Benjamin, his harp and some friends COMPERE Mari Griffith Angharad Evans (harp) Ann Griffiths (harp) Jane Groves (flute) Catherine Handley (flute) Mali Llywelyn (harp) Eluned Pierce (harp) Dylan Rowlands (harp) Eluned Scourfield (harp) & Under 12’s harp trio Martha Holeyman Tomos Xerri & Benjamin Concert Sponsored by BBC Children in Need Appeal Pencerdd Harps Pilgrim Harps Salvi - Lyon & Healy Harps Telynau Vining Harps Norwegian Church Arts Centre Wednesday 13th November 2002 BBC Children In Need accepts no responsibility for this event but we are delighted that such an effort is being made on our behalf. 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The is a very prestigious National Festival, this year held in Dolgellau. -- Fantastic -- Well done Martha!! incorporating Shelleys Delicatessen PURVEYORS OF THE FINEST HAND MADE PATISSERIE OUTSIDE CATERING SERVICES FOR EVERY OCCASION FROM CHRISTENINGS TO WEDDINGS - BANQUETS TO BOARDROOM BUFFETS CORPORATE BREAKFASTS TO COSY DINNER PARTIES MENUS & PRICES MAY BE TAILORED TO YOUR EXACT REQUIREMENTS CALL INTO OUR LICENSED AIR CONDITIONED DELICATESSEN AND EXPERIENCE THE EXCELLENCE OF Best wishes to Benjamin for his concert for BBC Children In Need at The Norwegian Church Arts Centre DELICATESSEN (029) 2022 7180 CATERING SERVICES (029) 2023 5483 FAX (029) 2023 5483 231 CATHEDRAL ROAD, PONTCANNA CARDIFF, CF11 9PP www.antoinettespatisserie.co.uk Mari Griffith (Compere) Born in Maesteg and initially trained as a singer, Mari Griffith began her broadcasting career as a presenter in music, schools and children's programmes - both radio and television. Based at the time in London, her output included presenting the flagship series Music Time for BBC network television Schools, as well as several educational series for BBC Radio 4. She was a resident singer on the Radio 2 series Music for Your Pleasure for some 18 months and made regular appearances in Friday Night is Music Night and other Radio 2 programmes. On television she was one of the four regular performers in the BBC2 series Poems and Pints and had her own series entitled “ … With a Little Help” on BBC Wales television. Mari has presented prestigious concerts all over the country in venues including the Albert Hall and was the first person to present a broadcast orchestral concert from St. David's Hall in Cardiff, with John Dunn and the BBC Concert Orchestra for Radio 2 in 1982. A career change brought a move to the BBC Wales Presentation Department and a period of four years as a bi-lingual staff Continuity Announcer, again working in both radio and television. Moving on, Mari then trained as a television director and was invited to set up and run the first-ever programme promotions department within BBC Wales. In 1990 Mari changed direction again and left the BBC to run her own production company and to free-lance as a presenter and Voice Over artist. During the last ten years she has been busily employed as a newsreader, a presenter and narrator chiefly for BBC Wales. Angharad Evans was born in 1978 in Port Talbot, South Wales and began harp lessons at the age of nine. She later continued her musical training in Cardiff University where she studied the harp with Ann Griffiths. Here she was a recipient of the David Evans Memorial Award. In 1999, Angharad was accepted onto the postgraduate MA Performance Studies course where she continued to have lessons from Ann Griffiths. While still a student, Angharad won the National Eisteddfod three times, twice when playing the triple harp. She has played extensively in solo recitals and worked with many orchestras, playing in venues throughout Britain such as the Purcell Room, the Holywell Room in Oxford and the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. Among her many achievements Angharad has appeared on television on numerous occasions and performed for Her Majesty the Queen. Ann Griffiths was a student of Pierre Jamet at the Paris Conservatoire, where she was the first British-born harpist since 1892 to gain the Premier Prix in harp playing. She graduated at Cardiff (Hons. Welsh) and Birmingham (M.A., Musicology) Universities. She enjoys a multi-faceted career as harpist, harp historian, teacher, writer, composer, editor and lecturer, a leading figure in the harp world of today. Formerly Professor at the Royal Academy of Music, she still teaches both at Cardiff University and the Welsh College of Music and Drama, and is much in demand for private consultation lessons and international masterclasses. Ann was co-author of the Harp article in the New Grove Dictionaries of Music. She is responsible for the important new article on Erard in the revised edition of this work, as well as more than 40 shorter articles on composers, harpists, harpmakers and harp terminology. As a performer, Ann Griffiths's main interest is in historical harps, and in playing the music composed for them on contemporaneous instruments. Jane Groves was born in Hartlepool in 1968. She studied the flute with David Haslem in Newcastle and then, while at the Welsh College of Music & Drama, with Doug Townsend and Jonathan Burgess of Welsh National Opera. After graduating in 1990 Jane freelanced with the BBC and WNO. She plays regularly with the Welsh Sinfonia and Bristol Philharmonic. In 1989 Jane and harpist Eluned Scourfield formed Mwynion Mai Flute & Duo. The duo is in great demand for performances at weddings, functions and conferences. Their own arrangements of Welsh melodies have proved so popular that the duo have not only released then on CD, they have also published the scores. Jane also performs with the Welsh Flute Trio and is the Musical Director of CAFÉ (Cardiff Amateur Flute Ensemble). Jane teaches the flute at Howells School as well as running her own private teaching practice and is Benjamin’s mother. Catherine Handley was born in Harrogate in 1961. She studied the flute with Gareth Morris at the Royal academy of Music where she gained her degree and was awarded The Recital Diploma & The Paddy Purcell Prize for woodwind playing. She completed her training at the National Centre for Orchestral Studies. Catherine has had a varied career which encompasses orchestral and chamber music. She is principal flute of the Welsh Sinfonia, The Bristol Philharmonic Orchestra and plays with the BBC National orchestral of Wales, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Concert & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestras. She has recorded for HTV and ABC Radio in Australia where she was invited to perform a recital broadcast of music by twentieth century British composers including Bax & Goossens. Recent appearances in festivals include Criccieth, St. Asaph, South Glamorgan & Hereford with her flute & harp duo and The Bay Trio. Catherine lives in the Black Mountains in Wales and combines her musical life with the hobby of photographing birds in the wild which she shares with her husband the conductor Vernon Handley. Martha Holeyman was born in Cardiff in 1991. She has studied the harp with Eluned Scourfield since 1999 and has just passed her Grade III ABRSM with Distinction. Her first public appearances were in 2001 when she played at St. David’s Hall in the Junior Schools Harp Ensemble and then took part in the Under 12’s solo competition at the Gwyl Cerdd Dant in Carmarthen. She played solo at the Welsh National Opera in December 2001 for Telynau Morganwg and attended a day course at the Welsh College of Music & Drama. This year she has represented her school at the 50 year Celebrations of Welsh Education in the Vale, and competed at the local rounds of Urdd National Eisteddfod. She is currently rehearsing for the Under 12s Gwyl Cerdd Dant competition in Dolgellau in early November. She is very exited at playing in the newly formed harp trio with Benjamin & Tomos. She hopes that they will raise a lot of money for BBC Children in Need. Martha attends Ysgol Pen Y Garth School in Penarth and is Welsh speaking. Her other main hobby is dancing. She has studied ballet, tap, jazz and modern dancing since the age of 3 years. She has danced at St. David’s Hall in Wind in the Willows and at the annual Christmas Panto in the Paget Rooms. She is currently rehearsing for Little Red Riding Hood. 3.00pm Sunday 22 December 2002 Special Guests Mezzo Soprano Mwynion Mai Flute & Harp Duo Sian Meinir Jane Groves (flute) & Eluned Scourfield (harp) plus tonight’s “Christmas On The Waterfront” younger harpists 10th Consecutive Christmas Concert at The Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay Tomos Xerri Martha Holeyman Tickets £7.00 (concessions £5.00) & Benjamin Box office 029 2039 7711 or buy your tickets here tonight Hello Everybody, Thank you for coming to the concert. I hope that you will enjoy the music and that we will raise lots of money for BBC Children in Need. Thank you to every one who has helped with the concert especially the sponsors, advertisers, raffle prize donors, shops putting up posters, Mari for being our compere, all the musicians, the audience and special thanks to Tomos & Martha for inviting me to join their trio.