Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama - What's On Spring 2015

SPRING 2015

NEW Writing Season returns Iestyn Davies sings Dowland Friday Night is Latin Night Llŷr Williams Sonata Series continues Britten’s Albert Herring Comedy at the College

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Our season is dominated by a wide ranging celebration of the voice that will see our talented singers tackle everything from Contemporary Opera Scenes with Music Theatre Wales to a new production of Britten’s joyous Albert Herring.

Meanwhile the Richard Burton Company return to all things NEW with a second season of newly commissioned short plays to be performed both here and in London.

In music, we look forward to welcoming back the outstanding countertenor Iestyn Davies with a wonderful programme of Dowland songs.

Llŷr Williams continues his Beethoven Sonata Series and Lito Fontana promises a great Latino celebration in brass.

In theatre too we have exciting returns from The Westenders and the very popular Reduced Shakespeare Company with The Complete History of Comedy. Our Burns Night is back for 2015 featuring its tried and tested formula of a concert, Burns supper and ceilidh.

We are also pleased to announce that following on from the abolition of all our booking and credit card fees last season, we are introducing selectyour-own-seat technology on our website this spring making booking with us easier than ever.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Contents Spring 2015

Fri 16 January — Fri 27 March 5.30pm — 7pm

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Our relaxed session in the foyer is the must-be place for jazz fans in Cardiff at Friday teatime. Paula Gardiner presents some of the most exciting young jazz musicians on the scene.

Foyer Admission Free

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Free Events

4 Richard Burton Company 7 Comedy at the College 8 Visiting Theatre Companies 10 International Artists

Enjoy Tapas from our Cafe Bar 4pm —7pm

12 Orchestral Concerts

Supported by the Arts Council of Wales and the Colwinston Charitable Trust

13 Special Concerts 14 Opera 16 Llŷr Williams Beethoven Sonata Series

Tues 13 January — Tues 24 March 6pm — 7pm

Chamber Tuesdays

17 Steinway International Piano Series

Come and hear our Chamber Ensembles showcasing their work, every Tuesday.

18 Lunchtime Guests

Foyer Admission Free

20 Lunchtime Lights

Sat 7 February 3.45pm

22 Collisions

Junior Conservatoire Foyer Concert

23 More Music 26 Junior Conservatoire & Young Actors Studio

Enjoy a free recital given by our talented Junior musicians (aged 8-18) in the beautiful surroundings of the foyer.

Foyer Admission Free

COVER, Devesh Kishore, Photo Kirsten McTernan

The student performance programme is supported by Connect www.rwcmd.ac.uk/connect

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Bursaries for Junior Conservatoire Students are supported by the Leverhulme Trust, the Wolfson Foundation, ABRSM and the D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust.

Andrew Miller Head of Creative Programming

Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff 029 2039 1391

Free Events

Welcome

I hope you joined us during our phenomenally busy and successful autumn season and that you will return to the Royal Welsh College this spring.

Richard Burton Company

Richard Burton Company

Ages

14+ Oed

Dogville October 2014, Photo Craig Sugden

by Martin McDonagh

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Directed by Jamie Garven (Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, The Wonderful World of Dissocia) Billy is desperate to escape the day to day torment of living in Inishmaan, a windblown speck off the west coast of Ireland. When a Hollywood film crew arrive on a neighbouring island – maybe this is his chance?

A very funny coming of age story in a very peculiar place. This dark comedy recently triumphed on the West End and Broadway with Daniel Radcliffe as Billy.

Longing

by William Boyd Directed by Bruce Guthrie Bestselling novelist Boyd’s first play weaves together two of Chekhov’s short stories, My Life and A Visit to Friends, in to a comic tale about Russian provincial life.

Bute Theatre Tickets £12 £10 concessions (Under 25s £6) No Performance on Sunday

Tues 10 — Mon 16 February 7pm Matinée Fri 13 February 2.30pm

Reasons to be Pretty

by Neil LaBute Directed by Natasha Nixon The final part of Neil LaBute’s trilogy of plays (The Shape of Things, Fat Pig) exploring society’s obsession with being beautiful. Greg tells his girlfriend Steph that she has a ‘regular’ face, not realising the knock on effect this will have on their relationship.

Thurs 5 March 7.15pm Fri 6 March 4pm & 7.15pm

The Wearable Art Show

Caird Studio Tickets £12 £10 concessions (Under 25s £6) No Performance on Sunday

Ages

Mon 23 February 7.30pm Tues 24 February 1.15pm

16+ Oed

Actor’s Showcase

32 actors have two minutes each to show us what they’ve got!

An event designed to give our actors the chance to showcase their talents to industry professionals - and you!

Richard Burton Theatre Tickets £12 £10 concessions (Under 25s £6) No Performance on Sunday

Richard Burton Theatre Tickets £10 £8 concessions Strange Orchestra October 2014, Photo Kirsten McTernan

Weird, wild and witty costumes inspired by Ravel’s L’Enfant’s et les Sortileges. Exploring this lyric fantasy through costume construction, character and challenging scrap materials, our free-spirited designers will present a captivating costume performance, with dance, light and sound. A magical musical performance performed with panache.

Bute Theatre Tickets £8 £6 concessions

Supported by The Ashley Family Foundation and Connect

The Richard Burton Company is sponsored by

Drama at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is supported by the Richard Carne Trust and the Spielman Charitable Trust

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The Cripple of Inishmaan

Tues 10 — Mon 16 February 7.15pm Matinée Thurs 12 February 2.30pm

Photo Allie Saunders

Tues 10 — Mon 16 February 7.30pm Matinée Wed 11 February 2.30pm

Stars that have emerged from The Comedy Network over the past 17 years include Russell Howard, Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, Bill Bailey, Ed Byrne, Harry Hill, Daniel Kitson, Lee & Herring, Al Murray - The Pub Landlord, Ross Noble, Dave Gorman, Sean Lock, Lee Mack and many more.

Ages

18+

Ray Peacock

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Wed 21 January 8pm

Gareth Richards Jack Barry Steve Bugeja

PHOTOS Kirsten McTernan

Wed 25 February 8pm

Ray Peacock Tommy Rowson Steve Bugeja

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The Richard Burton Company’s weeklong celebration of new writing returns in 2015 with four world premieres in Cardiff before transferring to London’s Gate Theatre.

Gary Owen returns with a new version of La Ronde and he will be joined by three more plays, each a world premiere, developed in collaboration with The Royal Court Theatre, National Theatre of Wales and Paines Plough, written by some of the UK’s most promising new writing talent.

The Richard Burton Company performances at the Gate Theatre are principally supported by the Garfield Weston Foundation

2015 Playwrights Brad Birch National Theatre Wales Luke Norris Paines Plough Melissa Bubnic Royal Court Gary Owen Royal Welsh College A full schedule of NEW performance times will be available on our website www.rwcmd.ac.uk

Richard Burton Theatre & Bute Theatre, Cardiff

Wed 18 March 8pm

Carl Hutchinson Ahir Shah Hayley Ellis

Tues 31 March — Fri 3 April www.rwcmd.ac.uk

Tues 7 — Sat 11 April

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Student’s Union Bar (entrance via the Linbury Gallery)

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Line-up is subject to change

The Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, London

The new writing commissions are supported by the Richard Carne Trust and the Spielman Charitable Trust

Carl Hutchinson

NEW: 2015

‘Come stuff your brain at this theatrical buffet.’ @NeilBWriter

Gareth Richards

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Comedy at the College in association with RWC Student’s Union and The Comedy Network

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Comedy at the College

Richard Burton Company

Our comedy nights feature a line-up of standup circuit favourites.

Mary Bijou Cabaret and Social Club

Direct from the West End, Kempner’s tour-de-force impressions comedy won critical acclaim and sell-out audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe last year. As celebrities start appearing at the Abbey, cultures clash and eras hilariously collide in this brilliant new parody, which takes in many other popular TV shows and familiar modern voices to help the cast of Downton save the estate from financial ruin – again!

‘No one is innocent!’ snarls the compere. Walking the line between hilarity and horror, in this Hitchcock cabaret the cast sing for their lives! Expect a singing Mrs. Danvers, a Vertigo victim walking a wire in high heels, Tippi Hedren on a Chinese pole and Marlene Dietrich prowling the theatre.

Someone will lose their life tonight… perhaps more than one.

‘Remarkable, tour de force one-man show.’ êêêê Daily Telegraph ‘A tightly written and performed mash-up of the saga with modern TV hits… an affectionate spoof.’ êêêê Independent on Sunday

Richard Burton Theatre Tickets £14 £12 concessions Hitch was originally commissioned for the Wales Millennium Centre and Blysh Festival. Hitch is also funded by the Arts Council Wales

‘A fine impressionist, giving a splendid display of Downtonry’ Stephen Fry

Fri 30 January 7.45pm

Ablutions

Fellswoop Theatre Company Award-winning Fellswoop Theatre present Ablutions: a dark, modern drama, adapted from the novel by Man Booker shortlisted author, Patrick DeWitt. A grimly funny tale from the sodden depths of the Los Angeles underworld, Ablutions blends a live soundtrack with detailed mime and deWitt’s heart-wrenching humour.

Join us for post-show music from the show’s Americana band in the Café Bar. ‘Ablutions is a beautiful sleazy tale of personal decay and domestic despair’ êêêêê The Skinny Richard Burton Theatre Tickets £13 £11 concessions Age suitability 14+ contains swearing and adult themes www.fellswooptheatre.com

Sat 28 February 2.30pm & 7.30pm

The Wind in the Willows

Presented by Immersion Theatre and Cambridge Touring Theatre Join the boat-loving Ratty, the sensible yet curious Mole, wise old Badger and the fantastically irrepressible Toad as they embark on the adventure of a lifetime to save Toad Hall! Culminating in a colourful battle with a pair of pick-pocketing weasels in this musical adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s classic.

Richard Burton Theatre Tickets £9 (Family Ticket £30) Age Guidance 5+

Tues 10 March 7.30pm

Reduced Shakespeare Company® in The Complete History of Comedy (abridged) Written and Directed by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor They’ve skewered history, the Bible and the world’s most celebrated playwright, now the Reduced Shakespeare Company tackles the subject it was born to reduce. From the high-brow to the low and

everything in-between, the bad boys of abridgment leave no joke untold as they deconstruct the entire history of comedy in 90 rollicking minutes.

Richard Burton Theatre Tickets £16 £14 concessions

HITCH

Fri 13 March 7.30pm

The Westenders: The World’s Most Popular Musicals The Westenders are back! A company of past members of the West End production of Les Miserablés draw on that show’s passion and music to create an inspired evening featuring all your favourites including Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia, Blood Brothers, We Will Rock You, Miss Saigon, Hairpsray, West Side Story, Thriller Live, Evita plus the iconic, timeless songs from Les Miserablés.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £16 £14 concessions

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Richard Burton Theatre Tickets £14 £12 concessions www.theonlywayisdownton.com

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Hitch

The Only Way Is Downton

Visiting Theatre Companies

Visiting Theatre Companies

Thurs 12 March 7.15pm

Wed 28 January 7.30pm

Thurs 12 March 7.30pm

Ian Watt guitar International critics have described him as a phenomenon, ‘a guitarist of outstanding skill and originality’, but the best way to judge Ian Watt is to hear him for yourself. This recital programme spans the whole

International Artists

International Artists

Tues 3 February 7.30pm

Iestyn Davies: Flow My Tears

history of the classical guitar, from baroque to Britten – an exquisite evening of music, and a glorious showcase for this charismatic young star.

Iestyn Davies countertenor Thomas Dunford lute

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £12 £10 concessions

‘Flow, my tears, fall from your springs…’

The Elizabethan lute songs of John Dowland and his contemporaries are small in scale – but they go straight to the heart. No living interpreter has identified with them as closely as the superb British countertenor Iestyn Davies, and in this exquisite recital with the lutenist Thomas Dunford he proves that a single teardrop can hold a universe of emotion.

Thurs 5 February 7.30pm

She-e-Wu and David Hockings percussion with Royal Welsh College and Royal College of Music Percussionists

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £15 £13 concessions

She-e-Wu

Percussion is the sound of the 21st century: vibrant, innovative, a medium where anything is possible.

Tonight’s concert teams She-e Wu and David Hockings - two of the most dynamic performers on the current scene, for an evening of music from the cutting edge of contemporary percussion. It should be electrifying.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £12 £10 concessions

Wed 25 March 7.30pm

Elias Quartet: The Beethoven Project ‘I like these guys’ says Norman Lebrecht about the Elias Quartet, ‘They’re thinking creative’. And now they’re proving that they’re more than just the brightest of

young British chamber groups, as they probe the very heart of the string quartet repertoire: the Beethoven quartets. Join them as they voyage from the

youthful wit of Op.18 No.6 to the transcendent vision of Op.135 – Beethoven’s final masterpiece.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £12 £10 concessions

Daniel Philips, David Adams Lesley Hatfield violin Louise Williams viola Alice Neary cello When our string tutors come together to play chamber music they’ve been described as a supergroup! But the real stars tonight are the pieces they’re performing, Brahms’ gloriously rich late Quintet and above all, Mozart’s sublime G minor String Quintet: maybe the most profound and personal music ever written for five instruments. The music of friends – and so much more.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £12 £10 concessions Daniel Phillips is our Jane Hodge International Chair in Violin

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Thurs 26 February 7.30pm

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Elias Quartet

Daniel Phillips & Friends play Brahms and Mozart

Royal Welsh College Symphony Orchestra

The development of orchestras at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is supported by the John Lewis Partnership

Fri 27 February 7.30pm

Friday Night is Latin Night… with Lito Fontana

Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine Britten Four Sea Interludes Barber Violin Concerto

Royal Welsh College Brass Band

David Jones conductor David Adams violin

Robert Childs conductor Lito Fontana trombone

Experience the thrill of a sports car, contemplate the wild beauty of the Suffolk coast and immerse yourself in American soundscapes, all in the space of a lunchtime programme!

A showcase of three highly original compositions, each creating compelling images, and two of the works drawn from the BBC’s Ten Pieces initiative.

Think brass and you think British. Well think again, as Argentinean-born trombone virtuoso Lito Fontana joins our Royal Welsh College Brass Band for a roof-raising celebration of Latin brass at its sensational best. And from fiestas on the streets of Spain and tangos from the backstreets of Buenos Aires to the ear-tingling fireworks of Bizet’s Carmen Fantasy, one thing’s for sure: it’s going to get hot. ¡Arriba!

St David’s hall Tickets £5.50 (£4.50 concessions) when booked in advance £6.50 (£5.50 concessions) on the day of the performance

Dora Stoutzker hall Tickets £14 £12 concessions

Special Concerts

Orchestral Concerts

Tues 27 January 1pm

sponsored by Catering Academy

Concerts booked online are subject to a 50p transaction charge st David’s hall, the hayes, Cardiff 029 2087 8444 www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk

Friday 23 January 7.30pm

Sat 7 March 7pm

Concert followed by a supper, whisky tasting and ceilidh

Bruce Guthrie director

Burns Night 2015 Thurs 26 March 7.30pm

Sinfonia Cymru & Laura van der heijden Laura van der heijden cello Gareth Jones conductor Sibelius Pelléas et Melisande Suite, Op. 46 Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 Copland Quiet City Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93

The Band of the Welsh Guards are joined by the Royal Welsh College Brass Ensemble and a host of solo performers for a special concert celebrating the centenary year of the Welsh Guards. Traditional music combines with stirring poetry and

readings, creating a moving tribute to 100 years of dedicated service in war and peace.

Dora Stoutzker hall Concert Tickets £20 All tickets include a complimentary drink and the opportunity to enjoy the exhibition in the Linbury Gallery after the concert featuring 100 years of Welsh Guards history.

Dora Stoutzker hall & Foyer Tickets £25* *Includes concert, Burns Supper (Haggis, neeps and tatties or vegetarian alternative and Cranachan dessert), whisky tasting and ceilidh with dance instruction. sponsored by Catering Academy

In this unmissable concert she will join forces with Sinfonia Cymru to bring the searing drama of Shostakovich’s first cello concerto to life in a programme that also features Beethoven’s exuberant eighth symphony and two evocative works originally composed for the theatre stage: Sibelius’s magical suite from Pelléas et Mélisande, and the atmospheric Quiet City by Aaron Copland.

Dora Stoutzker hall Tickets £13 £11 concessions FOS £12 £10 U27s £4 Pre-show talk 6.30pm

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Since winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 2012, seventeen-year-old cellist Laura van der Heijden has taken the world of classical music by storm, and forthcoming debuts include appearances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra.

This annual highlight of our calendar truly offers a night to remember.

Scotland may have said ‘No’ to independence, but we ask you to say ‘Yes’ to joining our musicians and actors who lead our traditional celebration of Burns Night!

Welsh Guards Centenary Concert

Opera Gala 2015

Albert Herring

by Benjamin Britten

Royal Welsh College Chamber Orchestra Royal Welsh College Chorus and Soloists Simon Phillippo conductor

Royal Welsh College Soloists Royal Welsh College Chamber Ensemble

This evening of opera favourites will include extracts and arias

by Mozart, Rossini, Richard Strauss, Puccini and many more. The talented musicians of the College offer the perfect postlude to the festive season.

Martin Constantine director David Jones conductor It is May Day in Loxford and an unexpected appointment leads to young greengrocer Albert Herring’s disappearance - but how will the villagers react?

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £13 £11 concessions Thurs 26 February 7pm

Brilliantly scored for small chamber orchestra, Benjamin Britten’s love of parody and caricature is wonderfully captured in this comic opera. At the crux of this witty piece, lies the subject closest to Britten’s heart, loss of innocence. Following the success of Cosi Fan Tutte, opera returns to the Dora Stoutzker Hall in this semistaged production.

Music Theatre Wales: Make an Aria Public Masterclass

Opera at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is supported by David Seligman and the Philippa Seligman legacy Opera scholarships at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama are supported by the Leverhulme Trust

Richard Burton Theatre Tickets £12

St Fagans Castle and The Great War

Photo Simon Gough

A Music Theatre Wales project in partnership with St Fagans National History Museum and the Royal Welsh College

Fri 6 March 7.30pm Sat 7 March 2.30pm

Contemporary Opera Scenes Music Theatre Wales in partnership with the Royal Welsh College Working with the Music Theatre Wales Artistic Directors Michael McCarthy and Michael Rafferty, our young singers will perform staged extracts from a wide variety of contemporary operas. This gives the singers a chance to discover the joys and challenges of working in new opera, and audiences the opportunity to encounter new works by some of the most important living composers.

Richard Burton Theatre Tickets £12 The Partnership between Music Theatre Wales and the Royal Welsh College is supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation

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Based on recorded stories, collected items and photographs associated with the role of St Fagans as a First World War Hospital, these arias, written by student composers and writers and sung by professional singers, will give operatic life to those people 100 years on. This masterclass in the company of one the UK’s leading composers will enable emerging artists to discover opera and gives audiences an intriguing insight into the creation of new opera.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £15 £13 concessions

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Opera

Opera

Thurs 22 January 7.30pm

Wed 1 & Thurs 2 April 7.30pm

Llŷr Williams Beethoven Sonata Series

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £18 £15 concessions

The series continues on the following date:

Thurs 28 May 7.45pm Beethoven Sonata in G, Op.31, No.1 Beethoven Sonata in D minor, Op.31, No.2, ‘Tempest’ Beethoven Sonata in E flat, Op.31, No.3 Beethoven Sonata in A, Op.101

Photo Kirill Bachkirov

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Beethoven Sonata in E, Op.14, No.1 Beethoven Sonata in G, Op.14, No.2 Beethoven Variations in F, Op.34 Beethoven Fantasy in G minor, Op.77 Beethoven Sonata in E flat, Op.27, No. 1, ‘Quasi una fantasia’ Beethoven Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27, No.2, ‘Moonlight’

In his youthful sonatas the young Beethoven experimented endlessly with the piano, unlocking its many moods and humours for the first time.

Llŷr Williams’s second recital explores the two gentle Op.14 sonatas and the startling original Op.27 sonatas: the bold and unconventional first and the famous Moonlight – so named by later generations, transfixed by its dark tragic beauty.

Nicolai Demidenko

Zhang Zuo

Glinka Nocturne in F minor La Separation Kalinnikov Nocturne in F sharp minor Blumenfeld Notturno-Fantasia in E major Op 20 Chopin Nocturne in C minor Op 48 no.1 Chopin Nocturne in F sharp minor Op 48 no.2 Chopin Nocturne in E flat major Op 55 no.2 Chopin Nocturne in C sharp minor Op post Liszt Ballade no.1 in D flat major Liszt Sonata in B minor

Sat 21 February 7.30pm

Over the next three years, the Royal Welsh College is proud to present Llŷr Williams on an epic journey through Beethoven’s thirty-two sonatas - one of the ultimate challenges in piano music.

Sun 22 March 2pm

Nikolai Demidenko does romanticism on a grand scale, and piano music doesn’t come any grander or more romantic than Liszt’s towering B minor Sonata. It’s hard to think of a living pianist better-equipped to unleash its full symphonic power – or to bring out the poetry in Chopin’s Nocturnes. Three rarities from Demidenko’s native Russia make for a magical opening to a powerful recital.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £15 £13 concessions

Sunday Lunch £13 (Two Courses 12pm-2pm) Pre-book online or call the Box Office on 029 2039 1391

Bach Partita no. 5 in G major Schubert Sonata in C Minor D958 Schumann Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op 26 Ravel La Valse

Zhang Zuo’s triumph at the 2013 Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition has lifted this young Chinese pianist into the Premier League of rising international talent, with critics praising her ‘powerful, passionate and compelling’ musicianship, and youthful charisma. Her Cardiff recital, ranging from the infinite emotional subtleties of Schubert to the technicolor flamboyance of Schumann and Ravel, will showcase every facet of her artistry.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £15 £13 concessions

Sun 28 June 2pm

Stephen Kovacevich Berg Sonata, Op.1 Schubert Sonata in A major D959 Schubert Sonata in B flat major D960

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‘Wales is blessed indeed to have a musician of Williams’s immense calibre. He is truly a national treasure.’ Wales Online

Sun 1 February 2pm

Steinway International Piano Series

Llŷr Williams Beethoven Sonata Series

Since his ground-breaking Edinburgh Festival debut in 2003, Welsh-born Llŷr Williams has emerged as one of the world’s leading international pianists.

Anneke Scott horn

Natalie Clein cello

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day

Fri 30 January 1.15pm

Jason Evans trumpet

As principal trumpet of The Philharmonia, Jason Evans is one of the youngest principal trumpets of any orchestra in the UK – possibly the world. So it’s no surprise that this lunchtime recital positively sparkles.

Romantic poetry, baroque brilliance and a neglected classic for cornet – when Evans plays them, they’ve never sounded fresher.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day

Wild, heroic and dreamy, the horn is the ultimate sound of the Romantic era. And nobody plays the early 19th century horn with more feeling or flair than Anneke Scott. Naturally, Beethoven is at the heart of this lunchtime recital, but Scott also shares two wonderful discoveries from the same era, by turns dramatic and gloriously heart-on-sleeve.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day

Colin Currie

Fri 6 March 1.15pm

Colin Currie percussion ‘Surely the world’s finest and most daring percussionist’ is how The Spectator describes Colin Currie. But judge for yourself, in a lunchtime recital that shows every facet of contemporary percussion playing - whether it’s a showpiece written specially for Currie by Anna Clyne, or 21st century classics

by Hosokawa and Elliott Carter.

A concert for everyone interested in music as a living art.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day

Fri 6 February 1.15pm

Allegri Quartet Composers on the brink: Mendelsssohn never wrote anything more heartfelt - or more raw - than his astonishing final string quartet.

Shostakovich’s 13th quartet, meanwhile, is an anguished personal testament of almost unbearable intimacy. Strong stuff, performed with supreme insight by the legendary Allegri Quartet, now entering its seventh decade as one of the world’s great chamber ensembles.

Pascal Gallois

Barbican Piano Trio

From Russia with love…Sergei Taneyev isn’t exactly a household name in the west, but it’s our loss.

Tchaikovsky cherished him as a friend; Rachmaninov revered him

Wed 25 March 1.15pm

Boulez at 90 Royal Welsh College Chamber Winds Pascal Gallois conductor Rebel, radical, and creator of beauty - Pierre Boulez is a titan of contemporary culture. In his 90th birthday year our Chamber Winds join bassoon legend Pascal Gallois to salute a genius, in a lunchtime programme that pairs the dramatic ritual of Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Winds with the fierce, jewel-like perfection of Boulez’s own stunning miniatures.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day

Fri 13 March 1.15pm

Emmanuel Ceysson harp With his powerful, virtuoso playing, Emmanuel Ceysson, the ‘enfant terrible’ of the harp, sweeps away all the clichés associated with his instrument. His infectious enthusiasm and boundless energy reveals the harp in all its sparkling splendour, in a world where poetry vies with temperament.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day

Fri 27 March 1.15pm

Michael Collins clarinet

as a genius, and now the Barbican Piano Trio bring him to Cardiff with a piano trio that pulses with drama, melody and burning Slavic passion.

You might just be about to discover a new favourite composer.

The great British clarinettist Michael Collins needs no introduction to wind players. But Collins is the kind of artist that everyone needs to hear at least once – and what better opportunity than this lunchtime concert?

From Brahms’ ravishing autumnal sonata and Saint-Saens’ lyrical late masterpiece to Bizet’s outrageously flashy Carmen Fantasy, this is a wonderfully entertaining showcase for one of the finest instrumentalists of our time.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Fri 27 February 1.15pm

Emmanuel Ceysson

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Fri 16 January 1.15pm

There’s a reason why Natalie Clein is one of Britain’s best-loved cellists; since winning BBC Young Musician in 1994, she’s built a reputation as an artist who communicates with both poetry and passion. This lunchtime concert finds her playing music by Bach, Ligeti and Britten: unaccompanied masterpieces that prove how four strings can create a universe of expression.

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Lunchtime Guests

Lunchtime Guests

Fri 13 February 1.15pm

Wed 18 March 1.15pm

Music of Pilgrimage and Service

The Music of Guy Woolfenden Royal Welsh College Wind Orchestra

Stunningly original piano works conceived by Liszt, while living in Switzerland, contrasted with a selection of the brilliant sonatas written by Domenico Scarlatti a hundred years before, during his long years of service in the royal courts of Portugal and Spain.

Meyrick Alexander & Steven Green conductors

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day

Wed 28 January 1.15pm

Wed 25 February 1.15pm

Wed 11 February 1.15pm

Royal Welsh Serenades by College Percussion Bach and Mozart Royal Welsh College Ensemble At the frontiers of percussion music, dazzling new sounds come as standard. So give your ears a workout with this brilliantly inventive programme from our inhouse percussion ensemble. Three spirited recent mini-masterworks frame a welcome reprise of Christopher Bond’s Breath of the Sleeping Boys – premiered here earlier this year. Fresh, energising and locally-sourced – what better recipe for lunchtime?

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day

Sun 15 February 1.15pm

Handel’s Dixit Dominus

Chamber Winds

Genesis Sixteen Harry Christophers conductor

In the eighteenth century, wealthy aristocrats were entertained at mealtimes by their own private wind ensembles.

Here at the College, everyone gets to enjoy that luxury – as our Chamber Winds perform serenades by Mozart and JC Bach: quite simply, some of the greatest music ever written to while away a lunch hour!

Our period instrumentalists are thrilled to be collaborating with The Sixteen’s pioneering programme for young choral singers, Genesis Sixteen. The concert, will also feature solo performances from two of the country’s top young singers and recent graduates from the scheme – Jess Cale (soprano) and Tim Morgan (countertenor).

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day

Dora Stoutzker Hall Admission Free

Royal Welsh College Chamber Orchestra Maggie Faultless director ‘Anyone can see that I’m a goodnatured fellow’ said Joseph Haydn – and there’s still no better pick-me-up in classical music than the sound of the ‘father of the symphony’ unleashing all his energy, imagination and wit.

But it’s not all horns and hi-jinks; Haydn’s Trauer Symphony is as serious as La Chasse is playful.

Food for thought this lunchtime.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day

Wed 4 March 1.15pm

Northern Lights Royal Welsh College Symphonic Brass & Percussionists Kevin Price conductor 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jean Sibelius. In addition to his symphonic output, Sibelius wrote many pieces of chamber music, songs and choral works.

These pieces for brass ensemble and percussion are inspired by Finnish history and folklore, with many of the themes based upon Finnish folk songs and legends.

This lunchtime we explore the music of Olivier awardwinning English composer Guy Woolfenden. The programme, chosen by the composer himself, contains his Illyrian Dances. With an impressive list of credits including 150 scores for the Royal Shakespeare Company Woolfenden is highly regarded throughout the world of classical music, opera and theatre.

Lunchtime Lights

Lunchtime Lights

Wed 21 January 1.15pm

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day

Wed 4 February 1.15pm

Featuring the music and folksongs of Scotland, Ireland, England and of course, Wales, join the harpists of the College on a delightful musical tour of the British Isles.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day

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The Albion Connection

Charles Hazlewood conducts The Welsh Sinfonia

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Since saxophonist Jean Toussaint left Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in the mideighties, he hasn’t looked back. Joining him tonight will be Andrew McCormack on keyboards, Larry Bartley on double bass and Troy Miller on drums and featuring cuts from the band’s tenth album, Tate Song including originals

by Toussaint and McCormack plus standards such as These Foolish Things and Vera Cruz.

Mozart Sinfonia Concertante* Michael Nyman Trysting Fields* *Sara Trickey violin & Sarah Jane Bradley viola Charles Ives The Unanswered Question Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No 1, Classical British conductor Charles Hazlewood occupies a unique position in musical life. His fresh performances of classical music

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £12

Jean Toussaint

Budapest Café Orchestra

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £12

Joby Burgess

Thurs 5 March 7.30pm

Powerplant plays Will Gregory Led by the dynamo British percussionist Joby Burgess (whose credits include Peter Gabriel, Murray Gold, Peter Maxwell Davies and Eric Whitacre), sound and video trio Powerplant play new music by Goldfrapp’s Will Gregory.

Famed for their visually innovative, multi-media performances, Powerplant operate at the meeting-point between new music and installation art.

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Royal Welsh College Percussion Ensemble

Chris Garrick violin Eddie Hession accordion Kelly Cantlon double bass Adrian Zolotuhin guitar, saz, balalaika, domra

Joby Burgess percussion and electronics

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £12

TROYKA

Tues 24 February 7.30pm

Led by jazz violin superstar Christian Garrick The Budapest Café Orchestra play traditional folk and gypsy music from across the Balkans and Russia, Klezmer, Romanian Doinas, Hungarian Czadas evoking vivid images of Tzigane fiddle maestros, Budapest café life and gypsy campfires - with a few surprises along the way - it’s good enough to make you want to book a holiday along the Danube!

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £14 £12 concessions

Charles Hazlewood

Troyka are Chris Montague (guitars and loops), Joshua Blackmore (drums) and Kit Downes (organ), three young musicians based in London whose intense live shows have seen them hotly tipped to follow in the footsteps of Polar Bear and Portico Quartet and become the next young band to explode from the capital’s fertile jazz scene.

The bandsmen and women of the five Royal Marines bands are highly versatile.

As well as playing, the musicians have a dedicated role in the Royal Marines and have carried out their military duties at virtually every major conflict in the last 100 years, taking their instruments with them to provide much needed musical entertainment to boost morale. Tonight’s concert will be a traditional programme, featuring the Corps of Drums, three soloists and some 20th century additions.

Fri 20 March 7.30pm

Laura Wright England Rugby team’s first everofficial anthem singer will be performing songs from her past albums, as well as songs from her recently released album Sound of Strength which not only shows off Laura’s classical singing prowess but also fuses together more popular mainstream works too.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £20

‘Virtuosity, vivacity, virility, vibrancy, vitality and versatility’: That’s how composer Stephen Whibley describes his Blue Motion – and that’s just the start of this thrilling recital by our Percussion Ensemble.

Hearing is believing: whether it’s the Middle-Eastern rhythms of Anver Dorman, the post-punk energy of Ivan Trevino or Christopher Rouse’s invocation to a Hawaiian war-god, there’s simply nowhere that today’s percussionists can’t go.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £10 £8 concessions

Many of the events in More Music have been created by external organisations and are subject to different terms & conditions, please contact the Box Office on 02920 391 391 for further information.

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Troyka

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £18 £15 concessions £5 Students / Under 12s Free

The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines

Dora Stoutzker Hall Ticket £12

Fri 27 March 7.30pm

Fri 13 February 7.45pm

cross genres, break new ground, excite (and sometimes outrage) the audience, but his goal is always the same: exposing the deep, always-modern joy of orchestral music. He shares with The Welsh Sinfonia a tireless mission to bring orchestral music alive for a new audience.

Thurs 12 February 8pm

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Collisions Cool, contemporary sounds for Cardiff

Sat 17 January 7.30pm

Fri 30 January 7.30pm

Community Opera Project: The Archaeologist’s Wife Peter Morgan Barnes director Four professional soloists are joined by a community choir of all ages in this brand new opera about Tessa Wheeler and her 1926 excavation of the Roman amphitheatre at Caerleon, which marked a stage in the development of the role of women within Archaeology.

Richard Burton Theatre Admission Free Contact Jane Ellis at jane.ellis@southwales.ac.uk Funded by Heritage Lottery Fund and First Campus in collaboration with National Museum Wales

Competitions Sat 17 January 2pm

Junior Concerto Competition Weston Gallery Admission Free

More Music

More Music

Thu 9 & Fri 10 April 7pm

Tues 10 February 2.15pm

Concerto Competition Final

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £10 £8 concessions Cantemus Chamber Choir

Cantemus Chamber Choir JS Bach St John Passion Directed by Huw Williams Bach’s setting of The Passion according to St John is an outstanding musical masterpiece of the Baroque era. From its sublime opening to the lamenting closing chorus, when Jesus is laid in the tomb, it is full of

drama, poignancy and pathos.

Orchestral accompaniment is by Réjouissance on historic instruments, led by Royal Welsh College Head of String Performance, Simon Jones.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £20 £16 Benches (Half Price Under 30)

Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G major Op. 58 Pärt If Bach had been a Beekeeper Haydn Symphony No 101 ‘Clock’

Mon 16 March 7.15pm

Cardiff Bach Choir

Mon 16 – Fri 20 February

REPCo

A week of performances managed by entrepreneurial students at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

Watch the website for forthcoming events…

Mon 27 April 7.30pm

Noah Stewart The dashing young Harlem tenor is one of international opera’s most talked about singers. His meteoric career has recently seen sensational debuts in Spain, Russia and Atlanta as well as returns to Lisbon, New York and London in repertoire including Faust, Rodolfo (La Boheme) and Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly).

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £27.50 Stalls £22 Benches Sat 25 April 7.30pm

of the UK’s leading saxophonists in the world premiere of Hilary Tann’s In the First, Spinning Place in a new version by the composer.

Cardiff Bach Choir return to the Dora Stoutzker Hall for a performance of Mendelssohn’s majestic and ever popular oratorio Elijah. The Choir is joined by Bristol Sinfonia on their first visit to the Hall. Elijah will be sung by popular Welsh Bass, Paul Carey Jones.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £9 £7 concessions (U16 £4.50) Family Ticket £22.50

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets Stalls and Circle £17.50 Students & Benches £10 Under 16s Free

Sat 4 April 7pm

National Youth Wind Orchestra of Wales

A new prize for the best performance of Chopin by Royal Welsh College pianists.

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £10 £8 concessions Thurs 19 March 7pm

The Ian Stoutzker Prize: Semi-Final

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £12 £10 concessions Saturday 28 March 2pm

Junior Chamber Competition Weston Gallery Admission Free

www.cardiffbachoir.org.uk Kenneth Hamilton

The Mary Rees Chopin Prize 2015

Our finest instrumentalists and singers compete for a place in the summer Final of this prestigious competition.

Cardiff Bach Choir

National Youth Wind Orchestra of Wales

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Mark Eager conductor Kenneth Hamilton piano

Dora Stoutzker Hall Tickets £18 £15 concessions £5 Students / Under 12s Free

Leon Gee directs the NYWOW in a dynamic and diverse programme which includes Stravinsky’s iconic Symphonies of Wind Instruments. The Orchestra is joined by Rob Buckland, one

ESTA Young Composers’ Competition

The Welsh Sinfonia: Crescendo Tour Finale

Kenneth Hamilton is a Scottish pianist and writer, an outstanding virtuoso - one of the finest players of his generation - known for his performances of Romantic music. His playing is characterized by spontaneity, technical assurance and a wide variety of keyboard colour.

Leon Gee conductor Rob Buckland saxophone

Sat 28 February 7.15pm

Sat 28 March 7pm

Noah Stewart

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Sat 21 March 7.30pm

Junior Conservatoire & Young Actors Studio

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Specialist Music Courses for ages 4-18

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Every Saturday during term time, the Royal Welsh College is home to the Junior Conservatoire, delivering specialist courses to children and young people of exceptional ability from around Wales and the South West, as well as to those taking their first steps in music. www.rwcmd.ac.uk/ juniorconservatoire

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Bursaries for Junior Conservatoire Students are supported by the Leverhulme Trust, the Wolfson Foundation and the D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust

I’R ByD Opportunities for All We are pleased to offer a wide range of opportunities for all ages, including Summer Schools, individual music lessons and Community Choirs. We also run a successful programme of outreach activities including workshops and performances for schools and community groups. www.rwcmd.ac.uk/community Community and Outreach Programmes are supported by First Campus

Young Actors Studio Acting Courses for ages 12-20

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The Young Actors Studio delivers high quality acting courses each Saturday during term time in Pembrokeshire and each Sunday during term time in Cardiff, for those who wish to study Acting at Higher Education level, as well as for those wishing to develop basic skills and confidence. www.rwcmd.ac.uk/yas RWCMD Young Actors Studio in West Wales is supported by the J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust and Valero

to find out more about leaving a gift in your will to the Royal welsh college of Music & Drama and supporting future generations of music and theatre talent please write to or telephone lucy stout, Director of Development, RwcMD, castle Grounds, cathays Park, cardiff, cF10 3ER. lucy.stout@rwcmd.ac.uk | 029 2039 1399 I gael gwybod rhagor am adael rhodd yn eich ewyllys i Goleg Brenhinol cerdd a Drama cymru a chefnogi cenedlaethau’r dyfodol o dalent ym myd cerddoriaeth a’r theatr, ysgrifennwch at neu ffoniwch lucy stout, cyfarwyddwr Datblygu, cBcDc, Maes y castell, Parc cathays, caerdydd cF10 3ER. lucy.stout@rwcmd.ac.uk | 029 2039 1399

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Patron Connect Cyswllt Noddwr Hilary Boulding Peter Curran Brian Gilbert Robert and Philippa John Allan and Kath Jones Graham and Dorothy Jones Christine Lewis OBE Eileen Price Chris Moorsom Alison Shan Price Menna Richards OBE FRWCMD Simon Smail CBE Dr Geraint Stanley Jones CBE FRWCMD Roger and Rhian Thomas

College Connect Gold Cyswllt Coleg Aur Douglas Dalwood Ken Griffin Cynthia Roberts Catherine Walker Muriel Weeks

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College Connect Cyswllt Coleg Scott Allin John and Elizabeth Andrews Jenny Broughton Professor Paul Cantrill Helen and Glyn Evans Andrew Healy Gloria Jenkins Anita Johansson Clare Kimber Hélène Mansfield OBE Geraldine Martin Clive Maslen Glyn Parry Shirley Parry Margaret Perring John Richardson

We would like to take the opportunity to thank those public bodies, individuals, trusts, foundations and business sponsors who have contributed to the College and continue to support us.

Hoffem fanteisio ar y cyfle i ddiolch i’r cyrff cyhoeddus,unigolion, ymddiriedolaethau, sefydliadau a’r noddwyr busnes sydd wedi cyfrannu i’r Coleg ac sy’n parhau i’n cefnogi.

Business Support Cymorth Busnes ABRSM Arts and Business Cymru Barclays Brewin Dolphin Cardiff Business Club Catering Academy Da Vinci’s Demons John Lewis Partnership Liberty Living The Penderyn Distillery Steinway & Sons Valero Wales & West Utilities

Individuals Unigolion Dame Shirley Bassey FRWCMD Philip Carne FRWCMD and Christine Carne FRWCMD The Friends of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Valerie Hodges Huw and Jacqui Jenkins The late Leonard and Marian Jones The late Peter Kearney Frank Kelleher The late Sir Charles Mackerras CBE FRWCMD Eluned H McGrenery The late Gwenllian Phillips in memory of her husband Valerie Pitt David Seligman OBE FRWCMD Ian Stoutzker CBE FRWCMD Kate Thomas Elizabeth Walbröl

Public Bodies Cyrff Cyhoeddus Arts Council of Wales Welsh Government

Trusts and Foundations Ymddiriedolaethau a Sefydliadau The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation The Ashley Family Foundation The Colwinston Charitable Trust The Community Foundation in Wales The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust The Else and Leonard Cross Charitable Trust The EMI Music Sound Foundation The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation The Foyle Foundation The Garfield Weston Foundation The G C Gibson Charitable Trust The Jane Hodge Foundation The John Barbirolli Memorial Foundation The Joseph Strong Fraser Trust The J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust The Leverhulme Trust The Linbury Trust The Mackintosh Foundation The Paul Hamlyn Foundation The Radcliffe Trust The Richard Carne Trust The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust The Spielman Charitable Trust The Tillett Trust The Walton Trust The Waterloo Foundation The Wolfson Foundation The Worshipful Company of Musicians We remain immensely grateful to those public bodies, individuals, trusts, foundations and business sponsors who gave their support to our Capital Campaign: A Stage for Success. The new training and performance spaces at the College provided the foundation for a new phase in the College’s history and to mark their commitment, we continue to acknowledge these donors on the College’s website. Please visit www.rwcmd.ac.uk/thankyou Rydym yn parhau’n hynod ddiolchgar i’r cyrff cyhoeddus, unigolion, ymddiriedolaethau, sefydliadau a’r noddwyr busnes a gefnogodd ein Hymgyrch Cyfalaf: Llwyfan Llwyddiant. Roddodd y gofodau hyfforddiant a pherfformio newydd yn y Coleg sylfaen ar gyfer cam newydd yn hanes y Coleg ac er mwyn nodi eu hymrwymiad rydym yn parhau i gydnabod y rhoddwyr hyn ar wefany Coleg. Ewch I www.rwcmd.ac.uk/thankyou

Box Office Box Office Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10am — 5pm On performance evenings the Box Office will remain open up to 30 minutes after the start of the last performance. If there is a performance on Saturday or Sunday, the Box Office will open 2 hours prior to the start of that performance. The Box Office is situated in the main foyer.

Booking by Telephone or In Person Tickets can be purchased in person or by calling 029 2039 1391 during box office opening hours. Messages left on the answering machine outside of opening hours and at busy periods will be dealt with as soon as possible.

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Any orders posted will incur a postage fee of 80p.

Alternatively, tickets can be collected for free from the Box Office during opening hours.

Booking Online Tickets can be purchased online at www.rwcmd.ac.uk/whatson with an optional postage charge of 80p.

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How to Find Us We are situated on North Road in Cardiff, a short walk heading north from Cardiff Castle and opposite Cathays Park civic centre.

Parking spaces at the college are restricted to blue badge holders only.

These spaces are limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

These spaces cannot be reserved.

There is pay and display car park immediately next to the college. There is also further parking a short walk away at the civic centre opposite the college. Please note RWCMD has no authority over these car parks.

Food and Drink Café Bar Opening Hours: Monday — Saturday 8.30am — 5pm

For both RWCMD and non RWCMD events, the College will endeavor to re-sell any unwanted tickets for sold out performances if returned to us 24 hours before the event

Sundays 10am — 4pm

Concessions apply to over 60s, students, ex-RWCMD students, under 16s, Friends of RWCMD and customers with a disability (you will be asked to provide ID upon purchase and/or collection). This may vary depending on performance. Carers accompanying wheelchair users are entitled to complimentary tickets. For the comfort of all patrons we strongly advise that RWCMD performances are not suitable for children under 2 years (unless otherwise stated)

During some performances latecomers will not be admitted. You may be asked to wait for a suitable break in the performance before taking your seats. This will be at the Duty Manager’s discretion.

Liberty Living Discount Scheme Liberty Living students need to provide their Kx reference number at the time of booking to receive discount on the shows indicated with the Liberty Living logo. Subject to availability.

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Tickets for RWCMD performances cannot be refunded. However tickets can be exchanged for alternative performances, subject to availability and provided tickets are returned to us 24 hours before the event. Non RWCMD productions are subject to the visiting company returns policy.

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Latecomers

(no evening performances)

8.30am—the end of the last interval (during evening performances)

Wifi access is free of charge upon registering with The Cloud. Food and Drink are not permitted in any of the performance spaces.

Accessible Facilities All of our performance spaces are accessible by wheelchair. For RWCMD promotions wheelchair users will be charged the concessionary price and 1 complimentary ticket will be given (if required) to a carer. Other rates may apply to non-RWCMD productions.

Hearing Induction Loops are available from the Box Office, customers will be required to pay a £5 deposit refundable upon return.

Baby changing facilities are available. Guide dogs are welcome.

Please note: It is advisable that you inform Box Office at time of booking if you or any of your party have any access requirements.

Group Bookers Whether you’re arranging a night out with family and friends, planning your work’s social outing or organising a society coach trip we’re here to make it as easy as possible for you to bring a party of 10 or more to the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

Group benefits include: Discounted tickets on selected RWCMD shows

• 10 persons or more = 10% off • 15 persons or more = 15% off • 20 persons or more = 20% off Flexible payment terms - book now, pay later (subject to terms and conditions) Free flyers and posters to help you promote the show to your group (when possible) All information is correct at the time of print and is subject to change without prior notice. RWCMD reserves the right to refuse admission or to change the advertised programme of events and/or casting of any performance without prior notice.

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Dame Janet Ritterman DBE Dr Martin Sage Jane and Mike Tooby Alice Turner Linda Vickers Haydn and Alison Warman Sara and Harry West

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Chamber Tuesdays Natalie Clein, cello AmserJazzTime Junior Concerto Competition The Welsh Sinfonia Music of Pilgrimage and Service Comedy at the College Opera Gala 2015 Burns Night 2015 RWC Symphony Orchestra RWC Percussion Ensemble The Only Way is Downton Jason Evans, trumpet JT4 Ablutions Nicolai Demidenko Ian Watt, guitar The Albion Connection She-e-Wu and David Hockings Allegri Quartet Junior Conservatoire Foyer Concert Concerto Competition Finals Reasons to be Pretty Longing The Cripple of Inishmaan Serenades by Bach and Mozart The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Anneke Scott, horn Troyka Handel’s Dixit Dominus REPCo Week Llŷr Williams Beethoven Sonata Series Actor’s Showcase Actor’s Showcase RWC Percussion Ensemble RWC Chamber Orchestra Comedy at the College Elias Quartet MTW: Make an Aria

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Orchestral Concerts Lunchtime Guests

27 Feb / Chwe 1.15pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 27 Feb / Chwe 7.30pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 28 Feb / Chwe 2.30pm & 7.30pm Theatr Richard Burton Theatre 28 Feb / Chwe 7.15pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 4 Mar/Maw 1.15pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 5 – 6 Mar/Maw 7.15pm (& 4pm on 6th) Theatr Bute Theatre 5 Mar/Maw 7.30pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 6 Mar/Maw 1.15pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 6 – 7 Mar/Maw 7.30pm on 6th (2.30pm on 7th) Theatr Richard Burton Theatre 7 Mar/Maw 7pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 10 Mar/Maw 7.30pm Theatr Richard Burton Theatre 12 Mar/Maw 7.15pm Theatr Richard Burton Theatre 12 Mar/Maw 7.30pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 13 Mar/Maw 1.15pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 13 Mar/Maw 7.30pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 16 Mar/Maw 7.15pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 18 Mar/Maw 1.15pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 18 Mar/Maw 8pm Students Union Bar 19 Mar/Maw 7pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 20 Mar/Maw 7.30pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 21 Mar/Maw 7.30pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 22 Mar/Maw 2pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 25 Mar/Maw 1.15pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 25 Mar/Maw 7.30pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 26 Mar/Maw 7.30pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 27 Mar/Maw 1.15pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 27 Mar/Maw 7.30pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 28 Mar/Maw 2pm Oriel Weston Gallery 28 Mar/Maw 7pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 31 Mar/Maw – 3 Apr/Ebr Various Various 1 – 2 Apr/Ebr 7.30pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 4 Apr/Ebr 7pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 9–10 Apr/Ebr 7pm Theatr Richard Burton Theatre 25 Apr/Ebr 7.30pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall 27 Apr/Ebr 7.30pm Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

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