Cenfyn Evans Email and Phone Number

I had a wonderful music education. packed with opportunity. Orchestra and Military Band to play and perform with every day at Pontypridd Grammar with Haydn Wyn Davies as a teacher pushing us. The Glamorgan Youth Orchestra conducted and dominated, by, thank goodness, Russell Shepherd; National Youth Orchestra of Wales in the days of Clarence Raybould and Arthur Davison. I played the notes but equally importantly learnt the etiquette of orchestral/ ensemble playing. Playing in the pit orchestras for the high quality amateur operatic societies dotted throughout the Rhondda...and other valleys! Studying music at Cardiff but gigging; sixteen piece Top Rank bands, full orchestras for choral societies, cabaret. Dance bands, playing for a generation that did a Strictly Come Dancing every week for pure pleasure.The gigging went on whatever else musically I was involved with.; classical to jazz.... even progressive rock; on keyboard! Pethau Cymreig ...stori bwysig, bwysig arall. Lots of work in Theatre. Then along came (40+ years ago) music technology and it has developed and developed and developed. Creating virtual performances, recording, inset for teachers.For last 10 years or so of a day job I had the privilege and challenge of starting and developing a dept. of Music Technology and Practice at Coleg Sir Gar. It was a joy...over 300 students going on to study some area of the music industry at University. Now I’m trying combine my ‘traditional' music making education and background with my music technology experience by developing ways in which contemporary technology can help and motivate instrumental and vocal practice.At eto Music Practice we are busy creating and publishing apps for mobile phones and tablets .No fancy gimmicks...the work still needs to be put in BUT our practice tools make practice sessions much more efficient. There are plenty of demo 'videos' on the different instrument pages of our site http://www.etomusicpractice.co.uk