​WHY US?

• As Music Centre Wales, Tŷ Cerdd is committed to supporting and developing new Welsh music of all kinds – reinforced by our mantra, “If you’re making music in Wales, it’s Welsh music!”
   

• Nathan James Dearden is a Welsh composer/educator (Lecturer in Composition, Royal Holloway) with significant experience in writing for choirs of varied ability and approach.
   

• Côr ABC is a mixed, community choir based in Aberystwyth, working mostly through the medium of Welsh, under director Louise Amery.

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ELIGIBILITY

• Welsh music-creators  If you’re creating original music and you’ve been based in Wales for at least a year (or if you’re born in Wales but living elsewhere), you’re eligible. Expenses bursaries will be available for artists’ travel within Wales. NB travel outside of Wales will not be covered.

 

• Applications are welcomed from music-creators whose practices do not include standard music notation (e.g. artists working with a Digital Audio Workstation) as well as from artists who notate.

 

• You must be available to commit to the pathway’s planned dates.

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If you’re interested, but you have some questions…

…we can chat with you directly by phone or Zoom. Email or call to arrange a chat. 

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HOW TO APPLY

Upload the following information to our online PORTAL

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1. Personal details: your name, email address, mobile number, address, plus confirmation that you are over 18.
 

2. Tell us about your practice: Tell us what you love to do as an artist/music-creator and what you’ve been most proud of. As part of your answer, please tell us whether you use musical notation, or how you make your work. (Max 200 words)
 

3. Why would you like to be part of this pathway?

• Tell us the nature of what you’d like to learn through this pathway, and how you hope it might impact on your work.

• What do you feel you have to bring to a community choir?

• As part of your answer, please tell us if you’d like to be considered to set Welsh-language as part of the pathway, and why. (Max 400 words)

 

4. Examples of your work: please include links to two pieces of your music (NB: please send links rather than sound or video files; if you need help creating links, contact enquiries@tycerdd.org.)

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5. Do you have any access requirements? Please tell us if there is any support you need to enable you to participate in the pathway. We will also invite you to share and discuss your access riders and requirements with us at any point in the project. This information will NOT be shared with the panel unless you give permission. If you have any questions about access or sharing this information, please email our Artist Development Manager, Freya Dooley (freya.dooley@tycerdd.org).

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NB: Video and audio applications are also welcomed. Record your answers to questions 2 & 3 above (up to 4 minutes’ duration), and upload a link to your recording, adding the information requested in questions 1, 4 & 5 to the upload form. If you need help creating a link to your video, contact Freya Dooley or enquiries@tycerdd.org for support.

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TIMELINE & PROCESS

• Deadline for applications: 12:00 midday on Wednesday 6 August

• ​The panel will consist of Nathan James Dearden, Louise Amery (Director of Côr ABC) plus Deborah Keyser and Freya Dooley (both of Tŷ Cerdd).

• We’ll let you know the outcome by Friday 22 August.

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If you’re interested, but you have some questions…

…we can chat with you directly by phone or Zoom. Email Freya Dooley or enquiries@tycerdd.org to arrange a call. We want to remove as many barriers as we can – so if there’s anything you’d like to talk to us about, let us know and we will try to help to find a solution.​​​​​​​​​​