Carys Gittins

Flute

ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE CHAMBER EXPERIENCE COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS EDUCATION	BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Extra player Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Birmingham- Extra Player Scottish Ballet- Extra Player Sinfonia Cymru - Extra player Orpheus Sinfonia - Extra player Solo flute, The Turn of the Screw, Theatre Royal Bath- Richard Heatherington, Deborah Warner Bath Festival Orchestra- 2nd Flute Chipping Campden Festival Academy Orchestra London Sinfonietta Academy LSO On-Track in Trafalgar Square under Sir Simon Rattle- 2nd Flute Aglica Trio (flute harp viola) Winners of the Supernova Chamber Music Competition - Klara Festival Henry Le Boeuf Hall, Bozar, Brussels (broadcast live on Klara Radio & RTBF Radio France) De Singel, Brussels UK Tour: Wooler Arts Festival, Shropshire Music Trust, Devizes Arts Festival 2023 Recital- Warsaw, for Sloneczniki dla Muzyki Bath Recitals, St Michael’s Guildhall Chamber Festival, Milton Court The Charterhouse, London Schonbeek Church, Belgium St Giles-in-the-Fields Sofar Sounds artists Alis and Carys Flute and Harp Duo (with current Royal Harpist, Alis Huws) Winners of the McGrenery Chamber Prize Performance - Noson Lawen (broadcast on S4C) Recitals at: Llandeilo Festival of Music, Capel Pontcadfan (sold out), Oriel Davies Gallery (sold out), Llandeilo Festival of Music, Cowbridge Festival of Music, Gregynog Hall Royal Opening of the Fifth Assembly Regular Concerts for Music in Hospitals Private recital for the Contemporary Arts Society of Wales First Minister’s St David’s Day Celebrations, Lancaster House Regular tours/concerts for Lost Chord, Music in Hospitals and Care, & Live Music Now Klangraum Konzert Festival 2023, Cologne Flute & Bassoon Recital - St James’s Piccadilly Recording of Deffro’r Llwch by Patrick Rimes with BBCNOW Solo with Aurora Nova (choir) in St Paul's Cathedral Solo in St David's Hall- Noah’s Ark Charity Concert The Colour of Pomegranates, Julian Anderson (broadcast on BBC Radio 3) Visiting Artist - Together in Sound, Saffron Hall Winner- Instrumental Blue Ribband, National Eisteddfod Winner- Ken Smith Flute Prize Winner- McGrenery Chamber Prize Finalist- RWCMD Concerto Competition Finalist- Frank Kelleher Prize Finalist- Blue Ribband Competition, National Eisteddfod Junior Fellow- Aberystwyth MusicFest Supported by: Arts Council of Wales James Pantyfedwen Foundation Ryan Davies Memorial Fund Leverhulme Trust Peggy and Maldwyn Hughes Memorial Fund Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 2017-2019 Master of performance with Distinction, Guildhall Artist Masters Professors: Philippa Davies, Ian Clarke, Sarah Newbold, Christopher Green Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 2013-2017 First Class BMus (Honours) Flute Performance Professors: Jonathan Burgess, Barbara Brown

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Instruments
Flute, Alto Flute, Piccolo