Simply Strings

17/04/2026

Simply Strings Chamber Ensemble proving that you’re never too old to have fun with the parachute for team building and musicianship games! 🎶💕

11/04/2026

Wonderful to hear so much individual and collaborative musical talent shared at today’s lunchtime concert as part of the Music @ St Woolos series. CONGRATULATIONS ALL 🎶🎻🎶

03/04/2026

Not only is Simply Strings alumna, Isobel Soper, enjoying much success as a freelance cellist, she is now also the Marketing Assistant for Sinfonia Cymru! 🙌🏻

Take a look at the their upcoming programme featuring some of THE most iconic chamber music! 🎶

Congratulations Isobel! 👏🏻

Octet, Nonet, Dectet and bigger – this is chamber music supersized. Sinfonia Cymru’s leader, Haim Choi, steps into the spotlight […]

22/03/2026

🎶 M F Y R E G I O N A L S 2 0 2 6 🎶

22/03/2026

Snippet no.2
A full circle moment with our guest soloist who first sang with our string ensemble 7 years ago when she was tiny and in Year 2! 💕🎶

Chordis Caerllion

22/03/2026

What a fantastic morning at hosted by Chordis Caerllion!

So very proud of all our musicians, especially those enjoying their ‘firsts’…for some, their very first Simply Strings performance, for others their first solo at the helm of the ensemble 💕Wonderful moments that capture the journey that all our young musicians make.

A little snippet of our repertoire, but if you’d like to hear it in full, we’d love to see you later in the year to share the joy of live music-making 🎶

19/03/2026

Simply Strings Chamber Ensemble will be performing this Sunday at the MFY regional round. First outing of this year’s repertoire, so we’re all very excited! Would be great to see you there 🎶🎻🎶

20/02/2026

A fun yet productive half term workshop today 🎻 Pupils enjoyed the bowing with Buttons challenge and were good sports when upsetting their muscle memory by performing on the floor! Now looking forward to refining our programme further in readiness for MFY’s regional round 🙌🏻🎶

16/02/2026

Only a few tickets left for this Wednesday’s concert at the RWCMD, featuring the wonderful James Ehnes. His programme features the Elgar Sonata, so will be inspirational for this year’s Simply Stringers 🎶🎻🎶

This special Cardiff recital sweeps from the elegance of Mozart to the dark passions of Elgar, as well as Ravel’s ravishing, jazz-influenced Sonata in G.…

23/01/2026

A full circle moment this evening as Simply Strings’ original cellist returned to join the teaching team. Some of our senior students surprised him with a performance of his GCSE composition! Welcome to the team, Rhys 🎶🎻🎶

10/01/2026

H a p p y N e w Y e a r ! 🎶 🎻 🎶

The New Year has seen a new arrival at Simply Strings - welcome to our ‘Share Bear’!

Share Bear will accompany our youngest members home each week, encouraging them to share their practice and write all about it in his special diary. Isabelle is the lucky pupil Rougemont School to take Share Bear home for his very first musical adventure 💕

21/12/2025

For any little Simply Stringers who would like to entertain friends and family over the Christmas period, this is a fabulous resource generously shared by Pick 'n' Mix Strings 🎶🎻🎄🎶

This Play-Along video for Open String Violin, of the well loved Christmas class Jingle Bells - can be used as a stand-alone resource OR it is also designed t...