Talent Development
This pathway of our work focuses on the needs and wants of emerging artists. Collaborating with industry professionals, we have provided mentoring sessions, training days and workshops that prepare developing artists with valuable knowledge that can help take their musicianship and careers to the next level. Past workshop topics have included UK & International Touring & Gigging, Social Media & Marketing, Royalties & Legalities and Stagecraft & Live Sound. You can find examples of our talent development work at the bottom of this page.
We also expand artists’ horizons through our relationships with showcasing events, conferences and festivals; with whom we work to put Welsh artists in the light and on stages across the globe. WOMEX, FOCUS Wales and Folk Alliance International are some of the many names, which can be found in the full list on Our Work page under ‘Who we’ve worked with’.
This branch of our work has included training for tutors too, helping to build career portfolios through ‘Handing It On’ courses and our Community Folk Music Tutor training course, developed in collaboration with Community Music Wales. Musicians involved in these programmes have often proceeded as freelance facilitators for Trac Cymru.
Our latest talent development work was the National Youth Folk Ensemble of Wales, a collective of some of Wales’ most promising young musicians aged 18-25. The first rendition of our ‘NYFEW’ established itself into an 11-piece band called AVANC, who took part in developing professional training with us on behalf of Creative & Cultural Skills.
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National Youth Folk Ensemble of Wales
Trac Cymru invites a group of Wales’ most talented young folk musicians to hone their skills under the artistic direction of leading industry professionals, before taking their show on the road to…
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10 Mewn Bws: Artistic Project
A groundbreaking project that took ten young musicians from many genres and introduced them to the traditional arts – and the tradition bearers – of Wales…
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Kann an Tan: Wales-Brittany Artistic Project
In collaboration with Tafwyl and the British Council, this project brings together six artists - three from Wales and three from Brittany - to create new music together as partners and perform at…
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Dros Y Ffin/Beyond The Marshes: Artistic Project
Three young musicians from Wales and three from England explore our common heritage and our differences in an artistic residential collaboration…
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Ffwrnes Gerdd: TV Series
An S4C-screened series of short films featuring leading Welsh musicians who share their creative and musical journeys and perform their favourite pieces…
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Tune Chain Series: Artistic Project
Tune Chain is a series of short films that illustrate the way traditional musicians learn and share music. Nine players from across Wales contributed their stories, connections and tunes to the project…
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FOCUS Wales: International Showcase Festival
FOCUS Wales is an international multi-venue showcase festival held in Wrexham, North Wales, which places the music industry spotlight firmly on the emerging talent that Wales has to offer the world…
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Folk Alliance International: Conference & Showcase Event
Folk Alliance International Conference hosts two thousand showcases over four days and attracts over 3,000 delegates: musicians, festival organisers, agents, labels, publicists, mentors, clubs, venues and support agencies…
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WOMEX: Worldwide Music Expo
In October 2013, Wales welcomed WOMEX, the world’s biggest trade event for world/folk/roots and traditional music. This annual five-day event includes a bustling trade fair, showcase festival, conference and…
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EFEx: English Folk Expo
English Folk Expo is a Manchester based three-day showcase festival and international folk music trade fair, featuring talent from England plus an annual ‘international partner’. It attracts bookers, festivals, arts centres, folk clubs, agents…
