Leading young harpist plays at care home
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Elfair Grug, 29, who has performed at the prestigious venue in London, gave residents at Pendine Park’s Bryn Seiont Newydd a virtuoso performance.
The concert came about as the result of a partnership between the Pendine Park Arts and Community Trust Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias (the William Mathias Music Centre) in Caernarfon made possible by funding from Arts & Business Cymru via their Culture Step programme. Elin Haf Lee – yn cael ei chynorthwyo gan Idris Tomos, Deian Iorwerth - yn cael ei gynorthwyo gan Owain Iago, Alis Glyn Tomos a Tomos Llywelyn. Yr organydd oedd Ieuan Jones ac fe gyfeiliodd Heddwen Lois ar yr allweddellau i ddau o’r emynau. Cyfarfu Ysgol Sul y plant a’r ieuenctid. Rhoddwyd y blodau gan Rhian Mair Williams a Llywydd y Sul oedd Dilwyn Ellis Hughes. Roedd oedfa’r prynhawn yn oedfa undebol dan nawdd Cyngor Eglwysi Caernarfon ac yn cael ei harwain gan y Parch Mererid Mair. Ynddi cafwyd sgwrs ac arweiniad ar ddementia gan Meilys Smith o Gyngor Gwynedd. Bydd oedfa’r bore, y Sul nesaf, dan ofal Y Parch Olaf Davies, Llandegfan ac oedfa’r prynhawn yng ngofal y Parch J Ronald Williams. Bydd Ysgol Sul y plant a’r Ieuenctid yn cyfarfod yn y bore. Picture: Mandy Jones Photography
It is part of a series of 15 concerts at Pendine Park’s care homes in Wrexham and Caernarfon and at other venues in the community. The project will culminate with a concert by former Royal Harpist Catrin Finch at Bryn Seiont Newydd on April 18, ahead of her performance at the 2019 Wales Harp Festival concert at Galeri in Caernarfon.
Elfair, from Mynytho, is a former pupil of the renowned harpist, Elinor Bennett, at the William Mathias Music Centre at Galeri, Caernarfon.
She was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain for a number of years playing in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall.
She said: “It was lovely to see some residents joining in and singing along. The music clearly has a big effect on residents.
“I will be returning to Bryn Seiont