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About Elin

I'm a classically trained Cellist who works closely with client bookings to ensure a personalised performing experience.

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Cellist

Llangefni

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Having performed regularly in orchestras from the age of ten, Elin brings over a decade of experience and passion to every performance she gives. She is a first-class music graduate, having received a Merit Scholarship to further her studies, Elin achieved Distinction in her Masters in Music at Cardiff University. Since graduating from University in 2018, Elin has worked as a busy freelance musician. She regularly performs in a variety of classical concerts and acoustic gigs with the North Wales Camerata, North Wales Philharmonia, Opera Cymru, Brynafon String Quartet and alongside Welsh singer-songwriter Arfon Wyn in acoustic duo, Y2. Elin works as a session musician, recording for Welsh artists of all genres and for TV programmes on S4C. In 2019, Elin built and lunched her own music studio 'Stiwdio Siencyn' , furthering her career in remote recording for composers and as a producer. With the resource of a music studio, Elin produces high quality, bespoke backing tracks to accompany solo cello. This enhances all of her performances in concerts, weddings and corporate events. She happily receives song requests on bookings, allowing her to offer an exciting and varied repertoire list for each performance. In addition to her busy performance schedule, Elin teaches at the Gwynedd a Môn Music service and the William Mathias Music School. Elin also delivers music workshops for adults with disabilities through projects Discover the Song and Hidden Talents.

Performance details

I have a car I can use to travel to gigs

I can perform with backing tracks

Musicianship

Genres:

Christmas, Military, Classical, Baroque, Classical crossover, Contemporary classical, Early music, Film / TV music, Medieval music, Musical theatre, Opera, Renaissance, Folk, Welsh folk, Easy listening, Experimental, Light music, Originals, Avant garde, Pop, Acoustic, Ambient pop, Covers, Funk, Motown, Rock, Alternative rock, Tango, Spanish music, Salsa, Latin

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Instruments:

Cello

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Event types:

Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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Other skills:

Arranger, Composer, Orchestrator, Producer, Fluent sight-reader, Instrumental teaching, Community music worker

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Song list

Popular Wedding Songs:

• Pachelbel – Canon in D

• Schubert – Ave Maria

• J.S. Bach – Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

• Delibes – Flower Duet

• Elgar – Salur D'amour

• J.S. Bach – Air on D

• Craig Armstrong – 'Glasgow Love Theme' (from Love Actually)

• Christina Peri – ‘A Thousand Years’

• Adele – ‘Make You Feel My Love’

• Elvis – ‘Can't Help Falling in Love With You’

• John Legend – ‘All of Me’

• Ben E. King – ‘Stand By Me’

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Classical:

• Bach – Arioso

• Bach - Cello Suite No.1 'Prelude', 'Allemande', 'Courante', 'Sarabande', 'Menuet' and 'Gigue'

•Bach - Cello Suite No.2 'Prelude', 'Courante', 'Sarabande' and 'Gigue'

• Bach - Cello Suite No.3 'Prelude', 'Courante', 'Bourée' and 'Gigue'

• Bach - Cello Suite No.4 'Prelude

• Bach – Sheep May safely Graze

• Bach - Air in D

• Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

• Brahms - Cello Sonata in E minor

• Bruch - 'Kol Nidrei'

• Bohuslav Martinü - Variations on a Slovak Theme

• C. Franck – Panis Angelicus

• Delibes – Flower Duet

• Dmitri Shostakovich - Cello Sonata in D minor (1st movement)

• Elgar – Salut d’Amour

• Faure – Pavane

• Fauré - 'Apres Une Reve'

• Frédéric Chopin - Cello Sonata in G minor

• Handel – Air in D

• Handel – Hornpipe in D

• Handel – La Paix

• Handel – La Rejouissance

• Handel – Largo from ‘Xerxes’

• Haydn - Cello Concerto No.1 in C major (1st movement)

• Karl Jenkins – ‘Palladio’

• Manuel De Falla - 'Suite Populaire Espagnole'

• Massanet – ‘Meditation’ from Thaiis

• Mozart – Allelujah

• Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus

• Pachabel – Canon in D

• Piazzolla - 'Le Grand Tango

• Saint Saëns - 'The Swan' from Carnival of the Animals

• Saint Saëns - Allegro Appassionata

• Satori – Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye)

• Schubert – Ave Maria

• Tchaikovsky – Waltz of the Flowers

• Vivaldi – The Four Seasons ‘Birdsong’

• Vivaldi – The Four Seasons ‘Summer Storms’

• Vivaldi – The Four Seasons ‘Harvest Home’

• Vivaldi – The Four Seasons ‘Fireside’

• Vivaldi – The Four Seasons ‘Spring Dance’

• Yiruma – ‘River Flows in You’

Traditional:

• Cymysgfa Cymraeg - A medley of welsh folk songs

• Dance of the Reed Pipes

• Drunken Sailor

• Hearts of Oak

• Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau

• Maid of Amsterdam

• Roast Beef of England

• Rule Britannia

• Sailor’s Hornpipe

• Scarborough Fair

• Slovenian Chicken

• Spanish Ladies

• Swiss

• ‘Ghostbusters’

• ‘The Simpsons Theme’

• Alexander Faris – ‘Upstairs Downstairs’

• Audrey Hepburn – ‘Moon River’

• Craig Armstrong – ‘Glasgow Love Theme’(theme from Love Actually)

• Disney – ‘A Whole New World’

• Elton John – ‘Circle of Life’ (from The Lion King)

• Hans Zimmer – Main theme from Interstellar

• Hernando’s Hideaway – Tango from The Pajama Game

• Howard Shore – Lord of the Rings

• John Williams – Theme from Harry Potter

• Lady Gaga – ‘Always Remember Us This Way’ (from A Star is Born)

• Love theme from The Godfather

• Monty Norman – Theme from James Bond

• Schonberg – ‘Bring Him Home’ (From Lés Miserable)

Tango & Jazz:

• Carlos Gardel – ‘Por Una Cabeza’

• Errol Garner - 'Misty'

• Gershwin – ‘Summertime’

• Piazzolla - Libertango

Pop:

• A-ha – 'Take On Me'

• ABBA – 'Mamma Mia!'

• ACDC – ‘Back in Black’

• Adele – ‘Make You Feel My Love’

• Avicii – ‘Wake me up’

• Bastille – 'Happy'

• Bastille – 'Pompeii'

• Beach Boys – 'God Only Knows'

• Beatles – ‘All You Need is Love’

• Beatles – ‘Eleanor Rigby’

• Beatles – ‘When I’m 64’

• Ben E. King – ‘Stand By Me’

• Beyonce – ‘Crazy in love’

• Beyonce – ‘Halo’

• Bon Jovi – Medley of Songs

• Britney Spears – ‘Toxic’

• Bruce Springsteen – 'Born To Run'

• Camila Cabello – ‘Havana’

• Charlie Puth – 'Marvin Gaye'

• Christina Peri – ‘A Thousand Years’

• Clean Bandit – ‘Rather Be’

• Coldplay – ‘Paradise’

• Coldplay – ‘Viva La Vida’

• Coldplay – ‘Yellow’

• Daft Punk – Draft Punk Medley

• Dexy's Midnight Runners – 'Come on Eileen'

• Elbow – ‘One Day Like This’

• Ellie Goulding – ‘Love me like you do’

• Elton John – ‘Your Song’

• Elvis – ‘A Little Less Conversation’

• Elvis – ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love With You’

• Eurhythmatics – ‘Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This’

• Guns 'N Roses – 'Sweet Child O' Mine'

• Imagine Dragons – 'Believer'

• Imagine Dragons – ‘Demons’

• Imagine Dragons – 'Radioactive'

• Jason Mraz – ‘I’m Yours’

• John Legend – ‘All of me’

• Justin Bieber – ‘Despacito’

• Lady Gaga – ‘Bad Romance’

• Lady Gaga – ‘Just Dance’

• Lady Gaga – ‘Until It Happens To You’

• Led Zepplin – ‘Stairway to Heaven’

• Louise Armstrong – ‘What a Wonderful World’

• Madness – ‘It Must Be Love’

• Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – ‘Uptown Funk’

• Nirvana – ‘Come As You Are’

• One Republic – ‘Counting Stars’

• Panic! At the disco – ‘I Write Sins not Tragedies’

• Panic! At the disco – ‘Trade Secrets’

• Peter Gabriel – ‘In Your Eyes’

• Pharrell Williams – ‘Happy’

• Queen – ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

• Radiohead – ‘Creep’

• Radiohead – ‘I Will’

• Radiohead – ‘Street Spirit’

• Snow Patrol – ‘Chasing Cars’

• Taylor Swift – ‘Shake it Off’

• The Animals – ‘House of the Rising Sun’

• The Supremes – ‘You Can’t Hurry Love’

• The Verve – ‘Bittersweet Symphony’

Reviews

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Meinir R, 1 year ago

Elin Taylor has taken part in two performances for us recently at Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias Music Centre. Elin is great to work with- very organised, professional and reliable. Her performances at both events were excellent. She had carefully selected the repertoire to suit the occasions and had a lovely rapport with the audiences. We look forward to working with Elin again in the near future. Meinir Llwyd Roberts, Director.

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Carolyn B, 2 years ago

Having known Elin for over 10 years, she is without a doubt one of the best musicians that I have had the opportunity to work with when performing at local, regional and national levels. I have had first hand experience as a client, through booking Elin for gigs/concerts/music projects, including the North Wales Camerata 2018 Christmas Concert - therefore I can guarantee that she is a trustworthy, reliable and dedicated musician. I have also performed with Elin on many occasions in quartets and orchestras - therefore I can guarantee that she is an excellent cellist. Elin is a first-class cellist, an enthusiastic and lovely person, and I cannot highly recommend her enough for bookings.