Einion Dafydd English

Einion Dafydd, born in Cardiff in 1962

Educated: Llanhari Comprehensive School, University of Wales, Bangor, (Bmus, MA), Mills College (California). Main instruments: clarinet (studied with Mike Saxton) and saxophone (self taught, but influence by Anthony Braxton in California). Research: Darius Milhaud.

Musical tendencies (as seen in his record/CD collection): Beethoven, Bartok, Glenn miller, Somin and Garfunkel, Kurt Weill, Paul Desmond, Milla Brothers, Miles Davis, World Saxophone Quartet, Berg.

Dafydd’s style, in relation to his position at Glanaethwy, can be very eclectic. Otherwise, it is characterised by the use pf modes, sequential; harmony and pantonality.

Resident musician on the staff of Glanaethwy Performance Institute. Instrumental teacher, and teacher of open-access classes, researcher (eg contributions to the translation of the Oxford Concise Dictionary of Music into Welsh).

Big Band
Title	Ensemble	Duration (mins)	Date	Publisher	Commission
Folksong arrangements: Hen ferchetan, Myn Mair, Ar lan y môr, Laura Lân, Titrwm tatrwm, Eisiau Dweud	Original, baritone sax and band with choir SA Original, 2 tenors and band.	o	1999	o	Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Môn
Choral Music
Dod I Oed (Coming of Age) libretto Elen Richards	Cantata (soloists, chorus and orchestra)	o	1999	o	Ysgol Tryfan commission
Crogi Gwilym Brewys (The Hanging of Gwilym Brewys from Siwan by Saunders Lewis)	Harp and Choir	o	o	o	o
*Newid Byd*	8 songs for Choir and Piano	o	o	Curiad	o
Chwain (Fleas) libretto Cefin Roberts	Choir, soloists, and orchestra	o	2000	o	o
*Anghofia Lyfrau Hanes* (Forget the History Books) text Cefin Roberts	SATB	o	o	Curiad	o
Siglais ar gangen (I swung on a bough) text Osip Mandelstam	SSAATB	o	o	o	o
Yn y Ffrâm (In the Frame) text Paul Griffiths	o	o	o	o	Urdd Gobaith Cymru
Arrangements of songs by eg, Beatles, Tony and Aloma, Ryan	SATB	o	o	o	o
SATB Folksong arrangements e.g. Maent yn dwedyd, Y ferch o'r Sgêr , Ar y ffordd wrth fynd i Rymni, Rew di ranno (SSA), Llongau Caernarfon.		o	o	Curiad Curiad	o
Esgyrn Sychion ('Dem dry bones', traditional ) translated and arranged by the composer.	TTB	o	2002	o	Eisteddfod yr Urdd
Television & Film
Sgrin fach – ffilm fawr (Small screen – big film)	Ensemble 12 instruments	o	o	o	o
Pawb-â'i-ran (To each his own)	o	o	o	o	Commission CBAC / WJEC
Amdani (Go for it)	o	o	o	o	Ffilmiau'r Nant (TV)
Dance
Cymru a'r Byd (Wales and the World)	o	o	o	o	Dance sequence for the Notional Eisteddfod (*Cymru ar Wasgar* Ceremony)