6.17pm - Pam?
A short concert piece for marimba and piano from Emoticons of Time.

Ave Maria
Coming soon...

Distaw
A collection of songs from musical theatre productions written by Eilir Owen Griffiths.

Emoticons of Time (chamber orchestra version)
An outstanding new percussion concerto commissioned by Dave Danford in 2010.

Emoticons of Time (piano reduction) Arranged by the composer.

Gorffennwyd
A modern cantata based around the Easter story.

Myrddin/Merlin
An experimental piece that gives a choir the opportunity to use their whole bodies to create the mystical and playful world of the magician.

Y Crwydryn Llon
A contemporary piece written for SATB choir and piano.

Eilir Owen Griffiths is a Music Tutor and Cultural Organiser at Trinity University College, Carmarthen. He is also the Artistic Director of the Trinity Arts Festival, which has the Stuart Burrows International Voice Award as its main event. A former student of Theatre, Music and the Media at the College, he went on to study for an M.Mus. degree in Composition at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

His composition work has brought him many accolades, amongst which are the Welsh Livery Guild Prize (2004), the Barry Choral Society Prize (2004), the Composers’ Prize (2005), the Worshipful Company of Musicians Award (2005) and in 2008 he won the Main Composers Prize at the National Eisteddfod of Wales Cardiff. 2008 also saw Eilir release a CD of his work Y Gair.

Eilir is established as one of Wales’ most dynamic conductors and has won many of the top competition prizes with his choirs, Côr Aelwyd CF1, Côr Godre’r Garth, Côr y Drindod and The Blues Choir. He has also conducted the Chamber Orchestra of Wales and is a regular contributor to concert platforms and musical events in the UK, and appears on television programmes as a performer and commentator.