The Music Room
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.
Our programme curator Jonathan Lyness tells us more about the music, themes and composers featured in our Music Room concerts here: Discover Chamber Music.
October 2026
The Music Room, St John’s Methodist Church
Date 09/10/2026 Time 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Location St John's Methodist Church, Llandudno
Musicians: Anne Denholm – harp Elenid Owen – violin Music: Ensemble Cymru begins its new season with an utterly gorgeous...
The Music Room, Gregynog
Date 10/10/2026 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location Gregynog
Musicians: Anne Denholm – harp Elenid Owen – violin Music: Ensemble Cymru begins its new season with an utterly gorgeous...
The Music Room, Neuadd Dwyfor
Date 10/10/2026 Time 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Location Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli
Musicians: Anne Denholm – harp Elenid Owen – violin Music: Ensemble Cymru begins its new season with an utterly gorgeous...
The Music Room, Dragon Theatre
Date 11/10/2026 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location The Dragon Theatre
Musicians: Anne Denholm – harp Elenid Owen – violin Music: Ensemble Cymru begins its new season with an utterly gorgeous...
The Music Room, St Mary’s Church
Date 11/10/2026 Time 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Location St Mary's Church, Conwy
Musicians: Anne Denholm – harp Elenid Owen – violin Music: Ensemble Cymru begins its new season with an utterly gorgeous...
November 2026
The Music Room, St John’s Methodist Church
Date 06/11/2026 Time 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Location St John's Methodist Church, Llandudno
Musicians: Sara Roberts – viola Richard Ormrod – piano Music: Sara Roberts and Richard Ormrod perform Rebecca Clarke’s passionate, rhapsodic...
The Music Room, Gregynog
Date 07/11/2026 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location Gregynog
Musicians: Sara Roberts – viola Richard Ormrod – piano Music: Sara Roberts and Richard Ormrod perform Rebecca Clarke’s passionate, rhapsodic...
The Music Room, Dragon Theatre
Date 08/11/2026 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location The Dragon Theatre
Musicians: Sara Roberts – viola Richard Ormrod – piano Music: Sara Roberts and Richard Ormrod perform Rebecca Clarke’s passionate, rhapsodic...
The Music Room, St Mary's Church
Date 08/11/2026 Time 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Location St Mary's Church, Conwy
Musicians: Sara Roberts – viola Richard Ormrod – piano Music: Sara Roberts and Richard Ormrod perform Rebecca Clarke’s passionate, rhapsodic...
March 2027
The Music Room, St John’s Methodist Church
Date 12/03/2027 Time 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Location St John's Methodist Church, Llandudno
Musicians: Nicola Pearce – cello Richard Ormrod – piano Music: Details coming soon.
The Music Room, Gregynog
Date 13/03/2027 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location Gregynog
Musicians: Nicola Pearce – cello Richard Ormrod – piano Music: Details coming soon.
The Music Room, Dragon Theatre
Date 14/03/2027 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location The Dragon Theatre
Musicians: Nicola Pearce – cello Richard Ormrod – piano Music: Details coming soon.
The Music Room, St Mary's Church
Date 14/03/2027 Time 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Location St Mary's Church, Conwy
Musicians: Nicola Pearce – cello Richard Ormrod – piano Music: Details coming soon.
The Music Room, Neuadd Dwyfor
Date 15/03/2027 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli
Musicians: Nicola Pearce – cello Richard Ormrod – piano Music: Details coming soon.
April 2027
The Music Room, St John’s Methodist Church
Date 09/04/2027 Time 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Location St John's Methodist Church, Llandudno
Musicians: Huw Clement Evans – oboe Richard Ormrod – piano Music: Details coming soon.
The Music Room, Gregynog
Date 10/04/2027 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location Gregynog
Musicians: Huw Clement Evans – oboe Richard Ormrod – piano Music: Details coming soon.
The Music Room, Dragon Theatre
Date 11/04/2027 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location The Dragon Theatre
Musicians: Huw Clement Evans – oboe Richard Ormrod – piano Music: Details coming soon.
The Music Room, St Mary's Church
Date 11/04/2027 Time 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Location St Mary's Church, Conwy
Musicians: Huw Clement Evans – oboe Richard Ormrod – piano Music: Details coming soon.
The Music Room, Neuadd Dwyfor
Date 12/04/2027 Time 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli
Musicians: Huw Clement Evans – oboe Richard Ormrod – piano Music: Details coming soon.
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
Elenid Owen, Artistic associate (Performance)
Jonathan Lyness, Artistic associate (Programming & content)
Mared Emlyn, Artistic associate (Creative)
Peryn Clement-Evans, Chief executive officer
Victoria MacManus, Operations Associate
