Art
Emma’s art for kids
Looking for something creative to do with younger children? Check out Emma Prentice's YouTube channel to learn how to make lot's of beautiful art creations. Emma is a community visual artist living and working in Cardiff. Emma has worked with a variety of groups, including children and adults [...]
Learn How to Make a Fabric Bird
– Part of our Criw Celf Activities – Do you have fabrics lying around your house? Some old clothes or old curtains or table cloths? Join Florence Boyd and learn how to make a Fabric Bird Download your worksheet here! [...]
Creating Foil Sculptures
Criw Celf Online Resources: AJ Stockwell presents: Creating Foil Sculptures More like this
Learn How to Make Animation
Part of our Criw Celf Activities – Ever wondered how you could bring objects to life? Join Leo and Natasha Nicholson as they show you how to Make Animation.
Learn How to Create Paintings using Shapes
– Part of our Criw Celf Activities – Join Claire Prosser as she presents 3 videos around looking for and finding shapes to create paintings. Download your worksheet here! Using a Viewfinder Pick and Plonk Negative Space Drawings [...]
Learn How to Create Faux Calligraphy
Part of our Criw Celf Activities - Ever wanted to create beautifully written letters or hand made posters with impressive looking text? Join Lann Niziblian as he shows you how to create Faux Calligraphy with our series of 6 videos. Download your worksheet here! [...]
Create a Patchwork Message Board & Fabric Board
- Part of Criw Celf Activities - Join Florence Boyd as she shows you how to Create a patchwork message board and fabrics Download your worksheet here!
Create your own Cardboard Sculptures
Criw Celf Online Resources - AJ Stockwell presents Cardboard Sculptures Part 1 Part 2
Learn about Bauhaus Inspired Art
– Part of our Criw Celf Activities – Join Lucy Donald as she presents 3 videos looking at art inspired by Bauhaus Download your worksheet here! Download your worksheet here! Bauhaus Inspired Collage & Compositions Download your worksheet here! [...]
How to use Ink Pad Printing to Create Art
– Part of our Criw Celf Activities – Fancy trying something a little bit different using shapes? Join Alyn Smith as he shows you how to use Ink Pad Printing to make art Materials & Stencils Foam Shapes Rubber Stamps [...]
Collage / Photomontage
Rory Buckland presents Collage / Photomontage Download your work pack images (1 of 2) here Download your work pack images (2 of 2) here
Learn How to Make Your Own Pot and Plant Seeds
– Part of our Criw Celf Activities – Why not try making your own plant pot at home from newspaper? Then you can learn how to sow some seeds to watch it grow. Join Florence Boyd with two videos on making your own pot and seed planting. [...]
Textiles – Appliqué
Kira Withers Jones presents Textiles - Appliqué
Learn How to Use Different Styles of Photography
– Part of our Criw Celf Activities – Want to expand your photography knowledge and capture images in a different way? Lucy Donald looks at 3 different styles of photography that you can use to produce different types of images. Download your worksheet here! [...]
Create your own Comic Book
- Part of our Criw Celf Activities - If you have ever fancied creating your own comic book then look no further! You can join Jenna Clark as she presents to you a series of 6 videos on how to create your own comic book from start to [...]
Learn to use Google Tiltbrush and Photogrammetry
-Part of our Criw Celf activities- Why not try something different and learn how to turn your art into 3D and create your own virtual reality? Tom Bermeister presents a series of videos to help you learn how to use Google Tiltbrush and Photogrammetry. Introduction [...]
How to make your own paintbrushes & paint with them
-Part of our Criw Celf activities- Fancy learning how to make your own paint brushes from things you can find in your garden or on a walk? Join Florence Boyd as she shows you how to make and paint with your home made brushes. Make your own [...]
Music
Melodies & Maestros November 2020
As part of our International Concert Series we are continuing to develop out our Education Packs. These are linked to classical music and our international concert series events and are suitable for home learning and use in the classroom in school. Our Melodies & Maestros packs come in [...]
Classical Roadmap Talk: Romanticism – From Schubert to Strauss
Fasten your seat belts, sit back and enjoy this classical music road trip with Dr Jonathan James. In this second roadmap talk this Autumn, Jonathan James probes the successful formula of Romantic music, looking at what links this diverse period together, with illustrations from Schubert through to Strauss. [...]
Upbeats Podcasts
Our podcast seasons have been going down a treat in our Braving the Stave podcasts. We kicked things off back in June 2020 with more detailed podcasts that dove into the classical music that was programmed to be performed at St David's Hall. Then, the Summer saw a [...]
Classical Roadmap Talk: The History of Music
Fasten your seat belts, sit back and enjoy this classical music road trip with Dr Jonathan James. Listen as he navigates you through a whistle stop tour of 250 years of classical music, stopping first on the classical roadmap with music from medieval monks to his last pit [...]
Soundworks sessions to be LIVE STREAMED
Soundworks is our regular music-making workshop held at St David’s Hall for adults who have numerous special needs. The sessions are attended by adults with a variety of physical and learning difficulties and it enables participants to explore and create music in an enjoyable and accessible manner. Usually [...]
Film & TV: Make your Own Banjo and Play Along
-Part of our Soundworks activities- This week we are looking at creating Film and TV music. Why not try making your own banjo with the video and instructions below and play along to the audio provided? If you would rather download the instructions and music then just [...]
Film Music – How to Make a Harmonica and Play Along
-Part of our Soundworks activities- This week we are looking at creating Film and TV Music. Why not try making your own harmonica with the video and instructions below and play along to the audio provided? If you would rather download the instructions and music then just [...]
Magic Music – Make your own Kazoo and Play Along
-Part of our Soundworks activities- This week we are looking at magic music. Why not try making your own kazoo with the video and instructions below and play along to the audio provided? If you would rather download the instructions and music then just click on the [...]
Colour Music: How to Make a Xylophone from Drinking Glasses
-Part of our Soundworks activities- This week we are looking at creating music to do with colours. Why not try making your own xylophone from drinking glasses with the video and instructions below and play along to the audio provided? If you would rather download the instructions [...]
Make Music Day 2020
Welcome to our Make Music Day 2020 page where we are celebrating some of the wonderful musicians we regularly work with. We have our musician profiles and some of their audio/videos for you to listen to and if you click on their profiles you can head straight over [...]
Animal Music: Make your Own Castanets and Play Along
-Part of our Soundworks activities- This week we are looking at creating animal music. Why not try making your castanets with the video and instructions below and play along to the audio provided? If you would rather download the instructions and music then just click on the [...]
Dancing Music: Make your own Maraca and Play Along
-Part of our Soundworks activities- This week we are looking at creating dancing music. Why not try making your own maraca with the video and instructions below and play along to the audio provided? If you would rather download the instructions and music then just click on [...]
International Concert Series 6/6/2020: INTERACT
We know you won't be able to attend today's performance with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra so we have created a music quiz, composer profiles, info sheets, a spotify playlist, and education pack, a talk from Dr Jonathan James AND podcasts to keep you entertained at home! Enjoy! [...]
Primary Schools Composition – Digital Course
As part of our International Concert Series Extras each year we run composition workshops and concerts for both secondary and primary school children. Our primary school composition project should have seen composer Helen Woods working in 8 primary schools across the Vale of Glamorgan and Cardiff during March [...]
Night Music – Make your own Wind Chime and play along
-Part of our Soundworks activities- This week we are looking at creating night music. Why not try making your own wind chime with the video and instructions below and play along to the audio provided? If you would rather download the instructions and music then just click [...]
Musicals – Make your own box guitar and play along
-Part of our Soundworks activities- This week we are looking at creating music to accompany musical theatre. Why not try making your own box guitar with the video and instructions below and play along to the audio provided? If you would rather download the instructions and music [...]
Prep for GCSE & ALEVEL Music in Wales
We have some really useful videos to share with you to help those of you studying, or looking to study for GCSE or ALEVEL music in Wales. Check out these revision videos for the WJEC music curriculum created by our friends at Penglais School's Music Department. [...]
Summer Songs – Make your own guiro and play along
-Part of our Soundworks activities- This week we are looking at creating summer themed songs. Why not try making your own guiro using a water bottle with the video and instructions below and play along to the audio provided? If you would rather download the instructions and [...]
International Concert Series 18/5/2020: INTERACT
We know you won't be able to attend today's performance with the Aurora Orchestra so we have created a music quiz, composer profiles, info sheets, a spotify playlist, and education pack, a talk from Dr Jonathan James AND podcasts to keep you entertained at home! Enjoy! Conductor [...]
Disney Songs: Make your own drum kit and play along
-Part of our Soundworks activities- This week we are looking at creating music to join in with Disney tunes. Why not try making your own drum kit with the video and instructions below and play along to the audio provided? If you would rather download the instructions and [...]
Young Composers Digital Course Summer 2020
Unfortunately our Young Composer Summer course had to be cancelled due to the COVID19 outbreak. We didn't want you to miss out so we have created a digital course for you to take part in. Check it out below... Dripping Tap Canon [...]
Rain Song: Make your own Rain stick and play along
-Part of our Soundworks activities- This week we are looking at creating rain music. Why not try making your own rain stick with the video and instructions below and play along to the audio provided? If you would rather download the instructions and music then just click [...]
Bird Song: Make your own panpipes & play along
-Part of our Soundworks activities- This week we are looking at creating birdsong music. Why not try making your own panpipes with the video and instructions below and play along to the audio provided? If you would rather download the instructions and music then just click on the [...]
International Concert Series 26/4/2020: INTERACT
We know you won't be able to attend today's performance with the WNO Orchestra so we have created a music quiz, composer profiles, fact sheets and a spotify playlist to keep you entertained at home! Enjoy! Conductor - Tomáš Hanus | Soloist - David Adams, Violin Dvořák [...]
International Concert Series 3/4/2020: INTERACT
We know you won't be able to attend today's performance with the Philharmonia Orchestra so we have created a music quiz, composer profiles and a spotify playlist to keep you entertained at home! Enjoy! Conductor - Pablo Heras-Casado | Soloist - Daniel Kharitonov, Piano Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio [...]
General
Bored kids? Online creative resources for our teacher, artist, creative community during COVID-19
We know that you’re experts in inspiring young people! But we hope this collection of links to online creative resources and activities may give you some new ideas. If you’d like to add any that you’ve spotted, please share them on our social channels or email us, [...]