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In the News (Wed 30 Dec 09)

  
  Gregynog Home Page
Gregynog Hall was formerly the home of art collectors Gwendoline and Margret Davies but began to build its reputation as a conference centre when it came under the management of the University of Wales in the 1960’s.
Gregynog is available to guests all year around and can host non—residential conferences for up to 180 delegates with residential accommodation for up to 105 delegates (sharing) or 57 on a single occupancy basis.
Gregynog holds two quality awards, Investors in People and Hospitality Assured and this reflects the fact that Gregynog places quality and customer satisfaction at the centre of all service provision.
www.wales.ac.uk /gregynog   (302 words)

  
 Gwasg Gregynog: Welsh private press producing limited edition books by traditional letterpress, and prints by leading ...
Whilst the intricate bindings of the specially-bound copies present a stunning visual feast, the books themselves reveal a beauty and harmony in the printed pages and are designed not only to be read, but to be a delight to all the senses.
Gwasg Gregynog acquired its present Heidelberg Cylinder Press in 1986 and apart from certain items (the National Assembly documents for example) all books since 1986 have been produced on this press.
The keyboard and all its potential for human error is, however, eliminated at Gregynog thanks to the use of the 'Mactronic' system, where the spool is produced direct from the author's floppy disc and then the type cast in the traditional manner.
www.gregynogpress.co.uk   (673 words)

  
 Information on Gregynog
Gregynog, a residential educational centre of the University of Wales, is a very large country house some five miles from Newtown in Powys (one of the counties of Wales, United Kingdom).
From the 15th century onwards Gregynog was the seat of the Blayney family (Blaenau in Welsh) and there are many references to it in the poetry of the period.
Gregynog is also the home of a noted fine art publishing concern, Gwasg Gregynog, and of a Welsh Learners Centre organised in conjunction with Powys County Council.
www.aber.ac.uk /~gpcwww/greginfo.htm   (371 words)

  
 Gregynog 2004 - Location
Gregynog is situated five miles north of Newtown, Powys, with direct rail links to Birmingham and from there to both London (Euston) and Manchester.
In ice or snow the hill route to New Mills is not recommended and it is preferable to detour via Welshpool.
The route forks right uphill before the village and is then adequately indicated by Gregynog signs at junctions, to the Gregynog drive entrances from the Highgate road.
www.inf.aber.ac.uk /gregynog2004/GregGen.htm   (380 words)

  
 Gregynog, 2000
This is a relatively new field, and the purpose of the workshop is to identify and contrast the range of methods currently being employed.
Gregynog is 6 miles from the station so we have already arranged onward transport to arrive in time for lunch (delays permitting).
Accommodation is available at Gregynog on 9th April at extra cost not funded by the Workshop.
www.maths.dur.ac.uk /stats/people/jcr/Gregynog   (1282 words)

  
 German Studies at Gregynog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Each year, the German Departments from the constituent colleges of the University of Wales meet in Gregynog Hall for a three-day colloquium to which all Level 3 students in the Swansea German Department are warmly invited.
Gregynog Hall itself is a fine country mansion which was bequeathed to the University earlier this century and is set in spacious, attractive grounds in mid-Wales (near Newtown, Powys).
Further historical information on Gregynog is available at the University of Wales Website.
www.swan.ac.uk /german/gregynog/gregynog.htm   (181 words)

  
 Gregynog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Gregynog is a large country hall 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Newtown, Mid-Wales.
Since 1932, the Gregynog music festival has been held here and has attracted names such as Vaughan Williams, Holst, Britten and Elgar.
The hall is also home to Gwasg Gregynog, a private printing press producing limited edition, hand-bound books of the finest order.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/G/Gregynog.htm   (277 words)

  
 Plas Gregynog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Turn right in Betws Cedewain; Gregynog drive entrance is opposite at T-junction two miles past Betws.
In ice or snow the hill route to New Mills is not recommended and it is preferable to detour via Welshpool.
The route forks right uphill before the village and is then adequately indicated by Gregynog signs at junctions, to the Gregynog drive entrances from the Highgate road.
www.aber.ac.uk /~jmcwww/gregynog/gregynog06.html   (297 words)

  
 BBC - Mid Wales Gregynog - Gregynog House and Grounds
"Gregynog is the University of Wales residential conference centre.
The Gregynog Festival is still held in June each year, bringing classical music of the best quality to rural Wales.
Gregynog is a unique place, dedicated to learning and the arts.
bbc.co.uk /wales/mid/sites/gregynog_festival/pages/gregynog_house.shtml   (340 words)

  
 Here and there   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Composers of any age or nationality are invited to submit unpublished works to be considered for a substantial award - the Gregynog Composers Award of Wales 2000.
The award, to be made at the 2000 Gregynog Festival, 18-25 June 2000, consists of a performance by Cantorion J S Davies Singers at the Festival, a period of residency at Gregynog, 1,000 pounds sterling and commemorative crystalware.
An additional special award, the Gregynog Young Composers Award, will be made for the best work submitted by a composer under 26 years of age, not winning the main award.
www.mvdaily.com /articles/1999/12/gregynog.htm   (152 words)

  
 Hansjörg Neth > Gregynog, Wales, UK
Conference image gallery: To gain access to this gallery, you have to enter the colloquial first names of the two organizers of the 2001 conference (in alphabetical order and lowercase letters).
Gregynog Hall is a residental conference and educational centre managed by the University of Wales.
(However, some files have been removed to save disk space.) Images were taken at Gregynog, Wales, October 25-27, 2001, and have been reduced to be viewed at a 1024x768 screen resolution.
www.neth.de /Pics/Gregynog2001/Gregynog2001.html   (130 words)

  
 BLC 1999 Gregynog
University of Wales Gregynog, 23 - 25 September 1999.
The 1999 meeting of the British Logic Colloquium will be held from 23 to 25 September at the University of Wales conference centre, Gregynog.
Gregynog is a large Victorian country house in mid-Wales, standing in 750 acres of wooded parkland.
www.cl.cam.ac.uk /~ad260/blc99.html   (306 words)

  
 Gregynog Workshop 02   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
CF24 3XF, U.K. A workshop on Computation and Analytic Problems in Spectral Theory is is to be held on the 21-26 July 2002.
The venue will be Gregynog Hall, which is a conference centre owned by the University of Wales and situated in the mid-Wales countryside, near Newtown, Powys.
There is an additional meeting 26-27 July 2002 at Gregynog to mark the sixty-fifth birthday of Professor M. Eastham (Cardiff).
www.cs.cf.ac.uk /Gregynog02   (69 words)

  
 ELWa - Gregynog celebrates hospitality excellence award
Gregynog, the University of Wales’ residential conference and study centre at Tregynon, near Newtown, marked the achievement by holding a dinner for managers, staff and guests prepared by catering students from Coleg Powys.
Gregynog director Susan Jones said the award was a reflection of the organisation’s total commitment to learning to constantly improve standards of service.
An Investor in People, Gregynog currently has 13 of its 40 full time staff involved in learning programmes delivered by Welshpool-based Cambrian Training Company for training and lifelong learning organisation ELWa.
www.elwa.org.uk /elwaweb/elwa.aspx?pageid=4022   (287 words)

  
 BBC - Mid Wales Gregynog - Gregynog
Every year, the hills around Newtown are alive with the sound of music as Gregynog Hall hosts a festival of classical concerts.
The history of Gregynog Hall and two sisters' bequest to a nation
Gregynog featured in the BBC Wales tv series History Hunters
www.bbc.co.uk /wales/mid/sites/gregynog_festival   (197 words)

  
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Gregynog Hall is a large country house standing in beautiful parkland near Newtown in central Wales.
The house retains much of its original atmosphere, and continues to host some of the activities for which it became famous, including its annual music festival and specialist printing press.
A two-day excursion to Gregynog in August or September has become an important and very popular part of the ELCOS Pre-Sessional course.
www.bangor.ac.uk /english/elcos/documents/gregynog_000.doc   (406 words)

  
 Gwasg Gregynog: The Gregynog Press is a registered Charity producing limited edition books. Forthcoming publications ...
Gwasg Gregynog: The Gregynog Press is a registered Charity producing limited edition books.
Gwasg Gregynog will once again be exhibiting at the National Eisteddfod, sharing a stand with the University of Wales.
This year will be the first year of the Gregynog Prize, which will be awarded to FPBA member who has produced the finestbook using traditional letterpress.
www.gregynogpress.co.uk /news.htm   (859 words)

  
 SD1 - Gregynog Estate and it's Private Press   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The size of editions varied and were for the most part sold in `ordinary' covers whilst some fifteen or twenty of the text blocks received a `special' binding and are numbered separately with the occasional embellishment such as hand colouring to the illustrations.
The same tradition continues today at Gwasg Gregynog, this being the company name under which the private press was re-established in 1978.
Having moved into the property the sisters indulged their passion for music by enlarging the former billiard room and installing a pipe organ thus forming a small hall known as the music room and able to seat an audience of 230.
www.hewit.com /sd1-greg.htm   (1543 words)

  
 Fine Press News: New from Gwasg Gregynog
Gwasg Gregynog has produced a limited edition of 300 numbered copies set in 13pt Monotype Perpetua and printed letterpress on Somerset pure cotton mould-made paper.
Each copy is individually bound by hand in full red cloth, with printed cover and spine, and is presented in a complementary slipcase.
Additional information can be obtained by contacting Gwasg Gregynog.
finepress.blogspot.com /2005/04/new-from-gwasg-gregynog.html   (275 words)

  
 Religion, the Individual and Society in Russia: Past and Present, Gregynog, Wales, March 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Gregynog is located six miles north of Newtown in Powys and can be easily reached by train from London and Birmingham.
Formerly the home of art collectors Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, Gregynog is surrounded by 750 acres of beautiful gardens, woodland and farmland.
If you would like to participate in the conference, please send us the title of your paper by 10 December 2003 and a 300-words abstract of your paper by 30 January 2004.
www.sun.rhbnc.ac.uk /Music/Conferences/04-3-ris.html   (182 words)

  
 Gregynog 2006
Welcome to Gregynog 2006, June 12th - 16th
Every year HEWIT and WHELF organise a residential colloquium at Gregynog Hall (University of Wales' conference centre) for IT and library staff to discuss recent developments and to exchange experiences....
Booking for Gregynog 2006 will commence week beginning 24th April 2006 and the closing date will be 26th May 2006.
gregynog.glam.ac.uk   (82 words)

  
 Classy Classical - Symphony Music, Baroque, Choral, Opera
In this year of celebrations of what would have been the 150th birthday of Sir Edward Elgar, it’s good to read that rare footage of the composer has been unearthed.
The hour-long film compilation was shown on June 24 at the Gregynog Festival, near Newtown, Powys in Wales.
Shots of Elgar conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, playing Land of Hope and Glory, are believed to have been filmed by British Pathe news at the famous Abbey Road studios in 1929.
www.classyclassical.com   (2926 words)

  
 Gregynog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
University of Wales Conference Centre at Gregynog in Powys.
The cellar at Gregynog also houses a bar, which is the focal point of some interesting evening sessions!
No, bed linen is provided, but you should bring a towel (although I think they are provided these days).
www.swan.ac.uk /compsci/undergrad/gregynog   (442 words)

  
 Printed Materials Collection - A Selection of Special Collections: Gregynog Press Collection
The Gregynog Press produced 42 books, a few copies of each being specially bound.
Copies of the books produced at Gregynog since the press was re-started in 1976 (under the name Gwasg Gregynog) have been added.
Gwasg Gregynog: a descriptive catalogue of printing at Gregynog 1970-1990 compiled by David Esslemont and Glyn Tegai Hughes.
www.llgc.org.uk /lp/lp0120.htm   (115 words)

  
 Conferences   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Gregynog Conference Programme 28 - 30 June 2003
Gregynog Conference Programme 28 - 30 June 2002
Gregynog Conference Programme 19 - 21 June 1998
www.philosophy-of-education.org /conf_gregynog.htm   (244 words)

  
 THE LADIES OF GREGYNOG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Unique among their wealthy contemporaries, the two sisters devoted their large fortune to fostering the culture of their native Wales.
In 1920 they bought Gregynog, with the intention of establishing a craft commune but in the event it became a centre devoted to music, printing and sculpture.
Independent by nature, their differing temperaments did not deter them in their common interests in fostering the best in life.
www.uwp.co.uk /book_desc/894.html   (118 words)

  
 Rhiannon :: Gregynog Press
THE GREGYNOG PRESS was the brainchild of two sisters, Gwendoline and Margaret Davies.
During the next eighteen years the Press gained a reputation for producing limited edition books of the highest order and ranked alongside the leading Private Presses of the day.
Re-established in 1978 under its Welsh title Gwasg Gregynog, the Press continues the traditions of its forebears, and was registered as a charity (No.1090060) in January 2002.
www.rhiannon.co.uk /page/index.php?supID=63   (274 words)

  
 Jay Satterfield on Loyd Haberly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The printer at Oxford University Press, John Johnson, who was also on the board of the Gregynog Press, had been impressed with the "blend of dreamer and practical man"' he saw in Haberly.
from Gregynog are Eros and Psyche which used the illustrations of Edward Burne-Jones created for William Morris, and the lovely Cyrupaedia.
He refused to allow Gregynog Press to send copies of his Anne Boleyn out for review saying "I have always considered my verse to be my own private concern and naturally wish no more publicity than is necessary.”[17] Odd words from a man who published over twenty books of his own verse.
www.lib.uiowa.edu /spec-coll/Bai/satter2.htm   (4083 words)

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