UWB Crest

School of Music

CAWMS Conference

Music in Wales: The Old and the New

The Centre for Advanced Welsh Music Studies is hosting a two-day conference in partnership with St Fagans National History Museum designed to explore the theme of ‘Music in Wales: the Old and the New’. We hope that anyone with an interest in Welsh music will join us. Highlights of the conference include a keynote lecture by Professor Gareth Williams (University of Glamorgan) entitled Last Judgment in Treherbert – Revisiting the ‘Land of Song’ c.1870–1920 and a concert of works by Welsh composers on Friday evening. This will feature a performance of Hadau ('Seeds'), this year’s visual art commission for the National Eisteddfod, representing a collaborative response by artist Christine Mills and composer Dr Guto Puw to the Welsh tradition of Cerdd Dant.

The Conference will commence on Thursday, 12 November 2009 at 18.00 and will end on Saturday, 14 November at 16.30.

Timetable

The conference timetable is available [here]

Any changes to the timetable or further announcements will be posted on this website as soon as possible. Please check regularly. Those who have already registered will be notified automatically of changes by e-mail.

Venue and Directions:

Conference events on Friday and Saturday take place in the Oakdale Workmen's Institute, St Fagans National History Museum, Cardiff, CF5 6XB. Please see http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/stfagans/ for further details. You can download a map of the site here.

The Thursday evening session will take place in the Small Lecture Theatre, School of Music, Cardiff University, Corbett Road, Cardiff, CF10 3EB (0)29 208 74816). Directions are available at http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/music/aboutus/.

To reach St Fagans:

St Fagans: National History Museum is located 4 miles west of Cardiff City Centre, just off the A4232.

The Museum is signposted from junction 33 of the M4 motorway (follow road signs for the Museum of Welsh Life), with direct access from the A4232 (see link to Google maps at http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/stfagans/visit/)

Car parking: £3.00 per car per day payable at Pay and Display points. A 12-month season ticket costing £15.00 is available from the Museum Reception. No charge is made for disabled badge holders or motorbikes.

There is also a cycle rack adjacent to the car park for anyone wishing to cycle to the museum.

Buses operate between Cardiff Central Bus Station (immediately outside Cardiff Central rail station) and St Fagans throughout the year. Buses Nos. 32 and 320 from Stand B3 run to St Fagans at least hourly during the Museum's visiting hours. Bus No.56, which stops outside Cardiff Castle, also goes to St Fagans.

 

Registration

It will be possible to register with one of the conference assistants at the beginning of each session.  A Registration form is available [here]. Please complete a form and return it to cawms@bangor.ac.uk or to the address below by Thursday, 5 November 2009. Registration fees (which include the evening concert on Friday and tea/coffee during the day) are as follows:

Regular rate (all sessions): £25.00       
Student regular rate (all sessions): £17.50
Daily registration rate (for those wishing to register for one or more sessions on either 12, 13 or 14 November, 2009): £15.00  

Cheques should be made payable to Bangor University.

CAWMS (Conference 2009),
School of Music
Bangor University
BANGOR, Gwynedd, Wales.
LL57 2DG
Email: cawms@bangor.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1248 382173
Fax: +44 (0)1248 383895

Eating

There is a choice of three places to eat within the Museum itself.

• The assisted-service Vale Restaurant, situated on the first floor of the museum, serves hot and cold lunches; a range of sandwiches, baguettes & salads; home-made soup; cakes; and hot and cold drinks.
• Cafe Bardi is situated in the Main Entrance Hall and serves a variety of home-made cakes, sandwiches, boxed salads and soup and also hot and cold drinks.
• Gwalia Tea Rooms is a traditional 1930s tea room serving light lunches and afternoon teas.

On Friday evening (preceding the concert at 19.30), the following places in St Fagans Village are recommended:

The Old Post Office, Greenwood Lane, St.Fagans, Cardiff, CF5 6EL Tel: 029 2056 5400

http://www.theoldpostofficerestaurant.co.uk/ (See Early Bird Special from 6.00–7.30)

Plymouth Arms, St Fagans, Cardiff, CF5 6DU Tel: 0292 056 9173

http://www.vintageinn.co.uk/theplymoutharmssaintfagans/

 

Accommodation

Accommodation costs are not included in the Conference Registration fee, but there is a wide choice of convenient accommodation near to St Fagans Museum itself.

You may wish to consult the lists of private hotels, guest houses and Bed and Breakfast accommodation available below:

http://www.bedandbreakfasts.co.uk/propertysearch.asp?location=Cardiff+West+Moto+Services+M4+Junction+33%0D%0A

M4 Travelodge

http://www.travelodge.co.uk/

Please note:  Conference delegates are responsible for making their own travel, food and accommodation arrangements. CAWMS cannot be held responsible for any such costs incurred by any individual attending the Conference.

 

Sponsorship

Financial support has been kindly provided by the following organisations:

The Centre for Advanced Welsh Music Studies, Bangor University

St Fagans National History Museum
Mantais

The National Eisteddfod

For Further Information

Please contact:
CAWMS (Conference 2009) (cawms@bangor.ac.uk)
School of Music
Bangor University,
College Road,
Bangor, Gwynedd. LL57 2DG

Tel: +44 (0)1248 382173 or 07922 113045 after Tuesday 10 November
Fax: +44 (0)1248 383895