying far into the unknown deep, the mechanical murmuring of the lighthouse bringing home safe the sailors of many a folk tale.
Type of Event: Art
(English) A free arts and well being day at Aberystwyth Arts Centre open to anyone aged 50 or over - feel free to come to all or part of the day
A day of free activities with the emphasis on fun and trying something new (tho' we positively welcome people with experience too!)
Sign up to one of our full length sessions or just come along to see what's happening, have some lunch and join in one of our drop in activities
Note - there will be limited places on some activities, so advance booking is essential
