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MUSICAL DIRECTOR, ACCOMPANIST AND ASSISTANT MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Owain Arwel Davies, graduated with honours from the School of Music at Bangor University in 1999, and was Head of Music at Ysgol Tryfan, Bangor but has recently been appointed Head of Inclusive Education for Gwynedd and Anglesey.
He has had the privilege of producing, and performing on numerous recordings, especially the choir’s recent CD – Anthem. As a diverse musician he has also performed and recorded with some of Wales’ leading Rock and Pop Bands. He has also gained high acclaim for his musical productions in Music Theatre, recordings and television productions. In 2013, he was the musical director for the Welsh television (S4C) Christmas concert ‘Carolau Llandudno’ directing, arranging and conducting the thousand voices and artistes such as Wynne Evans, Peter Karrie and Sioned Gwen Davies. He was responsible for working on a new music commission that was performed and directed by himself in the ‘Bryn Terfel Theatre’, as part of Bangor University's new Arts and Innovation Centre which opened in 2015.
As a music teacher, Owain Arwel is well known in Wales for his qualities in nurturing and guiding talented young students, who have gone on to be professional musicians.
In 2014, Owain Arwel celebrated 10 years as musical director of Côr y Penrhyn and under his direction, the choir has established itself as one of Wales’ foremost vocal ensembles and is famous for its lively and exciting presentations.
Brought up in Dihewyd, Cardiganshire, Fran teaches at the University of Wales, Bangor, she is also a piano teacher.
She was victorious in the solo piano recital competitions both at the National Eisteddfod in Machynlleth and the Urdd national at Pwllheli.
Fran is a life member, Music Ovate, of the Eisteddfod Gorsedd. Her bardic name being Frances Dalis. In 2007 she received a scholarship from ESRC to study the use of language in Caernarfon.
She gained a PhD in Applied Linguistics in 2013.
Caleb was brought up in Gerlan, a small village above Bethesda. He attended Ysgol Abercaseg and Ysgol Pen-y-Bryn in Bethesda, before receiving his secondary education in Ysgol Tryfan, Bangor. Caleb studied History, Welsh and Music in the Sixth Form.
He has a degree in Music at Bangor University.
Caleb joined the Baritone section of the choir back in 2013 aged 16, and thoroughly enjoys every aspect of the choir’s busy schedule.