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Mr Stephen Rees

Lecturer in Musicology

s.p.rees@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 382184

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Mr Stephen Rees

View Mr Stephen Rees’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

Publications

2011

  • PublishedBlodeugerdd: Song of the Flowers. An Anthology of Welsh Music and Song: (Smithsonian Folkways SFWCD 40522, 2009)
    Rees, S., 31 Dec 2011, In: Yearbook of Traditional Music. 43, p. 258-259
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

2007

  • PublishedA New Celtic Tradition? Group Instrumental Performance in the Welsh Folk Revival, c.1975–c.1979
    Rees, S., 31 Jul 2007, In: Welsh Music History. 7, p. 304-324 21 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2006

  • PublishedCeltic and european identities in the revivial of Welsh traditional music.
    Rees, S. P., 7 Sept 2006.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2005

  • PublishedFy amser i ganu: Adolygiad o ‘Merêd: Meredydd Evans yn canu 50 o ganeuon gwerin traddodiadol’ (Sain SCD 2414, 2005)
    Rees, S., 1 Nov 2005, Barn, 514, p. 15-16 2 p.
    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review

2002

  • PublishedCoeden Dân
    Rees, S. (Performer), 1 Jan 2002
    Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
  • PublishedCwttig
    Rees, S. (Performer), 1 Jan 2002
    Research output: Non-textual form › Performance

2001

  • PublishedCam Ymlaen
    Rees, S. P. (Composer) & 0, [. V. (Composer), 1 Jan 2001
    Research output: Non-textual form › Composition

2000

  • PublishedTraddodiadau Cerdd Cymru: Darlith Goffa Amy Parry-Williams
    Rees, S., 31 Jul 2000, Aberystwyth: Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru. 20 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

1999

  • PublishedAspects of the Palaeography and History of the Robert ap Huw Manuscript
    Rees, S. & Harper, S., 30 Jun 1999, In: Welsh Music History. 3, p. 54-67 14 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe Violin in Folk Music
    Rees, S., 1 Jun 1999, The Violin Book. Dawes, R. (ed.). London: Balafon Books, p. 118-120 3 p.
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

1998

  • PublishedLate Medieval Secular Song
    Rees, S., 30 Nov 1998, In: Early Music. 26, 4, p. 681-684 4 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

1996

  • PublishedGwlad y Gân: Ail-ddiffinio’r Traddodiad
    Rees, S., 1 Jun 1996, In: Barn. 401, p. 18-20 3 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedGwynfyd Moderniaeth: Christopher Butler, Early Modernism: Literature, Music and Painting in Europe, 1900–1916 (Oxford University Press, 1994)
    Rees, S., 1 Jun 1996, Tu Chwith, 3, p. 87-91.
    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review

Activities

2018

  • Bangor University School of Music Research Seminars 2017–18

    ‘Creative Renewal in the Folk Instrumental Traditions of Wales’

    20 Feb 2018

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)
  • Spheres of Influence

    Music in Eighteenth-Century Anglesey

    3 Feb 2018

    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

2017

  • Alawon Môn / Anglesey Tunes: The Manuscript of Morris Edward (1778) [Bangor MS 2294]

    Survey of melodies in Morris Edward’s Manuscript

    2 Oct 2017

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
  • First International Conference on Women's Work in Music

    ‘Tessie Thomas: The Welsh Violinist’

    Abstract:

    Among British violinists active during the first third of the twentieth century, Neath-born Tessie Thomas stands out as a remarkable prodigy. Brought up in a musical family, she was already performing virtuoso showpieces by Sarasate at the age of ten; shortly thereafter, she was sponsored by a local J.P. to further her studies in Budapest under the tutelage of the internationally renowned violinist and pedagogue, Jenő Hubay (1858–1937). She made a widely acclaimed London debut in 1917, performing as soloist at the Queen’s Hall promenade concerts; one of her programmes included Edward Elgar’s Violin concerto, conducted by the composer.

    During 1917–18, she performed throughout South Wales, including a concerto performance at the Neath National Eisteddfod of 1918. The years immediately following the war saw her give solo and chamber performances across the United Kingdom, and release a number of recordings on 78rpm discs.

    In this paper, I trace the performing career of Tessie Thomas and locate her within a significant tradition of female instrumental soloists from Britain. I also analyse the career trajectory of a spectacularly talented violinist during the years c.1910–c.1925, at a period when possibilties for advanced instrumental training in Wales were scarce.

    6 Sep 2017

    Links:

    • http://wwm.bangor.ac.uk/programme.php.en#wednesday
    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)
  • British Forum for Ethnomusicology

    'Creative Renewal in the Instrumental Traditions of Wales'

    23 Apr 2017

    Links:

    • https://bfe.org.uk/conf/tradition-today
    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

2016

  • Shankland Lecture 1: Fiddle Tunes from Anglesey

    Treasures from Bangor Library and Archives. An examination of the fiddle manuscript written by Morris Edward during the late 1770s. The manuscript is preserved in Bangor University Archives; Morris Edward was known to have been employed to play the fiddle at the Bodorgan estate, and his collection of tunes contains some original compositions, several possibly Morris Edward himself. The presentation includes live performances of music from the manuscript, in arrangements by Stephen Rees.

    12 Oct 2016

    Links:

    • https://youtu.be/VkN7sHcHmac
    Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Lecturer)
  • BEAM 2016

    Instrumental tutor for traditional music classes. trac is an ACW revenue-funded organisation which was set up in 1997 to promote the traditional arts of Wales. I was a member of the team who established trac and was chair of the organisation from 1997 until 2002.

    23 Sep 2016 – 25 Sep 2016

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Invited speaker)
  • Ar Drywydd Treftadaeth / In Search of Heritage

    Co-organiser with Professor Nancy Edwards and Professor Angharad Price. The multi-disciplinary colloquium featured speakers from many fields, and also succeded in drawing in members of the public. Feedback from those who attended and speakers was extremely positive.

    1 Mar 2016 – 21 Jun 2016

    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Organiser)
  • BFE / RMA Research Students' Conference 2016

    Keyboard accompanist for a lecture-recital by Aaron McGregor (PhD candidate, University of Glasgow) on Early Scottish Fiddle Music.

    6 Jan 2016

    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)

2015

  • Bangor University School of Music Research Seminars

    [with Huw Roberts] ‘Telyn Cefn Mably’ (‘The Harp of Cefn Mably’): A Newly-Discovered Triple Harp by Bassett Jones and the Abergavenny Eisteddfod of 1848’

    24 Nov 2015

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)
  • The North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (NAFCo), 2015

    'Making New Tradition(s):Adaptation and Individuation in Welsh Fiddle Playing'

    16 Oct 2015

    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)
  • The English Fiddle Symposium

    ' "For Wales, see England"? Adaptation and Individuation in Welsh Fiddle Playing'

    30 Apr 2015

    Links:

    • http://www.sagegateshead.com/mmlib/includes/sendapplicationfile.php?id=8227
    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)
  • Offerynnau’r Werin? Y Delyn a’r Ffidil yng Nghymru / Instruments of the Folk? The Fiddle and Harp in Wales

    Darlith yr Ŵyl / Festival Lecture

    This bilingual lecture traces the history and status of the harp and fiddle in Wales, with particular emphasis on their use in different contexts, the nature of bardic, classical and 'folk' repertoires employed at different periods, and the ways in which the different types of harp, fiddle and crwth are being currently revived.

    2 Apr 2015

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
  • Musical instruments and Material Culture

    ‘Telyn Cefn Mably’ (‘The Harp of Cefn Mably’): A Newly-Discovered Triple Harp by Bassett Jones and the Abergavenny Eisteddfod of 1848’

    26 Mar 2015

    Links:

    • http://www.ictm.ie/?p=1331
    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

2014

  • One Century of Record Labels

    ‘Fflach Tradd. (1996– ): Labels, Sub-labels, and the Welsh Folk Revival’

    6 Nov 2014

    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)
  • Cynhadledd Breswyl Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru 2014

    'Adnewyddiad yn y Traddodiad Offerynnol yng Nghymru'

    27 Sep 2014

    Links:

    • http://www.canugwerin.com/uploads/cynhadleddcagc14_.pdf
    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Invited speaker)
  • Atlantic Sounds: Ships and Sailortowns [An AHRC Research Networking Project]

    ‘J. Glyn Davies (1870–1953) and the Creation of a Welsh Shanty Tradition’

    14 Mar 2014

    Links:

    • http://www.open.ac.uk/arts/research/tackley-atlantic-sounds/international-conference-and-study-day
    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

2012

  • North Atlantic Fiddle Convention 2012

    [Attendee; no presentation given]

    26 Jun 2012 – 1 Jul 2012

    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)

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