INA WILLIAMS (Vocalist)
Ina Williams studied music at Trinity College in Carmarthen gaining a Bachelor of Education in Music. She has won many singing competitions in Wales including the prestigious "Blue Ribbon" at the National Eisteddfod.
Her career started at the age of four when she appeared at a local Eisteddfod.
Aged five Ina won the Urdd Eisteddfod held in Colwyn Bay, and at the age of seven she won a radio competition on a programme called "Helo Bobl."
By the age of eight Ina was a dab hand at performing, clinching first place at the International Eisteddfod at Llangollen. In 1982 Ina was a soloist with the Llandovery Choir performing in her homeland and a European engagement when the choir visited France.
The winning continued a pace when in 1989 Ina won first prize in the girl’s solo competition at the National Eisteddfod.
The Llandovery Choir returned to France again in 1990 with Ina as their soloist; and the winning continued with this daughter of Wales picking up first place in the folk song section for fifteen to nineteen year olds at the Urdd Eisteddfod. In the same year Ina won the solo song section for girls at the National Eisteddfod. She also picked up second place in the Eisteddfod at Llangollen this time for folk song in the under nineteen section.
In 1992 Ina won the Sir Geraint Evans award following her achievement as best soloist in the Inter Colleges Eisteddfod.
HARVEY SUMMERS
Special mention should be given to Harvey Summers who co produced and arranged the album. www.harveysummers.com |
CECILIA JONES (Vocalist)
Cecilia Jones was born in Paradise Hill, Saskatchewan, Canada and raised on farms in Northern British Columbia, near to the Rocky Mountains in Chetwynd (Moccasin Flats), East Pine & Kilkaren – Dawson Creek.
Her teenage years saw her in a local theatre club performing in musicals such as Godspell, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Wizard of Oz etc. In the summertime she worked as a playground leader with children aged 6-12 often arranging sing-songs on the school bus (together with her brothers & sisters!!) to pass the time on an hour long ride home from school. Singing was featured in our daily activities (i.e. singing songs as they marched along on hikes through the woods (i.e. Purple Stew).
She arrived in the UK when she was eighteen and lived in & around London for twenty three years before moving to Wales. .
Cecilia continued singing in choirs and small groups for enjoyment and charitable purposes. As a result Cecilia has sung in places as wide ranging as children’s hospital wards, care homes for the elderly, shopping centres, pubs, weddings etc. Some of the charities supported were NSPCC, Worldwide Fund for Nature & the Red Cross
Once in the United Kingdom Cecilia became particularly interested in traditional folk music of the British Isles and of other countries. She is also interested in the various singing forms from around the world.
Through the years Cecilia has recorded for various ad hoc music projects and also a commercial for BBC Children’s Television, celebrating 40 yrs (sang “Brain Food” in 5 different harmonies!)
Cecilia Jones first started working with Richard Ellin about five years ago on a library project to produce background music for a book entitled Tales of a Night Watchman. Around the same time they also started working together on original material from Richard & Nick Woodeson together with a mix of traditional folk songs to record the C.D. “In the Wake” on the Terra Nova label |
