Stephen Rees
Lecturer
School of Music
Bangor University
United Kingdom
Biography
Mr Stephen Rees (born 1963 in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire) was educated at Amman Valley Comprehensive School and studied music at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He studied piano with Beate Popperwell at the Welsh College of Music and Drama between 1977 and 1981. Appointed lecturer in music at Bangor in 1988, he has taught a wide range of historical subjects from the late middle ages to the twentieth century, as well as harmony and counterpoint, music analysis, music technology, electroacoustic techniques, and traditional fiddle styles. He has a particular interest in the traditional music of Wales and has performed professionally thoroughout the UK, Europe, and North and South America.
Research Interest
Traditional music in Wales Folk music revivals in Wales and Europe European polyphonic song and its sources in the late fifteenth century Welsh-language music theory
Publications
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(with Sally Harper) ‘Aspects of the Paleography and History of the Robert ap Huw Manuscript’, Welsh Music History / Hanes Cerddoriaeth Cymru, 3 (1999), 54−67; Welsh version 68−81.
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‘A New Celtic Tradition? Group Instrumental Performance in the Welsh Folk Revival, c.1975-c.1989’, Welsh Music History / Hanes Cerddoriaeth Cymru, 7 (2007), 304-324; Welsh version 325-343.
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Traddodiadau Cerdd Cymru [The Musical Traditions of Wales], Darlith Goffa Amy Parry-Williams [Amy Parry-Williams Memorial Lecture], (Aberystwyth: Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru [Welsh Folk Song Society], 2000), 20pp.
