Dovetail Cardiff
Dovetail Cardiff runs in partnership with Arts Active, a brilliant music education organisation based in Cardiff.
The Cardiff orchestra runs every Thursday from 10am-11.30am, with refreshments afterwards. The venue is a church in the centre of the city called St David’s (Eglwys Dewi Sant)
Everybody from the asylum-seeking and refugee community in Cardiff and nearby is welcome to join. You don’t have to have any musical experience, and all styles of music are welcome, whether you play or sing.
The orchestra creates new pieces and songs out of what you bring to the group.
Helen Woods leads the sessions, supported by the Arts Active team.
To register your interest or if you have any queries, please email Dovetail on cardiff@dovetailorchestra.org.uk, telling us a bit about yourself and any music you enjoy.
We can pay for bus travel to the church if you need it.
Music leader
Helen Woods is a composer, music animateur, musical director and performer. Compositions include OUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE (from the words of Greta Thunberg) and WATER commissioned for the Vale of Glamorgan Festival. Helen was one of the original performers of The Sky in A Room, an art installation created by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson. She is also musical director of Cardiff Gamelan and works with English National Ballet/National Dance Company Wales as a musician on the Dance for Parkinson’s programme.
