The Sinfonia Cymru will be performing at the Riverfront Theatre on Sunday 7th March 2010 at 7.30pm. The programme will be La Cenerentola Overture -Rossini, Four Concert Airs-Mozart, Ancient Airs and Dances (Suite No.1)-Respighi and Pulcinella Suite by Stravinsky.

Tickets are £10 and £7 Concessions and are available from the Riverfront Theatre box office 01633 656757 or online

The following day on Monday 8th March, 'Pulcinella' is the culmination of an education project which has been a collaboration this term between the Gwent Music Support Service, Sinfonia Cymru and the Riverfront Theatre.

KS2 children from primary schools in Newport have been involved in writing music and creating artwork using Stravinsky's ballet "Pulcinella" as a stimulus. The culmination of the project will take place on Monday 8^th March 2010, when at 11am children from the 3 participating schools will come together to share the work they have done by performing the music that they have composed, both through playing classroom instruments as well as playing music that they have created using Garage band on Apple Mac computers. The theme of the project is "old and new". Children have studied the music of Stravinsky by listening to Pulcinella, and have learnt about the Neoclassical Era, where composers used music from a long time ago, making subtle changes in order to give it a 'new look'. This follows on from the very successful ‘Carnival’ project with the Sinfonia Cymru which took place in July 2008.

They will then be joined at 1.15pm by several other Newport Primary schools for a concert by the musicians of Sinfonia Cymru who will play Pulcinella as well as Respighi Airs and Dances. The concert at the Riverfront Theatre promises to be interactive and exciting, including some of the art work that the children have done during this project. This end of project concert is for participants only.

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The annual weekend of the Music for Youth Regional Festival organised by the Gwent Music Support Service will take place on Friday 5th, Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th March at County Hall, Cwmbran. There will be an entrance fee of £3 each day for spectators and it is always a very enjoyable and very successful three days of quality music making from the young people in this area and from other parts of Wales and the Forest of Dean.

"For nearly four decades, Music for Youth has been showcasing the eclectic and energetic mix of musical styles created and performed by young people. Every season MFY works with 100,000 performers and audience; 1300 music leaders and over 60 venues across the UK. The Regional Festival Series will provide 1,700 music groups with the opportunity to further their musical experience through performance. Please visit their website

To see a list of all the groups performing this weekend and approximate times, please look at the attached timetable. To see each day's timetable, please use the tabs on the bottom of the file. The Friday session will start at 9.30am and the Saturday and Sunday sessions will start at 9.00am.

We look forward to seeing you at the Festival weekend and good luck to all the performers in what is going to be a fantastic three days of quality music making!