The Music Room
2025-2026
Welcome to The Music Room, a series of Monthly Chamber Music Concerts presented by Ensemble Cymru in collaboration with Gregynog Hall and St. Mary’s Church, Conwy.
Each concert lasts around 45-50 minutes and takes place twice over a weekend, at 11.00am on Saturday in Gregynog Hall’s historic music room in beautiful Mid Wales, and at 4.00pm on Sunday at St. Mary’s Church, Conwy. The series is inspired by Gwendoline and Margaret Davies and forms a musical backdrop to their extraordinary lives and the creative world which they inhabited and supported.
March 2026
The Music Room, Gregynog
Date 07/03/2026 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location Gregynog
Musicians: Rebecca Afonwy-Jones – mezzo soprano Sara Roberts – viola Jonathan Lyness – piano Music: EC’s first concert for 2026...
The Music Room, Dragon Theatre
Date 08/03/2026 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location The Dragon Theatre
Musicians: Rebecca Afonwy-Jones – mezzo soprano Sara Roberts – viola Jonathan Lyness – piano Music: EC’s first concert for 2026...
The Music Room, St Mary’s Church
Date 08/03/2026 Time 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Location St Mary's Church, Conwy
Musicians: Rebecca Afonwy-Jones – mezzo soprano Sara Roberts – viola Jonathan Lyness – piano Music: EC’s first concert for 2026...
April 2026
The Music Room, Gregynog
Date 11/04/2026 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location Gregynog
Musicians: Elenid Owen – violin Sara Roberts – viola Music: The Violin/Viola duo is perhaps the best known of all...
The Music Room, St Mary’s Church
Date 12/04/2026 Time 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Location St Mary's Church, Conwy
Musicians: Elenid Owen – violin Sara Roberts – viola Music: The Violin/Viola duo is perhaps the best known of all...
The Music Room, Neuadd Dwyfor
Date 13/04/2026 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli
Musicians: Elenid Owen – violin Sara Roberts – viola Music: The Violin/Viola duo is perhaps the best known of all...
May 2026
The Music Room, Gregynog
Date 09/05/2026 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location Gregynog
Musicians: Chris Goodman – clarinet Alanna Pennar-Macfarlane – bassoon Music: A clarinet and bassoon may sound like an odd couple,...
The Music Room, Dragon Theatre
Date 10/05/2026 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location The Dragon Theatre
Musicians: Chris Goodman – clarinet Alanna Pennar-Macfarlane – bassoon Music: A clarinet and bassoon may sound like an odd couple,...
The Music Room, St Mary’s Church
Date 10/05/2026 Time 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Location St Mary's Church, Conwy
Chris Goodman – clarinet Alanna Pennar-Macfarlane – bassoon Music: A clarinet and bassoon may sound like an odd couple, but...
The Music Room, Neuadd Dwyfor
Date 11/05/2026 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli
Musicians: Chris Goodman – clarinet Alanna Pennar-Macfarlane – bassoon Music: A clarinet and bassoon may sound like an odd couple,...
June 2026
The Music Room, Gregynog
Date 13/06/2026 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location Gregynog
Musicians: Elenid Owen – violin Nia Harries – cello Music: For EC’s Season Finale, violin and cello are deployed with...
The Music Room, Dragon Theatre
Date 13/06/2026 Time 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Location The Dragon Theatre
Musicians: Elenid Owen – violin Nia Harries – cello Music: For EC’s Season Finale, violin and cello are deployed with...
The Music Room, St Mary’s Church
Date 14/06/2026 Time 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Location St Mary's Church, Conwy
Musicians: Elenid Owen – violin Nia Harries – cello Music: For EC’s Season Finale, violin and cello are deployed with...
The Music Room, Neuadd Dwyfor
Date 15/06/2026 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli
Musicians: Elenid Owen – violin Nia Harries – cello Music: For EC’s Season Finale, violin and cello are deployed with...
The Music
The distinctive programming of The Music Room Series focuses on British and French chamber music from around the 1890s to the 1930s. British composers include Frank Bridge, Edward Elgar, Arnold Bax, Rebecca Clarke and Ralph Vaughan Williams. French composers include Gabriel Faure, Lili and Nadia Boulanger, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. Each programme features between 2 and 3 performers with works chosen to highlight Ensemble Cymru’s eclectic range of classical musicians, playing in differing and sometimes unusual combinations to bring audiences a joyful, entertaining and meaningful selection of great music.
The Davies Sisters
Gwendoline (1882 to 1951) and Margaret (1884 to 1963) Davies were sisters, philanthropists and patrons of the arts who inherited a fortune from their industrialist grandfather. Margaret’s passion was art, Gwendoline’s passion was music and their lives during the early decades of the c20th were closely linked to both Britain and France. They travelled widely, built up a vast collection of paintings and served with the Red Cross in France during the First World War. After the war they bought Gregynog Hall where they established a centre for the creative arts and a music festival.
Creative Team
Peryn Clement-Evans, Artistic Director
Jonathan Lyness, Programme Curator
