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Summerfest and Standup - Music and Laughter
posted by: Michael Cyzewski, Assistant Principal Clarinet

Only two more Saturday night Summerfest concerts at Regency park starring the North Carolina Symphony and its Summer Artistic Director and resident standup comedian William Henry Curry. Mr. Curry is ... More »

Llewellyn Garden Update from Wales Llewellyn Garden Update from Wales
posted by: Grant Llewellyn, Music Director

We are now officially at war (balance of nature) with all things anti-chicken. I am currently thinning out the magpies and grey squirrels. Reynard is next on my list, but ... More »

William Henry Curry: The Composing Life
posted by: William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor

I am very much looking forward to contributing to the North Carolina Symphony blog. Perhaps this will be a kind of journal or diary. It promises to be a lively ... More »

We Can Sleep When We Are Dead!
posted by: Travis Creed, Assistant Stage Crew Manager

That was the mantra of the production staff and stage crew during last week's BB&T Blue Skies and Golden Sands tour. A morbid metaphor, I admit, but it illustrates the ... More »

Behind Scenes with The Four Seasons
posted by: North Carolina Symphony Staff

Last week’s Friday Favorite concert featuring Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons was a smashing success. We thought you would enjoy hearing what our talented North Carolina Symphony soloists had to say ... More »

Grant Llewellyn Photo Gallery

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  • The Spring 07 issue of Opus magazine takes you on a tour of Grant's Britain. We begin at his university, Cambridge. Here is an inner courtyard at Grant's college, Gonville and Caius. Photographs by Alan Schueler
  • Gonville and Caius College
  • Cambridge street
  • Gonville and Caius Chapel
  • Gonville and Caius College
  • No lack of things to do in Cambridge
  • Floating down the Cam River in a punt.
  • On the street next to Gonville and Caius College. King's College is in the background.
  • View of King's College from The Backs, Cambridge.
  • Friendly Brits.
  • Jasper Llewellyn watches World Cup play in the family room in Dinas Powys.
  • Imogen Llewellyn reacts to a great World Cup play.
  • Did you see that? What a move!
  • Ceridwyn, Charlotte and Jasper love their World Cup.
  • Theo Llewellyn takes a break at football practice.
  • Goalie Theo keeps his eye on the ball.
  • The fabulous Raleigh Llewellyn, ready to play.
  • Celebrity Frisbee Death Match: Grant and Raleigh
  • After dinner talk on the patio.
  • Egerton Grey Country House Hotel, Porthkerry, near Cardiff
  • Egerton Grey Country House Hotel
  • Oldest pub in Wales, Vale of Glamorgan. Note hobbit-sized door.
  • Theo works on a project for his teacher.
  • Gwynne Llewellyn (Grant's father) and Jasper enjoy Theo's school play.
  • Theo performs in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
  • Grant plays piano and Charlotte turns pages for Joseph.
  • Post performance at The Star: Charlotte, Grant and Theo's teacher, Mrs. Messer, director of Joseph.
  • Grant and Gwynne at The Star.
  • Pastel buildings and hilly streets in Tenby, Wales, Grant's home town.
  • Tenby Harbour, South Bay
  • Tenby: the wall dates to medieval times.
  • Tenby, South Bay.
  • Tenby, gate of a private home.
  • Tenby, ancient canon set for defense of the harbour.
  • St. Bride's Hotel, Saundersfoot (near Tenby).
  • Souvenirs and beach gear in Tenby.
  • Masterland Farm, home of Grant's parents: Cindy and Star in the pasture.
  • Grant's brother Ross Llewellyn and his wife Michelle prepare dinner at Masterland Farm.
  • Jasper enjoys the pool at Masterland Farm.
  • One of Gwynne's flower gardens at Masterland Farm.
  • Grant's mother, Carole Llewellyn.
  • Gwynne Llewellyn enjoys the late day sun on his patio at Masterland Farm.
  • Dinner outside at Masterland Farm: Michelle, Jasper and Theo
  • It's a great new look for Grant.
  • Carew Castle, near Cardiff.
  • Ross and Grant checking the tidal pool at Carew Castle.
  • Grant runs into some friends at Carew Castle.
  • Carole, Jasper, Grant and Theo at Carew Castle.
  • Mr. Cole, proprietor of the Cresselly Arms, the Llewellyns' favorite pub. We're not sure why he is wielding that large mallet.
  • The Cresselly Arms on a Sunday afternoon: far right, Mr. Cole's summer-long used book fair for charity.
  • The Cresselly Arms Championship Cricket Team, 1960. Gwynne Llewellyn is pictured in the middle row, second from left.
  • Dining room, Penally Abbey Country House Hotel, near Tenby.
  • Sun porch, Penally Abbey Country House Hotel.
  • Memorial concert at St. Andrew's Church, Narberth. Carole Llewellyn's choir, The Griffons, in red.
  • Grant shows he still has the stuff: on the beach at Tenby Harbour.
  • Michelle and daughter, Tegan at Tenby Harbour.
  • Theo and Jasper playing on Uncle Ross's boat, the Buttercup.
  • Grant and Ross, about to deliver the bad news that the sea is too rough to take the Buttercup out.
  • Bacon batties and coffee, Tenby Harbour.
  • Tegan and Gwynne, Tenby Harbour.
  • Newgale, on the Pembrokeshire coast: a cold day for kayaking.
  • St. David's Cathedral, St. David's Town: St. David is the patron saint of Wales.
  • St. David's Cathedral
  • St. David's Cathedral
  • A variation of this sign is seen on nearly every pub in Wales during the World Cup.
  • Lobster traps at Porthgain on the Pembrokeshire coast.
  • The town of Fishguard.
  • Oldest Celtic cross in Britain: St. Brynach's, Nevern.
  • Ancient standing stones at Pentre Ifan.
  • Pwllgwaelod, on the Pembrokeshire coast.
  • A door in Caerleon.
  • Tintern Abbey, inspiration for William Wordsworth's famous poem, Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey.
  • Tintern Abbey
  • Charlotte in her kitchen at Dinas Powys.
  • An early dinner of Shepherd's Pie with the boys.
  • Jasper and Grant after Jasper's rugby club awards ceremony at Millenium Stadium, Cardiff.
  • Typical crazy Welsh motorist, driving on the wrong side of the road.
  • Street entertainer, Cardiff.
  • Coffee shop, Cardiff.
  • Charlotte makes a purchase for Theo in a Cardiff shop.
  • Cardiff Castle, built in the 1860s by the Marquis of Bute, at the time reputed to be the richest man in the world.
  • Cardiff Castle gargoyle.
  • Guarding the wall around Bute Park, Cardiff.
  • Downtown Cardiff
  • Downtown Cardiff
  • Grant and Charlotte at the Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff.
  • At the Martin Tinney Gallery.
  • The St. David's Hotel, Cardiff.
  • The St. David's Hotel Lobby
  • St. David's Hotel balcony: view of Cardiff Bay.
  • St. David's Hotel, the Marine Spa.
  • Charlotte and Grant at dinner in The Tides Bar and Grill, St. David's Hotel.
  • Pasture just outside Hay-on-Wye.
  • Shop in Hay-on-Wye: please mind your head.
  • The Brecon Beacons
  • Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon: Grant performed here with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
  • Chatting with composer Michael Berkeley after the Brecon concert.
  • Tim Older and Caitlyn Kamminga from the BBC Wales Orchestra.
  • Publisher, author and art director Theo works on the summer issue of his new magazine, Jambo Mambo.
  • Grant's study at home in Dinas Powys.
  • In Grant's study.
  • The Llewellyn's sunroom/kids' hangout.
  • Soccer awards.
  • Raleigh hopes to distract Charlotte from gardening with a red ball.
  • Grant in his study.
  • Theo, Charlotte and Grant share a joke.
  • Immy, Grant and Ceridy before Grant's concert at Bradford-on-Avon, England.
  • Immy and Ceridy at Bradford-on-Avon.
  • Those fabulous Llewellyn girls.
  • Farewell, Wales!
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