wales Music News (United Kingdom)

Welsh tenor Wynne Evans is to headline the St David’s Week festival in Swansea with the Morriston Orpheus Choir joining him for a special concert at the Brangwyn Hall on Saturday February 25.

Community Music Wales is the leading Welsh music charity in Wales and has joined up with Dischromatics, also based in Wales to provide further help for artists, groups and bands by offering an exclusive discount to its members.

Three exciting orchestra concerts perform at the Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts this year.

SAMBA Tawe will start festivities when the annual World Party event comes to Swansea on Saturday.

Puccini's La Bohème will be screened live on Swansea’s London 2012 Live Site in the first of three BP Summer Big Screen relays from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden

Tim Thorpe, Principal Horn of BBC National Orchestra of Wales, will perform one of the great horn concertos alongside the rest of the Orchestra, in a concert at Swansea’s Brangwyn Hall on Friday 27 April, 7.30pm.

There is an unique opportunity to catch the gifted Heath Quartet who perform at the Brangwyn Hall on Thursday 26 April at 7.30pm, courtesy of the Vera Smart Trust.

Welsh pianist Llŷr Williams returns to Swansea’s Brangwyn Hall to perform alongside the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, in a concert conducted by Roberto Minczuk on Saturday 10 March, 7.30pm.

Welsh tenor Wynne Evans is to headline the St David’s Week festival in Swansea with the Morriston Orpheus Choir joining him for a special concert at the Brangwyn Hall on Saturday February 25.

Be part of the celebrations at Swansea as the city celebrates the Olympic Year

PATRIOTIC people in Swansea have a lot to look forward to this month with the start of the Six Nations and St David’s Week on the horizon.

Mae Dinas a Sir Abertawe a'i phartneriaid yn cyhoeddi dychweliad Wythnos Gŵyl Ddewi – wythnos o ddathlu a fydd yn coffáu nawddsant Cymru ac yn dathlu etifeddiaeth Gymreig gyfoethog y ddinas o gerddoriaeth, bwyd, dawns, barddoniaeth a diwylliant.

The City & County of Swansea and partners announce the return of St David’s Week – a week long celebration which will commemorate Wales’ patron saint and celebrates the city’s rich Welsh heritage of music, food, dance, poetry and culture.

TICKETS for a series of festive concerts starting this weekend at Swansea's Brangwyn Hall are fast running out.

ANYONE searching for festive atmosphere should look no further than Swansea’s historic Brangwyn Hall this Christmas.

The Brangwyn Hall has a fantastic array of live seasonal entertainment to prepare and ensure the perfect start to your Christmas period.

Top Welsh musician and S4C TV personality Alwyn Humphreys is to introduce and conduct a candlelight concert at the Brangwyn Hall on Sunday 13 November.

TICKETS are now available for a candlelight concert at Swansea’s Brangwyn Hall that will celebrate birthdays and anniversaries.

Community Music Wales is the leading Welsh music charity in Wales and has joined up with Dischromatics, also based in Wales to provide further help for artists, groups and bands by offering an exclusive discount to its members.

It may be a little early – or late – for Easter Egg Hunts, but the Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts is inviting the people of Swansea to a Golden Egg Hunt on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 September at 11am

Three exciting orchestra concerts perform at the Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts this year.

SAMBA Tawe will start festivities when the annual World Party event comes to Swansea on Saturday.

The first two acts for the annual World Party event have been unveiled.

October 2011 will see an amazing twenty-three events performed over seventeen days at seven venues throughout the City at the Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts

Everyone needs a helping hand when starting out on a career – especially when it’s a career in the competitive world of professional music.

Oystermouth Castle in Swansea is all set to host a number of outdoor summer performances

Dangerloops (www.dangerloops.com) has officially launched their brand new sample sound and premium wav drum kit website with a new business model that will turn the industry upside down. Dangerloops has become the new Walmart of the Sample library.

Sintra Music Festival is a prestigious classical music and ballet festival that has taken place in Portugal’s fairytale town of Sintra for over 40 years.

TICKETS are still available for two festive concerts in the build-up to Christmas at Swansea's Brangwyn Hall.

Oenz, a indie band from South Wales in the UK, have released their debut single ‘Help Me’ today, to raise funds for research into cancer treatment and prevention. The song is out worldwide on iTunes, Amazon mp3 and leading download music stores.

On Saturday 27th November, Roland UK will be hosting an interactive webcast showcasing the latest gear and answering questions in real time

A group of people from the music industry is embarking on a week-long cycle ride from Land’s End to London.Three special fundraising events are planned during the week-long ride. The events will feature several exclusive artist performances.

Catrin Finch has been lined-up to take the stage at the city's Brangwyn Hall on October 12 as part of the Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts.

Aled Jones will compere the 2010 BBC Proms in the Park in Swansea

Clubbing TV, the world’s first 24/7 music channel dedicated to electronic music, DJ & club culture, has launched its live TV channel on Yamgo, the world’s leading mobile TV network.

How often do you see a film, watch a TV ad, or catch a theme tune and think “where have I heard that before?”. At this year’s Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts you will be sure to catch something that makes you think one of those things.

Wales’ largest Festival of its kind, the Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts, takes place this year between 7 and 17 October.

Richard Lloyd’s play, The Shoeshine, will be performed at the Dylan Thomas Centre on Friday, 9 July at 7.30pm.

The Dylan Thomas Centre hosts a special Poets and Music in the Bookshop event with Clare Potter and the Dave Jones Trio on Thursday, 24 June at 7.30pm.

On Monday 28 June at 7.15pm, musicians from Swansea Community Orchestra will perform at Swansea's Brangwyn Hall

This Friday 28 May at 3.30pm, the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery presents performance artist Chowchoo Papillon as the free live music Free:30 Sessions get underway this month.

THIS summer’s events at the Brangwyn Hall will be music to the ears of concert-goers everywhere.

Boss make the world’s most popular guitar effects pedals, over 10 million pedals sold worldwide to date. To celebrate we’ve produced this free downloadable Boss screensaver.

Gary Barlow, Russell Watson, Mike Skinner (The Streets), Sade, Moby, Kate Nash and Chris Cameron (George Michael and Leona Lewis) all have at least two things in common: they’re all professional musicians, and they all have a Roland V-Piano.

Cakewalk, Roland and Boss have joined forces to create the ideal recording solution for guitar players who want to start making music with a PC. The V-Studio 20 is here!

Roland’s compact R-05 is easy to use, affordable, and packed with big-ticket features which raise the bar in its price class

Roland is proud to introduce the Lucina AX-09, a compact and affordable shoulder synthesizer that’s perfect for music hobbyists and children.

With its massive sound, hands on ease-of-play, and affordable price, Roland’s GAIA SH-01 is high-performance value with old-school charm

Roland’s award-winning V-Accordion family expands with the FR-3X

Point, record, play and burn: Roland’s new CD-2i makes recording and CD production more convenient than ever. Everything is self-contained, with no computer or external gear required

BOSS continues its top-selling tradition of portable, affordable multi-trackers with the new BR-800 — a battery-powered studio to go.

Swansea is gearing up to celebrate St David’s Day in unrivalled style with a week long Festival in the city. Plus three of the biggest gigs of the year are in the Brangwyn Hall from February 22.

On Friday 19 February at St David’s Hall Cardiff at 7pm and Saturday 20 February at 7.30pm at Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, BBC National Orchestra of Wales will perform two of Tchaikovsky’s famous works.

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