The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff runs a Community Ticketing Scheme. The Scheme supports a range of eligible people to access a FREE performance. You can see some of the performance’s available this week 23-30/09/24 below. If you are interested there is link to the eligibility criteria and a sign up form below.
Dennis Rollins & Royal Welsh College Jazz: Calypso Cymru
Thurs 26 September 2024 7.30pm
Dora Stoutzker Hall
£7.50-£15
Musical memories from the Windrush Elders Cymru are re-imagined through the musical artistry of jazz giant Dennis Rollins together with Samuel Dubois on steel pan, Cameron Pierre on guitar and Royal Welsh College’s jazz performers. Breathing new life into the calypso-classics of Lord Kitchner, Harry Belafonte, Mighty Sparrow, Monty Alexander and more, the gig will also feature new calypso/jazz arrangements of Jump in The Line, Brown Skin Girl, Angelina and Sly Mongoose. It’ll be sure to have you dancing in your seats!
“It’s going to be a pleasure to return to RWCMD for an expansion of our 2023 collaboration, Calypso Cymru. Here, our connection is the song.” Dennis Rollins
You can book tickets here
AmserJazzTime
27 Sept – 13 Dec 5.30pm (every Friday)
Carne Foyer
Admission Free
Don’t miss our ever popular Friday night jazz club, live in the Carne Foyer and online.
More information can be found here
Levantes Dance Theatre: The Band
Fri 27 September 7.30pm
Richard Burton Theatre
£8-£16
Age
6+
Sandy & Bruno met in the Seventies.
She was fame hungry, he was doomed to follow her. As one hit wonders, this is a story of their big come-back. With Sandy’s determination and Bruno’s blissful devotion to her, they are here; not by popular demand, but by sheer defiance.
With striking aesthetics and a rousing soundtrack, THE BAND is a quirky, humorous display of desperate ambition and blind affection told through awe-inspiring dance, theatre and circus.
Funded by Arts Council England. Developed with the support of Greenwich & Lewisham Young People’s Theatre, as part of Progression (an Arts Council England funded project). Supported by Greenwich Dance and Jacksons Lane.
You can find out more information and book here
Ora Singers: Graduate Composers’ Showcase
Sat 28 September 2024 4pm
Dora Stoutzker Hall
£5-£15
Join the award-winning ORA Singers for their inaugural Graduate Composers’ Showcase, the culmination of a brand new scheme designed to celebrate the rising stars in composition. Hear the five exceptional new voices in contemporary music: George Parris, Liberty Richardson, Tomos Owen Jones, Emma Pascoe, and Jorge Ramos, with additional ORA commissions from acclaimed composers, Paul Mealor and Odaline de la Martinez, alongside renaissance masterpieces
Livestream be available for free on the ORA Singers YouTube channel
It will also be embedded on the ORA Singers website: https://www.orasingers.com
You can find out more information and book here
Making Tracks
Sat 28 September 2024 7.30pm
Richard Burton Theatre
£7.50-£15
Exploring the connections between musical traditions and the natural world, Making Tracks brings together exceptional musicians from all corners of the globe. Collaboration has the power to foster a deeper appreciation of both biodiversity and cultural diversity, and this autumn, Making Tracks visits Cardiff for the first time with a fresh line-up of eight musicians performing a captivating programme of solo and ensemble music.
Featuring:
Christian Mohr Levisen (Denmark) – hurdy gurdy, multi-instrumentalist
Helen Anahita Wilson (UK) – vocals, sound artist, electronics
Kasiva Matua (Kenya) – percussion, vocals, guitar
Anna Mcluckie (UK) – harp, singer-songwriter
Shohret Nur – uyghur rawap, dutar
Nina Harries (UK) – double bass, singer-songwriter
Ossi Raippalinna (Finland) – percussion, electronics
Ayman Hlal (Syria/Germany) – violin, vocals
You can find out more information and book ticket here
Information on The Community Ticket Scheme
RWCMD is a performance venue with a range of theatres. We work to support the public to watch the full range of performances, many of which are free and happen regularly, like AmserJazz.
We specifically focus on supporting people who may face barriers to coming to the College. If you are a member of one of the groups below and are interested in seeing a performance at RWCMD for free, please fill this form or phone our Community Engagement Partner – Guy O’Donnell at 029 2034 2854
People from the areas of Cardiff:
- Ely,
- Caerau,
- Canton,
- Riverside,
- Grangetown,
- Butetown,
- Adamsdown,
- Splott,
- Rumney,
- Llanrumney,
- Trowbridge
- Llanedeyrn,
- St Mellons
- Pentrebane
Asylum seekers and refugees (Referred through membership with partner organisations)
Disabled people (Referred through membership with partner organisations or evidence of status)
Tempo Time Credit network members
Care experienced children and young people.
Groups and individuals supported by Race Council Cymru and Chinese in Wales.
We are keen to learn more about what barriers to study or live performances exist and how we can work to remove them. We seek to learn, share and work with a range of communities.
You can find out more about the Scheme here
If you have any queries or you would like someone to speak to your group about the Scheme, please contact Communities Engagement Partner – Guy O’ Donnell.
Guy works on delivering a wide range of engagement activity, working across every aspect of the College with potential students, community groups, schools, colleges, audience members, partner organisations, decision makers and the wider public. You can email him at this address guy.odonell@rwcmd.ac.uk