Yesterday was silly hat day at work - more commonly known as graduation!
Being #rwcmd we do graduation & last day of the academic year & the summer ball all on the same day!
It's always a special but bittersweet day of celebration & goodbyes.
But also being "tech" we are one of the few staff working all day - rather than celebrating. Slightly easier this year as we pushed the ball over to our friends at Production78 so we were just "cover".
But yep still bittersweet.
Back at the #RWCMD for 7 Steps: The Music of Miles Davies.
#supportthearts #livemusic #jazz #rwcmd
Sat on the balcony at #RWCMD enjoying the sun, breeze in the trees and the random sounds of multiple practice rooms : https://recorder.google.com/share/7b2afe04-5f2b-4d11-91f2-5270ae69ffcd
So tonight in work it was time for our weekly JazzTime - but it was definitely not Jazz - I'm putting a word in for #FunkyFridays to be a "thing" here at #RWCMD
From a tech point of view I still really enjoy seeing all the kit we put in during covid getting used like this - its even better when I know its students running it - as it was tonight for the video side of things.
https://www.youtube.com/live/m-ETvk6h3vY?feature=share&t=462
#funkyFridays #rwcmd #funk #livemusic
Well that was excellent!
Lots of Thelonius Monk stuff.
The lady in the photo is Petra, she dances tap and then some! In fact she was an integral part of the band providing a huge part of the percussion section. She blew us all away, especially when we found out it was the first time she'd ever danced with the quartet.
Such talent on one stage.
#rwcmd #tapdance #tap #jazz #livemusic
I don't think I could have got closer seats.
Xhosa Cole Quartet presents Rhythm-a-ting at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.
#cardiff #rwcmd #jazz #livemusic
Back to the RWCMD for a musical evening.
Kayhan Kalhor is regarded as the world’s greatest master of the #kamancheh (Persian violin).
Tonight he duo's with the renowned #baglama (Turkish lute) player Erdal Erzincan.
#rwcmd #concert #gig #music #baglama #kamancheh
#3GoodThings @3GoodThings
1/ Added disks to two ASM disk groups, the 2nd rebalance waited and then disappeared. I was worried that it had failed, but Oracle automatically ran it on another instance
2/ Lovely gamelan and piano lessons this week.
3/ #KayhanKalhor and #ErdalErzincan playing the #RWCMD in January. I know nothing about Persian classical music, but went to see Majid Derakhshani on the off chance on the evening of the last election and it was stunning
#rwcmd #erdalerzincan #kayhankalhor #3goodthings
Superb launch event for the #winterlights trail at #Bute Park #Cardiff with Pain in the Brass band from #RWCMD
#winterlights #Bute #cardiff #rwcmd
First Trip to the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in a while.
Tonight's performance, The Great Jamaican Songbook with Cleveland Watkiss.
#liveperformance #concert #rwcmd #music
A short clip of the AKA Trio performing at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama last night.
#AKAtrio #music #fusion #rwcmd #SupportLiveMusic
#supportlivemusic #rwcmd #fusion #music #AKAtrio