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Snell set for Welsh Speaker role

Howard Snell is to be one of the leading speakers at the inaugural Ty Cerdd Conference in Cardiff.

Millennium Centre Wales
 

Howard Snell has been announced as one of the key note speakers at the inaugural Ty Cerdd Conference to be held at the Welsh capital’s iconic Millennium Centre.

Partnership

The event is being held between the 6th-8th June, in partnership with Welsh National Opera, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and Making Music, with the aim of inspiring current and future generations of singers and instrumentalists.

International panel

Howard Snell will be joined by an international panel of speakers, which also include composer Paul Mealor, conductor Adrian Partington, mezzo-soprano, Kate Woolveridge, composer Mervyn Burtch, set designer, Charlotte Neville, and Scottish Brass Band Association Development Officer Andrew Duncan.

The registration fee for Ty Cerdd members if only £5.00 (£20.00 for non members)

Find out more

To find out more and register online, please go to: www.tycerdd.org

Further details will be released closer to the date.

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