MARED EMLYN

Lunchtime Recital: The Best of Welsh Folksongs
Friday November 19 / Dydd Gwener Tachwedd 19

1.00 p.m.
Bulkeley Hotel Ballroom
Tickets / Tocynnau: £12·00

As of 15th November, proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test in the previous 48 hours is required for entry.

Including Y Gwŷdd, Dafydd y Garreg Wen, Hiraeth, Clychau Aberdyfi and Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn.
Arranged by Alun Hoddinott, William Mathias, John Thomas and Grace Williams.
Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone,  Mared Emlyn, harp.

A graduate of Bangor University, Mared completed a doctorate in performance on the harp and composition in 2014 with a scholarship funded by the European Union. She studied composition with Dr Pwyll ap Siôn and harp with Elinor Bennett, with additional lessons in Switzerland and Canada. In 2011, she won the Urdd National Eisteddfod’s Chief Composition medal for her work Perlau yn y Glaw for solo harp, which is now performed regularly at different harp competitions and festivals. Mared has received a number of composition commissions, including works for Wales International Piano Festival, Colwyn Male Voice Choir, a work for the Bangor Music Festival premiered by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and a harp concerto for the Beaumaris Festival, performed by the Welsh Chamber Orchestra, with Mared herself as the soloist. In 2018, she collaborated with musician Gwenan Gibbard and poet Mererid Hopwood on a commission by the Wales International Harp Festival to celebrate the world renowned harpist Osian Ellis’ 90th birthday. Mared performs in concerts as a soloist, as part of ensembles and as a member of orchestras.