by Gwydion Davies | 27 December, 2023
Dr Rhiannon Mathias is a flute player and author with a great interest in modern music .
She studied music at Surrey University, St. John’s College, Cambridge, and continued her research on Schoenberg and Stravinsky at Reading University.
She is an experienced lecturer, broadcaster and public speaker, and is an acknowledged expert on the music of Grace Williams, Elizabeth Maconchy and Elisabeth Lutyens.
A very accomplished flute player, Rhiannon has been a tutor at CGWM since 2005.
by Gwydion Davies | 27 December, 2023
Marie-Claire Howorth is an inspirational, creative, professional musician with a proven track record of working in schools and on projects with various partners. She has many years experience as a peripatetic woodwind tutor for Gwasanaeth Ysgolion William Mathias and has taught clarinet, saxophone and piano at the Canolfan since it started. Marie-Claire is on the register of Creative Practitioner for the new Arts Council Arts and Creative learning plan. She has worked with the Canolfan in many of it’s projects such as Caru Cerdd, Kids Club Rhyl, Doniau Cudd, Singing for the Brain with the Alzheimers society.
With a keen interest in how people learn and interact, she enjoys her role as guest speaker at the University of Wales, Bangor, for the Music in the Community module.
Marie-Claire writes all the lesson plans and songs for Camau Cerdd. She shares all aspects of her innovative methods and use of resources with new Camau Cerdd practitioners who she trains so that more children can share in the multi layered learning.
