RWCMD Big Band, Ella and the Count Basie Orchestra!

The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Big Band – Ella & The Count Basie Orchestra!

Friday 29th November 2024

7.30pm start (doors and bar open at 7pm)

£12.95 person + booking fee

Penarth Pavilion welcomes the return of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Big Band!

This year the Band and guest vocalists will celebrate the music of the First Lady of Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald and the Count Basie Orchestra featuring the original arrangements by Quincy Jones, Sammy Nestico and Neal Hefti.

The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Big Band comprises of students currently studying at the College and is populated by current students from the under- graduate and post-graduate courses on both Jazz and Classical Music courses.

RWCMD Big Band rehearses weekly under the current Musical Director Ceri Rees and enjoys a varied and successful concert program throughout the academic year both at the College and further afield.

The Band has recently been featured in a series of concerts at the RWCMD for both its annual jazz festival and recently a tribute concert to the music of the American Big Bands and Sinatra and Basie at the Sands.

RWCMD Big Band has also appeared at the Swansea International Jazz festival to much critical acclaim and regularly performs for the South Wales Big Band Society.

This concert is part of the RWCMD-in-Residence programme, a series of creative projects from Royal Welsh College musicians and recent graduates, presented in partnership with Penarth Pier Pavilion.

Under the direction of Ceri Rees RWCMD Big Band are very much looking forward to their inaugural performance at Penarth Pier Pavilion!

Tickets are limited so be sure to book early.

Seating is unreserved.

Band Mawr Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru – Dathlu Ella Fitzgerald a’r Count Basie Orchestra!

Nos Wener 29 Tachwedd 2024

Dechrau am 7.30pm (bydd y drysau a’r bar ar agor o 7pm)

£12.95 y pen + ffi archebu

Mae Pafiliwn Penarth yn croesawu dychweliad Band Mawr Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru!

Eleni bydd y Band a chanwyr gwadd yn dathlu cerddoriaeth Prif Arglwyddes Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald a’r Count Basie Orchestra gan gynnwys y trefniannau gwreiddiol gan Quincy Jones, Sammy Nestico a Neal Hefti.

Mae Band Mawr Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru yn cynnwys myfyrwyr sy'n astudio yn y Coleg ar hyn o bryd ar y cyrsiau Jazz a Cherddoriaeth Glasurol israddedig ac ôl-raddedig.

Mae Band Mawr CBCDC yn ymarfer yn wythnosol o dan y Cyfarwyddwr Cerdd presennol, Ceri Rees, ac yn mwynhau rhaglen gyngerddau amrywiol a llwyddiannus drwy gydol y flwyddyn academaidd, yn y Coleg a’r tu hwnt.

Yn ddiweddar, mae'r Band wedi cymryd rhan mewn cyfres o gyngherddau yn CBCDC ar gyfer ei ŵyl jazz flynyddol ac, yn ddiweddar, gyngerdd deyrnged i gerddoriaeth y Bandiau Mawr Americanaidd a Sinatra a Basie yn y Sands.

Mae Band Mawr CBCDC hefyd wedi ymddangos yng Ngŵyl Jazz Ryngwladol Abertawe i glod mawr gan feirniaid ac mae'n perfformio'n rheolaidd i Gymdeithas Band Mawr De Cymru.

Mae'rcgyngerdd hwn yn rhan o raglen breswyl Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru (CBCDC), sef cyfres o brosiectau creadigol gan gerddorion a graddedigion diweddar Coleg Brenhinol Cymru, a gyflwynir mewn partneriaeth â Phafiliwn Pier Penarth.

O dan gyfarwyddyd Ceri Rees, mae Band Mawr CBCDC yn edrych ymlaen yn fawr at eu perfformiad cyntaf ym Mhafiliwn Pier Penarth!

Dim ond hyn a hyn o docynnau sydd ar gael, felly archebwch yn gynnar Nid oes modd cadw seddi penodol.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Penarth Pier Pavilion, The Esplanade, Penarth, United Kingdom