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Wanted: Trustee with financial expertise
trac is looking to appoint a new Trustee with financial expertise to its Board.
The Board of Trustees oversee the company’s work and support our business focus and commitment to traditional music in Wales. We are looking for a Trustee with financial expertise and an enthusiasm for the arts and the needs of our sector.
The deadline for receipt of applications is 31 August 2009 Contact details
For further information and details on how to apply please contact Blanche Rowen on 02920 398861 or trac@trac-cymru.org.
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Do you receive email news from trac? If you`re missing out, just click on the `mailing list signup` link (top left) to join our free e-group for news of folk-related events around Wales. ACW Traditional Music conference notes
Notes from the ground-breaking one-day conference organised by the Arts Council of Wales and trac ar available below. The document, available in English and Welsh, includes contributions from David Francis of Scotland’s Traditional Music Forum, Paul Flynn of Arts Council Northern Ireland, and trac’s Siân Thomas, as well as an overview of the day’s discussions by Einion Dafydd of ACW. Contact details
You can download your copy in PDF format here. Any comments are welcome - please send to the trac office at trac@trac-cymru.org.
The Welsh-language version is available by clicking on the `Cymraeg` option on the menu bar to the left which will take you to the Welsh side of the website. download file (230k)
| Researching old manuscripts
In autumn 2008, trac held a fascinating international forum as guests of the Wales Millennium Centre, on the theme of discovering hidden musical treasures.
Cass Meurig spoke on the challenging experience of turning an obscure handwritten manuscript, the 18th century John Thomas collection of fiddle pieces, into a useable tunebook and resource for contemporary fiddlers, illustrating her talk with a demonstration of tunes on fiddle and crwth.
Loeiz er Braz came over from Brittany, where he is the national secretary of Dastum (the Breton folk music development organisation) and chair of Dastum Bro Ereg, his regional Dastum. A collector, singer and piper, Loeiz gave us a comprehensive overview of the musical traditions of Brittany and the work of Dastum over the past twenty years in preserving and promoting them.
Mike O’Connor (pictured left) is a stalwart of Cornish music, well-known as a researcher, publisher and performer. He had much practical advice for musical treasure-hunters. On the trail of lost sources, he has unearthed unknown collections in local libraries and great houses. He told the tale of a manuscript book of tunes found in a jumble sale, which turned out to be a completely unknown fiddler’s tunebook from 1808 - of great local significance, both musically and in the context of social history. Go looking, he said; there are manuscripts waiting to be found. You can read the full text of his talk by clicking on the link below.
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