We are coming up to St David’s Day on the 1st of March where many schools will be celebrating this special day with a concert or school eisteddfod.

Here are some songs that are featured in our Cwricwlwm Cymreig section that could be used as part of your celebrations.

 

Mae hen wlad fy nhadau – Evan James & James James

This song is, by tradition, the national anthem of Wales, and was composed in January 1856.

 

Now lad’s let’s all rejoice - traditional

This is a translation of the traditional Welsh Folk song 'Moliannwn'. The song is a rejoicing song about welcoming the spring.

 

I shall sing and be full merry – arr Gwennant Pyrs

This song is a Cerdd Dant (verse singing) piece. Cerdd Dant is the art of vocal improvisation over a given melody in Welsh musical tradition. It is traditionally sung with harp accompaniment.

 

Miggledee maggledee - traditional

This is a translation of the traditional Welsh folk song ‘Migldi Magldi’. The songs response mimics a blacksmith at work.

 

Oh pure heart – John Hughes

This Welsh hymn is often associated with the Welsh Rugby Union, and is sung before almost every test match involving the Welsh national team.

 

Sing out loud - Einion Dafydd & Cefin Roberts

This song was commissioned to reflect the ethos of the CânSing project. It refers to the heritage and culture of Wales and is bilingual to signify the unification of the two languages.

 

The Holly - traditional

The Holly is a translation by Carlene Marr/Syr Idris Bell of the traditional Welsh folksong ‘Y Gelynnen’. The song is rejoicing about the holly tree.

 

Ar lan y môr - (On the seashore) traditional

‘Ar lan y môr’ (On the seashore) is a traditional Welsh folk song. It is a love song, and the opening phrase has been kept in Welsh in this translation.

 

Round the horn – traditional

This is a sea shanty sung on board Welsh schooners and South Georgia whalers, which often took on Welsh crews.

Welcome back!

 

I do hope you’ve all had an enjoyable break and are refreshed and looking forward to another busy term ahead.

We want to gather information about how our resources are used across Wales (and beyond). We would be really grateful if you would complete this short online survey (only 7 questions) to help us focus on what helps you most.

English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YRHW653

Cymraeg: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YRWWCDX


Thank you for your ongoing support 


Suzanne (& the CânSing team)

National CânSing Day 2015

As we look forward to our fifth National CânSing Day on Thursday 25th June - the schedule for our team is busier than ever! We are very grateful to all those schools who are hosting events, large and small, across Wales to help celebrate and raise the profile of our project. So far we have plans to support 12 events across 6 counties; Wrexham, Flintshire, Denbighshire, RCT, Caerphilly, Vale of Glamorgan. The largest is likely to be our event at William Aston Hall in Wrexham (in partnership with WNO and Wrexham Music Service); over 700 pupils from 18 schools will come together for a full day of singing where they’ll get the chance to sing our new “Evening Prayer” with Soprano Zoë Milton-Brown and pianist Helen Woods. 

 

Apologies to those who applied to receive an Animateur for the day but were unsuccessful this time - we only have a small team and the logistics of moving them around Wales on the day are quite challenging!

 

Tweet:  our main hashtag this year is #DCSD2015 please use this to show how much CânSing activity there is across Wales. We are also inviting you to share your #SingingSelfie/ #HunlunCanu - (via tweet or email to us) these will also be included in our special edition of our bulletin! 

 

We want to gather information about how our resources are used across Wales (and beyond). We would be really grateful if you would complete this short online survey (only 7 questions) to help us focus on what helps you most. The survey will be open until 17th July. English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YRHW653

Cymraeg: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YRWWCDX

 

Thank you for your ongoing support - I look forward to seeing how you celebrate your involvement in CânSing!

 

Suzanne (& the CânSing team)

Our biggest news is the announcement of National CânSing Day 2015 which will be Thursday 25th June. 

The whole CânSing team, including our 6 highly skilled Animateurs are standing by and ready to work with schools and community groups across Wales to make this, the 5th National CânSing Day, the biggest and best yet.

We have already received requests for CânSing Day support from a number of individual schools, clusters and local authorities - if you would like a member of our team to work with you on the day (for free!) please email info@cansing.org.uk as soon as possible. We are only able to offer Animateurs to a limited number of events on the day itself - so please don't delay! 

I look forward to hearing from you,

Keep singing!

Suzanne Barnes
CânSing Project Manager

 

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in our 4th National CânSing Day on Friday 19th June 2014.

We know that there were events across Wales , large and small. There were over 2,000 hits on our website that day – and that means that thousands of children and young people were able to participate.

We have collated all the reports submitted and have created a special edition of the CânSing Bulletin (please click link to download).

Also, if you are aware of any local media coverage that we may have missed – please do let us know.

Again, many thanks for your continued support

 

Suzanne

CânSing Project Manager

 

 

 

 

Bulletin CânSing Day 2014.pdf
National CânSing Day 2014

We are holding our fourth National CânSing Day on Thursday, 19th of June. Schools from across Wales involved in CanSing are encouraged to celebrate their achievements on this day; bringing pupils together and uniting voices, by using the CânSing resources. These are available at www.cansing.org.uk.


We are delighted that so many schools are taking up the opportunity to celebrate their achievements with CânSing. It demonstrates the success of the project, and we are confident that the experience will have a lasting impression on teachers and children, and will encourage them to use their voices today and well into the future.


Our team of six Animateurs will be participating in numerous singing workshops and activities across Wales including Denbighshire, Conwy, Wrexham, Pembrokeshire, Cardiff, Swansea and RCT.


To celebrate National CânSing Day we will be releasing new resources on the website and a CânSing Day Pack and new songs including:


•    Canon in D (swingle style)

•    Amazing Grace

•    The Holly (Y Gelynnen –Welsh Folk Song)


Also CânSing, in partnership with Welsh National Opera, are launching a new trilingual (French, English and Welsh) educational version of the 'Toreador Song', from Bizet's Carmen.  This will be premiered on National CânSing Day with the first performance to be held in a combined Wrexham Schools performance with professional opera soloist.


For more information about CânSing, or to find out about local celebrations, please email suzanne.barnes@continyou.org.uk.

Warmest wishes,


Suzanne Barnes,

CânSing Project Manager

 

Details for our CânSing Music and Literacy Training event in South Wales (11/06/2014) can be found by following this link:

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CânSing Day

 

June 19th, 2014.

Happy New Year
Happy New Year!



REMEMBER


There are a few places left for the CânSing Training Days  in January.

9th of January  - (Swansea) (English medium)

10th of January - (Pontypridd) (Welsh medium)

The training is FREE and we pay supply costs to the school.



Contact suzanne.barnes@castcymru.org.uk for additional details.
Cansing Autum 2013 Bulletin.pdf
Welcome to the CânSing website

 We have been recording new songs and filming new, teacher -focused, tutorial videos. I certainly hope you enjoy our new Christmas resources – please do share recordings of your school/choir/group performing, we would love to add these to our website.

 

This year, another 200 schools will participate in CânSing training – and we have delivered several training days already this term and others are planned – if you know of a school who hasn’t yet engaged with CânSing – please do get in touch.

 

No doubt, many of you will have read the recent ‘Arts in Education Review’ report and the recommendations. We were pleased to see the CânSing project mentioned so positively and hope that this report will help us to demonstrate how much teachers utilise the resources and training offered via the programme.

 

If you wish to get in touch with me, please email suzanne.barnes@castcymru.org.uk

 

Kind regards,

 

Suzanne,

CânSing Project Manager.

Cansing Autum 2013 Bulletin.pdf