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School of Music

About us

Image showing a rare list of tunes and changes notated for bells or chimes, copied about 1635 into the Commonplace Book of Phillip Powell of Brecon

CAWMS was founded in 1994 by Professor John Harper, who was succeeded as director in 2003 by Dr Sally Harper. It is one of four recognized Centres of Excellence within the School of Music at Bangor, and is administered through the School.

Other Bangor scholars associated with the Centre:

Honorary Research Fellow of CAWMS:

Mr Paul Whittaker

Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, School of Music

Dr Craig Owen Jones

Bangor Postgraduates working in associated areas:

  • David R. Jones           
    W. S. Gwynn Williams
  • Graeme Cotterill         
    Issues of Identity in Grace Williams’s Orchestral Works
  • Geraint Lewis            
    The Music of William Mathias
  • Leila Salisbury           
    Iolo Morganwg and Music
  • James Cassarino        
    Welsh Hymnody
  • Gorwel Owen             
    Technology and local music-making in the twenty-first century
  • Owain Llwyd              
    Composing Music for Film and TV in Wales
  • Tristian Evans            
    Post-Minimalism (including Karl Jenkins)

The Centre also collaborates with colleagues in the Schools of Welsh, History, English, Linguistics and Creative Industries.